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This magazine is dedicated to discussions on the federated social networking ecosystem, which includes decentralized and open-source social media platforms. Whether you are a user, developer, or simply interested in the concept of decentralized social media, this is the place for you. Here you can share your knowledge, ask questions, and engage in discussions on topics such as the benefits and challenges of decentralized social media, new and existing federated platforms, and more. From the latest developments and trends to ethical considerations and the future of federated social media, this category covers a wide range of topics related to the Fediverse.

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With an new beginning come NEW USERNAMES (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by operator@kbin.social to c/fediverse@kbin.social

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Did you ever wanna have a username but it was taken? Us early adopters to the fediverse can now freely choose nice, untaken usernames!

Let that sink in. We have the luxury and freedom to nearly choose any username we want. without having to add unnecessary underscores or numbers.

Thats nice.

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[–] Hellsadvocate@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Here's the downside, your username will be remade on another instance exactly as it is here. Unless you make your username everywhere. So it's kinda like having bob@gmail.com but someone else has bob@hotmail.com. I think there are probably some super autistic people that might grab their nicks on every big server currently lol

[–] operator@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

lol probably. but i found my main community here i can still interact with all the others. So why even care ^^

[–] demonicbullet@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah that's why you gotta be an original individual.

[–] root@u.fail 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A potential downside is that anything you did on Reddit might be tied to anything you do here. Given enough posts you can eventually dox a person

[–] operator@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

If you follow protocol, don't reuse your identity and don't link anything back to your old account, it is really, really hard to do so. Someone must really want to dox you in order to do this (writing style, topics of interested, ...).

Assuming we're ignoring IP, email addresses and other identifying factors.

Talking about this, anyone knows of a proper opsec magazine?