wip

Author: dimkr

README.md

@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ This makes tootik lightweight, private and accessible:
   * With support for manual approval of follow requests
   * With support for [Mastodon's follower synchronization mechanism](https://docs.joinmastodon.org/spec/activitypub/#follower-synchronization-mechanism), aka [FEP-8fcf](https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/src/branch/main/fep/8fcf/fep-8fcf.md)
 * [FEP-ef61](https://codeberg.org/fediverse/fep/src/branch/main/fep/ef61/fep-ef61.md) portable accounts
+  * Accounts on different servers use one Ed25519 keypair
+  * User activity is replicated across all servers
 * Multi-choice polls
 * [Lemmy](https://join-lemmy.org/)-style communities
   * Follow to join

front/static/help.gmi

@@ -31,14 +31,6 @@ This page shows various statistics about this server and the parts of the fedive
 
 Follow this link to sign in or create an account on this server.
 
-There are two kinds of accounts:
-* Traditional: tied to this particular server, but provide good interoperability
-* Portable: allow replication of your data across multiple servers, but replication is not 100% reliable and interoperability could be limited
-
-The Common Name property of the client certificate ("identity") you use will determine your username.
-
-You can add additional client certificates later, or revoke access for an old certificate.
-
 Registered users can:
 * Publish posts
 * Reply to posts
@@ -47,3 +39,20 @@ Registered users can:
 * View private posts
 * View a feed of posts by followed users
 * Bookmark posts
+
+The Common Name property of the client certificate ("identity") you use will determine your username.
+
+You can add additional client certificates later, or revoke access for an old certificate.
+
+There are two kinds of accounts:
+* Traditional
+* Portable
+
+Traditional accounts are tied to this particular server, but provide good interoperability.
+
+Portable accounts may suffer from interoperability issues but have several advantages:
+* They're identified by an Ed25519 key pair and not tied to a particular server
+* They allow replication of your data across multiple servers ("gateways"); this replication is not 100% reliable, though
+* They allow migration away from this server even if it's offline
+
+Settings → Data portability allows one to view the private key used to prove the ownership over a portable account and configure the list of gateways.

front/static/users/help.gmi

@@ -120,8 +120,17 @@ Polls must have between 2 and {{.Config.PollMaxOptions}} multi-choice options, a
 The username of a newly created account is the Common Name property of the client certificate used.
 
 There are two kinds of accounts:
-* Traditional: tied to this particular server, but provide good interoperability
-* Portable: allow replication of your data across multiple servers, but replication is not 100% reliable and interoperability could be limited
+* Traditional
+* Portable
+
+Traditional accounts are tied to this particular server, but provide good interoperability.
+
+Portable accounts may suffer from interoperability issues but have several advantages:
+* They're identified by an Ed25519 key pair and not tied to a particular server
+* They allow replication of your data across multiple servers ("gateways"); this replication is not 100% reliable, though
+* They allow migration away from this server even if it's offline
+
+Settings → Data portability allows one to view the private key used to prove the ownership over a portable account and configure the list of gateways.
 
 ## Client Certificates ("Identities")