The Missing Element in the Fediverse
Today, Eugen, the creator of Mastodon, the Fediverse’s probably most popular instance implementation, tooted this:
He’s basically quickly explaining to newcomers how to find someone whose account lives on a different instance – something that might be understandably foreign to people used to silos like Twitter or Facebook. But then he adds:
It’s very similar to how e-mail addresses work.
That’s something that’s been bothering me for a while about the Fediverse: it’s not clear how a Fediverse service like Mastodon relates to someone’s online identity.