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I started this to try a different instance out and see if I could snag a 2 letter handle, can people have the same handle on different instances though? If I tag @okfox does that link to my other account that's on mastodon.xyz?? Testing, hello world, etc.

@ok I beleive you cannot have the same handle on different instances

@ok or rather you can only have handle once across the system

@ok Good question. Does tagging work across servers? A "welcome to federation" FAQ would be handy.

@aweiss @ok from what ive heard, it's just like twitter across the system. The nodes are just for signing in

@2william @ok Nice. That means @ok wins the username lottery. Time to start sitting on brand names. :)

@aweiss @ok yup.. haha. so you in 8 hours. going to go on a land grab..

@2william @ok I'm probably not that dedicated. Although I'm friends with the original @bmw on Twitter. To be fair, those are his his actual initials.

@aweiss @ok haha. I am totally too lazy. Maybe I'll just get one good one like Nike or CIA

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