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#Kbin update: (mstdn.social)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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#Kbin update:

- The https://kbin.social server is now federating with the Fediverse. You can follow/interact with kbin.social magazines & users from other Kbin servers, Mastodon & rest of the Fediverse. For example the TIL magazine is at @TodayILearned, the lead dev of Kbin is at @ernest

- There's a new Kbin server at https://readit.buzz which is run by the same people as the Universodon.com Mastodon server. It's open for signups, just click "log in" and then "register".

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

@feditips if #kbin is already able to post content to #Mastodon, it would be very cool if you could sign up to kbin via your Mastodon account. To me that just makes sense since both platforms already have functionality overlap.

I don't know how technically feasible that would be, just thinking aloud here. kbin already has log in with Google and Facebook accounts, so why not Mastodon ones too? If it's not feasible, nevermind. If it is, that would be very cool.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@cazzztle

I'm not sure what you mean by "signing up to kbin"?

Your account on the Fediverse only works with the server you signed up on, but your server lets you communicate with accounts and groups on other servers.

It's like with email: you can't use a Gmail account to sign in on Yahoo Mail, but you can still send emails between Gmail and Yahoo Mail accounts.

I don't think Kbin has Google or FB login by the way?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@feditips @cazzztle that’s always been a confusing bit for me. I had initially thought “federation” included SSO functionality, but that’s incorrect. It would be nice, especially with the various services popping up that are based on ActivityPub, but that’s not how any of this was designed.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@wholegroanoats @feditips I was hoping nobody would say that... 😭

Nevermind I guess. Maybe one day in the future that can be implemented

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

@cazzztle @feditips fwiw, matrix (federated chat) does let you set mastodon as an SSO provider, but I haven’t a clue about other services.