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Not sure if I am missing something, but this is something I can do without any extra extensions installed? Out of the 27 accounts I am currently following, 20 a

Not sure if I am missing something, but this is something I can do without any extra extensions installed? Out of the 27 accounts I am currently following, 20 are accounts from other Mastodon instances... I do have to search for the account on my local instance to start following them instead of being able to click follow right there, but that is a minor annoyance

TobTobXX 4y ago
It is solving exactly that minor annoyance you mentioned.
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- suramya_tomar 4y ago
  Ah... fair enough. For me the annoyance is minor enough that I wouldn't be installing an extension that gets access to all the sites that I browse, but I get that for others it might worth it. From the outside, it seems like an easy problem to solve but with all the multiple domains and the way federation itself works there is no quick/easy fix that doesn't bring other assorted problems into play
maxerickson 4y ago
Right, it appears this extension is aimed at the minor annoyance.
Gravityloss 4y ago
Odd, I can just click follow, on hachyderm.io even if the followee is on mastodon.social. No annoyances.
- iamevn 4y ago
  I'm betting you're clicking the follow button on the profile at hachyderm.io/@user@mastodon.social and not mastodon.social/@user
xvilka 4y ago
It will never gain significant popularity with UX failures like this.
- madeofpalk 4y ago
  Does Hacker News have 'significant popularity'?
  - TylerE 4y ago
    Not really.
  - aaron695 4y ago
  - rieTohgh6 4y ago
    No, but it doesn't need one. Or looking at it in at other way - as long as it is better than Slashdot and Reddit people will keep coming anyway - and that bar is freaking low.
- rektide 4y ago
  This seems reductionist & rejectionist to me. If people have a reason to care, little impedances like this are not going to stop things. In general this high judgementalism really should have a tiny smidge of humility & respect in it. That lacks. You could improve.
  - xypage 4y ago
    I disagree, it's little frictions like this that make it hard for newcomers to take the stage even when on paper they're better than established competitors. This is hackernews so obviously our population is going to be less likely to be significantly hampered by this, but I'm telling you for a fact that everyone in my family that checked out mastodon struggled to follow people that were on different instances, texted/emailed me about why they couldn't login on that instance, and have since stopped using it. Now I'm not sure if that's the only reason, but they all reached out to me about it and few about anything else, so it's definitely harmful for the ecosystem.

TobTobXX 4y ago

It is solving exactly that minor annoyance you mentioned.

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suramya_tomar 4y ago
Ah... fair enough. For me the annoyance is minor enough that I wouldn't be installing an extension that gets access to all the sites that I browse, but I get that for others it might worth it. From the outside, it seems like an easy problem to solve but with all the multiple domains and the way federation itself works there is no quick/easy fix that doesn't bring other assorted problems into play

maxerickson 4y ago

Right, it appears this extension is aimed at the minor annoyance.

Gravityloss 4y ago

Odd, I can just click follow, on hachyderm.io even if the followee is on mastodon.social. No annoyances.

iamevn 4y ago
I'm betting you're clicking the follow button on the profile at hachyderm.io/@user@mastodon.social and not mastodon.social/@user

xvilka 4y ago

It will never gain significant popularity with UX failures like this.

madeofpalk 4y ago
Does Hacker News have 'significant popularity'?
- TylerE 4y ago
  Not really.
- aaron695 4y ago
- rieTohgh6 4y ago
  No, but it doesn't need one. Or looking at it in at other way - as long as it is better than Slashdot and Reddit people will keep coming anyway - and that bar is freaking low.
rektide 4y ago
This seems reductionist & rejectionist to me. If people have a reason to care, little impedances like this are not going to stop things. In general this high judgementalism really should have a tiny smidge of humility & respect in it. That lacks. You could improve.
- xypage 4y ago
  I disagree, it's little frictions like this that make it hard for newcomers to take the stage even when on paper they're better than established competitors. This is hackernews so obviously our population is going to be less likely to be significantly hampered by this, but I'm telling you for a fact that everyone in my family that checked out mastodon struggled to follow people that were on different instances, texted/emailed me about why they couldn't login on that instance, and have since stopped using it. Now I'm not sure if that's the only reason, but they all reached out to me about it and few about anything else, so it's definitely harmful for the ecosystem.