Mastodon frustration
Dec. 17th, 2022 12:52 pmI'm trying to get onto my Mastodon account at the desktop, so I can send an invite code to a friend.
The logon in Chrome (on my desktop) doesn't recognize my username/password. When I registered at Mastodon, I put them into a secure file because I can never remember. I'm absolutely sure they're the ones I signed up with... but nope. Logon not accepted. And the "Forgot my password" link doesn't recognize my email address. I tried several other email addresses that I **might** have used, just in case, but no joy.
I'm still logged into the Mastadon app on my phone, so obviously my account is still active. But when I try to change my password on that phone app, it won't let me pick the new password. It's recommending a new, super-strong, super-long password which I could live with if I had to, but I can't read the whole thing and I can't copy it, so how the flip would I use that super-strong password to log in on my desktop? Argh.
There doesn't seem to be any way to generate and send an invite code via the phone app.
ETA 12/20/2022 Yay, Mastodon has decided it likes me after all! I'm guessing the fact that the desktop website wasn't taking my password must have been a glitch, possibly due to the heavy traffic of new users. Because I certainly never succeeded in changing it.
BTW, at Mastodon I am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
readerjane@Wandering.Shop
The logon in Chrome (on my desktop) doesn't recognize my username/password. When I registered at Mastodon, I put them into a secure file because I can never remember. I'm absolutely sure they're the ones I signed up with... but nope. Logon not accepted. And the "Forgot my password" link doesn't recognize my email address. I tried several other email addresses that I **might** have used, just in case, but no joy.
I'm still logged into the Mastadon app on my phone, so obviously my account is still active. But when I try to change my password on that phone app, it won't let me pick the new password. It's recommending a new, super-strong, super-long password which I could live with if I had to, but I can't read the whole thing and I can't copy it, so how the flip would I use that super-strong password to log in on my desktop? Argh.
There doesn't seem to be any way to generate and send an invite code via the phone app.
ETA 12/20/2022 Yay, Mastodon has decided it likes me after all! I'm guessing the fact that the desktop website wasn't taking my password must have been a glitch, possibly due to the heavy traffic of new users. Because I certainly never succeeded in changing it.
BTW, at Mastodon I am
readerjane@Wandering.Shop
