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Perhaps naive but is it possible to create some sort of Mastodon proxy that exists independent of any specific instance? Rather than run your own instance or po
by phphphphp 4y ago
Perhaps naive but is it possible to create some sort of Mastodon proxy that exists independent of any specific instance? Rather than run your own instance or point to a shared instance, a proxy could be a fairly simple system that uses DNS records (?) to route requests to the appropriate instance -- much like email.
- simonw 4y agoUnfortunately that doesn't quite work with out-of-the-box Mastodon. I'm running a bit of a proxy at https://simonwillison.net/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acct:simon@simonwillison.net https://simonwillison.net/.well-known/webfinger?resource=acc... but it still needs to point to my own dedicated instance, just because Mastodon can't have multiple domains pointed at a single instance of the software yet. I'm using this pattern (also shared by Andrew, before he started to spin up Takahē) https://aeracode.org/2022/11/01/fediverse-custom-domains/ https://aeracode.org/2022/11/01/fediverse-custom-domains/