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Why doesn't the Fediverse have a "one sign-in" like NOSTR? (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 days ago by Teknevra@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml
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I recently re-tried NOSTR (I technically have an old account I rarely ever use), specifically on Primal and the Fountain Podcasts app, and I really enjoyed how simple it was: just sign in, and BAM—you’re in.

No fuss, no extra steps.

It got me wondering—why doesn’t the Fediverse work like that? I know that using special login codes might be too complex for most people, but why not allow usernames and passwords instead?

Imagine a single sign-in for the entire Fediverse. You wouldn’t need to worry about instances, and onboarding could be much simpler.

Has this idea been considered, or is there a technical reason why it wouldn’t work?

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[-] ThorrJo@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 5 days ago

Because implementing that shit is hard.

Nostr definitely has some interesting/good implementation details, and on a spectrum of ease of censoring users, Bluesky is on one end, Fedi is in the middle, and Nostr (if it gets big enough) is on the other end.

But also with Nostr, I really hope you backed up those account keys, because if you didn't and you lose your device, your access to that account is gone forever.

Every way of decentralizing a social media system has advantages and disadvantages.

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