 Edit: We shipped this, https://pixelfed.blog/p/2023/feature/introducing-sign-in-with-mastodon-streamlining-sign-up-and-login-on-pixelfed โจ Sign-in with Mastodon is ready We're so excited to share a demo of this highly anticipated feature, and let you know it will be rolling out shortly! 39 comments
 @powersource @Zekovski @pixelfed Yeah this is a UX nightmare imo. You're not signing in, you're registering. This tries to help onboarding but I can see it making it worse for non technical people. I think a better approach would be to have a "import profile information from Mastodon" button during the registration flow, I think that describes better what's happening. @connelhooley @Zekovski @pixelfed yeah I know from experience that in a situation like this (offered login but it's registration), I feel tricked, and like the app just wants to use me. Not a great start. @scrwd I think it's just OAuth. When you authorize Pixelfed to use your Mastodon-Account, pixelfed also knows that you're the owner of that account. Basically the same as Login with Twitter and Login with Facebook works. @pixelfed I think the access rights can still be reduced. It is not directly obvious from the developer section of Mastodon, but you can still request fewer rights than read-only access with the right Parameters for the auth page, when you don't need them for more than login.  @Deuchnord @pixelfed I'm not really sure I understand what the benefits are of this. Thanks tho :) @scrwd If you end up only having to use one set of login details for the entirety of the fediverse then it's a potential reduction in confusion as new users try out different services. That's my understanding of the benefits of OAuth in this context anyway. @swamptin @Deuchnord @pixelfed this is definitely a good thing - I often use "sign in withโฆ" services to save time and having to think of passwords. I think my initial disappointment was that this wasn't a truly universal fediverse account for both Mastodon and Pixelfed. My dreamy ideal is one protocol and one account and depending on the types of content I post different apps surface different things from my single "stream". Not even sure if the ActivityPub protocol supports this. @scrwd Yeah, that would be a great solution if it is supported. But hey, I'll take a single app to access each of these accounts at least which it seems like fedilab does fairly well.  @chizeck @pixelfed I'm using it already and even with this i'd still opt for using a separate account / password / 2FA because that's just best practice if security is your deal in life. But i think this will help a ton of folks discover Pixelfed, make onboarding easier and as a photographer who uses it and a enjoys it, i think that's a great thing. Hmmm yeah, that's a good point. I'm mostly 2FA on everything. As an aside, as I was looking through Pixelfed I do wish the discover function would blur NSFW stuff. I'm all for people showing off their parts to consenting others, but it was a little early in the morning to see so much dick @pixelfed @chizeck @pixelfed Hmmm, interesting. I've been using Pixelfed for a little over a month and a half now but i am entirely desktop. There should be a setting somewhere to not see NSFW content. Thus far i only had one instance where someone who uses Pixelfed to post porn (from various sites) followed me and i was not interested in connecting because of it. I'm currently using their Android app because I'm too lazy to get up and go to my desk-- I'm sure there probably is. I hope there is, at least! @chizeck @pixelfed Understandable and tbh i think Pixelfed is likely going to find a much larger userbase with mobile users than DSLR shooting folks like myself. All my uploads are done desktop because aside from preferring it, they weren't shot on a mobile device and this forces me to take extra steps, especially given i only shoot RAW format and then post process them. As Instagram gets more and more cluttered with ads, I think we will see more folks migrating over. It's.kind of maddening over there, let alone the privacy issues.  @Anya_Adora @chizeck @pixelfed I agree that it is a great alternative. But I just donโt know how to convince people on IG and threads to try pixelfed and the Fediverse instead. @saja0486 @chizeck @pixelfed Tbh i think all one can do is tell someone about an alternative and the benefits of it and drawbacks and be real about it. If that seems like something worth trying / checking out then perhaps it will happen. But some people really don't want to change much of anything in life. Social media platform choices are just one example of that. There's a certain sense of comfort even in things that are uncomfortable simply because they are known already. @Anya_Adora @chizeck @pixelfed valid points. I know that a lot of people still havenโt heard of Pixelfed or know what it is yet. But I hope more people discover it and learn about how awesome it is.    @pixelfed |
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If I understand correctly, you don't really login with Mastodon.
You create a new Pixelfed account which imports information from you Mastodon account ?