So as has been stated in this thread, the same accounts exist on all of the .win sites listed on the master index which is https://communities.win/
So an account created on any of the .win sites will work on all others - shared authentication among them all. So if you find your name is 'taken' here, you dont need a new account, you log in with your existing one you are probably using over on thedonald.win
Oh it was you who posted that info! I thought you'd posted it on another thread and it disappeared. Thanks for this, I was completely unaware and made a new account (and got confused when I went back to TDW and I was logged in with the new account)
Not everybody reads the communities page (I didn't know there was one!) as they think it is separate websites because it only started with TDW.
The idea that it's a bit like Reddit and that you would be logged into all communities automatically is great but maybe there should be a sticky until people become familiar with the setup?
How delicious would it be if WIN communities eventually grow and take Reddits place? The final FU from The Donald. LOL I really hope that happens. ;)
It was a thing communicated by the mod team, thedonald.win was first as refugees from r/thedonald needed a home but as the demand for other .wins came up largely caused by censorship, others were created with communities.win being an administrative type site hosting the central 'genuine' .win site listing and list of coding updates that would be deployed to all the .wins - the threat of anyone creating a malicious .win and trying to steal login details from people who think the rogue .win is another affiliated one in our grouping is still present.
You're right in that it has been an ongoing process driven by an organic demand to get this far that has not really been communicated in a simple way that makes sense to new arrivals - Create account on one, it works everywhere.
reddit may always be a niche for random small and dedicated communities that dont ever venture into 'controversial' topics that get them banned. However relentless crackdowns on anyone that steps out of line (like supporting POTUS.. the horror!) will only atrophy the site to the point where it ceases being relevant... a myspace type death is in their future I think.
I've just noticed the WIN UPDATE thread on TDW so it's my own fault for not reading that (I rarely read notices which is a bit dumb of me, and had no idea about the communities.win). There are likely loads of dumbasses like me who didn't know, but I figure now they are auto logged in when they visit another WIN it will immediately dawn on them so it's not likely to be an issue anymore. :)
I was aware of the kotakuinaction2 win which I occasionally lurked even though I'm not a gamer, but never knew Gavin Mcinnes had one.
It's rather thrilling that WIN could be a real alternative to Reddit for other communities, especially when Reddits Chinese money starts drying up (or Spez gets arrested for trading with the enemy) and they become another Digg.
So as has been stated in this thread, the same accounts exist on all of the .win sites listed on the master index which is https://communities.win/
So an account created on any of the .win sites will work on all others - shared authentication among them all. So if you find your name is 'taken' here, you dont need a new account, you log in with your existing one you are probably using over on thedonald.win
Oh it was you who posted that info! I thought you'd posted it on another thread and it disappeared. Thanks for this, I was completely unaware and made a new account (and got confused when I went back to TDW and I was logged in with the new account)
Not everybody reads the communities page (I didn't know there was one!) as they think it is separate websites because it only started with TDW.
The idea that it's a bit like Reddit and that you would be logged into all communities automatically is great but maybe there should be a sticky until people become familiar with the setup?
How delicious would it be if WIN communities eventually grow and take Reddits place? The final FU from The Donald. LOL I really hope that happens. ;)
It was a thing communicated by the mod team, thedonald.win was first as refugees from r/thedonald needed a home but as the demand for other .wins came up largely caused by censorship, others were created with communities.win being an administrative type site hosting the central 'genuine' .win site listing and list of coding updates that would be deployed to all the .wins - the threat of anyone creating a malicious .win and trying to steal login details from people who think the rogue .win is another affiliated one in our grouping is still present.
You're right in that it has been an ongoing process driven by an organic demand to get this far that has not really been communicated in a simple way that makes sense to new arrivals - Create account on one, it works everywhere.
reddit may always be a niche for random small and dedicated communities that dont ever venture into 'controversial' topics that get them banned. However relentless crackdowns on anyone that steps out of line (like supporting POTUS.. the horror!) will only atrophy the site to the point where it ceases being relevant... a myspace type death is in their future I think.
I've just noticed the WIN UPDATE thread on TDW so it's my own fault for not reading that (I rarely read notices which is a bit dumb of me, and had no idea about the communities.win). There are likely loads of dumbasses like me who didn't know, but I figure now they are auto logged in when they visit another WIN it will immediately dawn on them so it's not likely to be an issue anymore. :)
I was aware of the kotakuinaction2 win which I occasionally lurked even though I'm not a gamer, but never knew Gavin Mcinnes had one.
It's rather thrilling that WIN could be a real alternative to Reddit for other communities, especially when Reddits Chinese money starts drying up (or Spez gets arrested for trading with the enemy) and they become another Digg.