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   Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Thursday, 17-Nov-2022 00:33:01 JST Evan Prodromou

   So, let's say you have a friend who registered a Mastodon account "somewhere" a few years ago. How would you help them find it?

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Thursday, 17-Nov-2022 00:34:58 JST Evan Prodromou

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     So far, I've just been going to mastodon.social and trying their Twitter handle there. I should probably try other nodes, too.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Thursday, 17-Nov-2022 00:36:31 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • grin

     @grin Yes, the use case is for people who thought they were squatting their username just in case back in 2017.

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     grin (grin@mastodon.grin.hu)'s status on Thursday, 17-Nov-2022 00:36:32 JST grin

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     @evan depends on the available data. ?
     If have been followed by someone then the messages may be searchable on that server, if there's something to search for.
     Since actor API is open it may also be feasible to look up @"username"@every_instance ;-) and it isn't really stressing on the servers since it's just one call per server. Of course that requires a known username.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Thursday, 17-Nov-2022 00:36:44 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Sanlear

     @Sanlear yes, but you have to know which server you were on.

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     Sanlear (sanlear@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Nov-2022 00:36:45 JST Sanlear

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     @evan If they remember the e-mail they used, they should be able to use the “forgot my password” function.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Thursday, 17-Nov-2022 00:37:46 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Fabio Barteri :verified:

     @linus so this is literally for a friend

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     Fabio Barteri :verified: (linus@genomic.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Nov-2022 00:37:47 JST Fabio Barteri :verified:

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     @evan you should have the registration mail somewhere. Just search for "mastodon" in your inbox.

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     Tim Staines (staines@sfba.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Nov-2022 00:40:13 JST Tim Staines

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     @evan if they haven’t used it since, and didn’t build any value, they should just start a new one IMO

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Thursday, 17-Nov-2022 00:40:13 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Tim Staines

     @Staines There's some cachet to having an older account

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Thursday, 17-Nov-2022 00:43:37 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • dick_turpin

     @dick_turpin yes, we know the probable user name, just not the instance

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     dick_turpin (dick_turpin@mastodon.org.uk)'s status on Thursday, 17-Nov-2022 00:43:38 JST dick_turpin

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     @evan I'd say, at least knowing the username would be a start?

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Thursday, 17-Nov-2022 00:43:52 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • dick_turpin

     @dick_turpin also hi

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Thursday, 17-Nov-2022 01:15:14 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Richard Bairwell (he/him)

     @rbairwell nice, thanks!

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     Richard Bairwell (he/him) (rbairwell@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Nov-2022 01:15:15 JST Richard Bairwell (he/him)

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     @evan Give https://search.noc.social/ a try: my wife forgot which server she signed up to in 2017 but we were able to find her there.

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     AlexandraSamuel.com???? (awsamuel@social.coop)'s status on Thursday, 17-Nov-2022 03:41:54 JST AlexandraSamuel.com????

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     @evan I am 99% sure this is my situation but searching email for “mastodon” didn’t help. problem a: not 100% sure my various email migrations and consolidations included things like registration confirmations. problem b: if I signed up with an instance that doesn’t have “mastodon” in URL, maybe confirmation wouldn’t include that word? #brainwave going to search for “fediverse” too.

     and also: If I *did* find that old acct I might be able to *look* like an OG but I’d be faking.

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Thursday, 17-Nov-2022 04:04:53 JST Evan Prodromou

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     • Per Axbom

     @axbom Thanks!

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     Per Axbom (axbom@social.xbm.se)'s status on Thursday, 17-Nov-2022 04:04:54 JST Per Axbom

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     @evan This is what my confirmation email looked like in 2017. I gather this is the default email template from back then.

     In my case I found the email but the instance doesn't exist anymore ?