Mastodon – Simplified Federation!
Simplifies following or interacting with other users on remote Mastodon instances in the Fediverse. It skips the “Enter your Mastodon handle” popup and takes you to your own “home” instance, without entering your Mastodon handle on remote instances.
What is Mastodon – Simplified Federation!?
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Summary
This add-on simplifies following or interacting with other users on remote Mastodon instances in the Fediverse. Basically, it skips the "Enter your Mastodon handle" popup and takes you directly to your own "home" instance, saving you from cumbrously entering your Mastodon handle again and again in that input box when you click on a "Follow", "Retoot"/"Fav" or other remote interaction button on another instance.
🤯 Why? 🤯 You may wonder why to use this browser add-on. But actually, it's easy!
You do not need to enter your Mastodon account handle anymore! (except for login 😉) This makes interacting with remote instances in the Fediverse much simpler.
Additionally, this add-on makes sure to keep your Mastodon handle private. It will never expose it to any third-party site. Therefore it does not – literally – enter your Mastodon ID into the input field you normally see, but basically "skips" this page. For the technical details, on how this works, see the detailed explanation on GitHub.
🐤 How to use? 🐤
After you have installed the add-on, you need to go into the settings, enter your Mastodon handle (that is username@server
). After this is done, there is nothing you need to do anymore. The add-on will continue to work in the background and you do not need to do anything.
Just enjoy the simplified federation when you are getting redirected automatically when you want to follow or interact with a user.
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User reviews summary
Pros
- Simple and effective
- Makes using fedi more seamless
- Fixes a major UX flaw in Mastodon
Cons
- Doesn't work for some users
- Expansive permissions
- Issues with pasting and keyboard input
Most mentioned
- Doesn't work
- Simple and effective
- Makes using fedi more seamless
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Risk impact
Mastodon – Simplified Federation! is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this add-on. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Mastodon – Simplified Federation! if you trust the publisher.
Risk likelihood
Mastodon – Simplified Federation! is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.