User accounts are fragmented and just because you signed on at lemmy.world doesn’t mean your account exists on lemmy.ca.

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/1985

Communities are fragmented and /c/games on lemmy.world is completely different than the one on lemmy.ml with its own users, set of posts, etc.

Lemmy does not currently allow for instance or user migration.

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3057

Nor does it allow for shared communities (ie the aforementioned /c/games is unified across multiple instances)

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/3100

We are in the early days. If you’re eager feel free to join in the development on these any many other core issues. There’s real potential here.

  • malloc@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    We need a more unified login experience. OIDC/Oauth would work wonders for this.

    1. User registers at X lemmy/mastadon/peertube instance (activitypub app, [APA]) and gets [email protected]
    2. Users visits Y APA
    3. Logins to Y APA using X user
    4. User redirected to X APA instance to login (knows user registered at lemmy.xyz)
    5. Upon successful login, user returned to Y APA

    User now able to browse/post/comment in Y APA without having to manually go through original APA app where user account lives.

    Basically each APA acts as its own IdP (identity provider); and would go a long way in improving user experience and reducing frustration.

    If you are not familiar with this flow, then look at any web service with a login. They are usually accompanied by a Google/Apple/Facebook login option; and that’s that we are trying to replicate here. One set of credentials across the entire fediverse.