It looks like each instance wants an instance-specific login, but my federated account is searchable, so I should be able to link it. Problem is, I can’t figure out how.

Help me, programming.dev

  • unalivejoy@lemm.eeEnglish
    20·
    1 day ago

    The “Login with Mastodon” button isn’t like “Login with Google.” It just lets you import things like your name, email, handle, profile picture, and follows to use on your new account. You still need to create a password for your pixelfed login.

    • catch22@programming.dev
      4·
      11 hours ago

      I think there are a lot of misconceptions about what federated means. IMHO, it would be really cool if there were an easy way to share and remove a profile across instances that wasn’t stored on a server, and it was yours and yours alone to do with what you like.

    • Joël de Bruijn@lemmy.ml
      2·
      14 hours ago

      Rather the exeption then rule, but it can be done if instances add it. For example social.edu.nl for all vocational and higher education in NL uses OpenConext to let you log in with your institution account.

      • prof@infosec.pub
        5·
        12 hours ago

        Nah, it’s simply not a feature that exists. They’d need to implement an OAuth system or something along those lines.

        But even if they do, what happens if the instance you authenticated from shuts down? You probably won’t be able to login anymore without having credentials there as well.

    • kn0wmad1c@programming.devOPEnglish
      9·
      1 day ago

      It just bothers me that searching for me on Pixelfed will list my gram.social and my programming.dev accounts.

      The programming.dev one has a full profile already too, but I can’t figure out how to access it to post.

      • Vivi@slrpnk.netEnglish
        16·
        1 day ago

        Generally the fediverse is not designed to import identities. Every instance has its own set of identities and you can’t log in across instances like that. You can access posts, but can’t use another instance to post. It’s a matter of trust. The original instance has no way to trust the second instance with your credentials/the authority to post on your behalf.

      • crawancon@lemm.ee
        2·
        1 day ago

        I think you have to follow or resend followed posts from a newly created pixel fed instance id over to your programmer.dev

    • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      4·
      1 day ago

      That’s not how it works. What you can do is try to post to pixelfed from lemmy with your account, but I’m not sure how well that works