Thanks @Toxic_Flange: "Let's play a game, to help some of the newcomers make connections: name 5-7 things that interest you but aren't in your profile, as tags so they are searchable. Then boost this post or repeat its instructions so others know to do the same."
Check this Wired article about #mastodon http://www.wired.co.uk/article/mastodon-social-network-what-how-create-account
@Maverynthia That is unfortunate. I'm not an expert at these things, but I would suggest trying with a different browser.
I see a few toots regarding people trying to use Tusky and getting confused when it redirects you to your browser:
You need to login on the browser and then it redirects you to a page where you allow Tusky access to your account.
@lumpenprole That's normal. You need to login on the browser and then it redirects you to a page where you allow Tusky access to your account.
D'ailleurs, je trouve ça quand même une qualité typiquement français (que j'apprécie bien) d'encourager la croissance d'une plate-forme non-monolithe, comme celle-ci.
@slipstream Well, this seems cool enough. Hope it sustains.
@unextro Great, thanks for clarifying. It really is like social-network-IRC then.
@jomynow Glad it's working for you. :grin:
@unextro Thanks for the simplification. As a techie I'm going to look further into this later. But maybe you could answer my most pressing question: Can someone register a username on one instance and then someone else can register with the same username on another? Kind of like IRC channels?
For everyone confused by the whole federation thing, trying to compare it to Twitter... Forget Twitter. Think e-mail. You can choose between different e-mail providers on different domains or even host your own server instance. Then you can communicate across those instances with other users on them.
No, it doesn't make sense to "claim" your nickname everywhere. Yes, you should choose the server wisely because all your data reside on that server without an easy way to migrate them...
@jomynow You could try Tusky. I'm on it right now.
@9999_damage Over 9000.
Why are there so many posts in French? Pourqoui y-a-t-il autant de postes en français ?
git commit -m "Initial commit"