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This magazine is dedicated to discussions on the federated social networking ecosystem, which includes decentralized and open-source social media platforms. Whether you are a user, developer, or simply interested in the concept of decentralized social media, this is the place for you. Here you can share your knowledge, ask questions, and engage in discussions on topics such as the benefits and challenges of decentralized social media, new and existing federated platforms, and more. From the latest developments and trends to ethical considerations and the future of federated social media, this category covers a wide range of topics related to the Fediverse.

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Using my kbin.social account to login into other fediverse apps (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by adonis@kbin.social to c/fediverse@kbin.social

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I was under the assumption that I can use one fediverse account across all ther fediverse apps, but this doesn't seem to be the case.

I.e. I downloaded the mastodon android app and tried to select kbin.social as the server, but it gives an error.

Same for jerboa, it won't let me connect to kbin.social, saying invalid credentials.

Is this something on the roadmap or am I simply wrong with my assumption?

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[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It’s not that you can log in to all the sites with one login, it’s that you can access content from all the sites from one account.

If you have a kbin account, you can follow mastodon users from kbin, and they will show up in your microblog feed, looking like a native kbin post.

If you have a Mastodon account, you can follow kbin instances there, and posts appear on your Mastodon Home feed looking like native Mastodon posts.

To follow someone on either site, you copy their address or a URL into the search field of the respective site, and follow/subscribe to it like you would a native account. (That’s what the “copy URL to Fediverse” option is under the “more” option - it’s a URL to paste into the respective search fields so it pops up on that site.)