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0 pointsalexb_3y ago0 comments

What's a tunneling service? Do I need to use that before I can make a Mastodon account? What app is that on - wait, there are "instances", what the hell is that? Screw it, this is too complicated - I'm going back to twitter.

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anderspitman3y ago

I completely agree. Which is why tunneling should be built-in to having a domain name. It should be easier than a phone number. You buy a domain from a domain seller and pay them $5/mo to provide tunneling. All the user needs to understand is:

* I install the app

* App requests access to your domain so it can set up appname.yourdomain.com

* I grant permission and we're live.

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