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Why does federated software like Lemmy not use SSO from common providers? (self.programming)

submitted 1 year ago by sorwin to c/[email protected]

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It seems like an easy way to share users across multiple instances without having to deal with actual registration / bots.

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[–] FineWolf 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not really. That content still lives on servers with which that instance was federating with.

As opposed to when a large centralized platform (Reddit, Twitter) shuts down, in which case you do truly lose your history.

[–] sorwin 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Large centralized platforms are far far less likely to shut down than small, compartmentalized instances....

edit: Take Lemmy for instance, there's tons of new instances starting up, but many will likely end up shutting down, because the reality is, hosting a service is serious work. Most people don't actually know what's involved in hosting something like this.

[–] FineWolf 1 points 1 year ago

The solution for that is simple. Either self-host your own instance OR choose an instance where you can support (with money) the team hosting the instance.