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0 pointsdistcs3y ago0 comments

> if you try to follow someone who is not on your instance, there is a whole rigamarole you have to go through.

Can you be more specific? What rigmarole did you have to do ?

For me, I just hit the follow button on anyone I like and it just works, even if they are on different instance than mine. Their posts now show up on the page my instance serves me. Same for commenting or boosting posts of other people on other instances. I just hit the boost button and it just works. Commenting also just works. What did you have to do to follow someone on a different instance?

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allenbrunson3y ago· 2 in thread

are you using one of the apps? if so, then yes, it's as easy as that. but if you are using a web browser, then that's where all the rigmarole comes from.

distcsOP3y ago

No, I am just using the https://mastodon.social/ website on browser.

> but if you are using a web browser, then that's where all the rigmarole comes from.

Requesting again. Can you be more specific? What rigmarole do you have to do? Does hitting the "follow" button of a user on another instance from your instance not work for you? Do you get an error? Some other issue? Details please!

allenbrunson3y ago

if you look at a user or post who is on your server, i.e., the domain displayed in the url bar is your server, then you're fine. if you're viewing a post or user on their own server, i.e., it is their domain in the url bar, instead of yours, that's where things get ugly.

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