Comment on Join fediverser.network, make it easy to bring Australian redditors to the Fediverse?
unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 1 month ago
This has probably been asked before but is there any reason why this couldn’t be implemented as a basic lemmy client (with signup facilities only)? Meaning instances don’t need to host anything or are you concerned that centralisation might drive up Reddit API costs or will the OAuth stuff require a server?
Thanks for trying to make the fediverse more accessible!
rglullis@communick.news 4 weeks ago
Excellent question! The truth is that it can be done on the client only, but the instance would need to be fully open for registrations. The server-side service is needed in order to ensure that any user authenticated via Reddit can signup and get started right away.
(Sorry it took me so long to see this. None of the comments were federating to my instance, so I wasn’t seeing any of the comments here.)