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How should we recommend people sign up for Mastodon? The app seems to have errors (lemmy.ca)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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A friend decided to give it a try and so I recommended getting the app, but they got stuck when trying to make an account since they kept getting

Validation failed: Locale is not included in the list

I tried it myself and got the same error (mastodon.social). Tried googling around but only found one Reddit post from months ago about it.

Is the app not how people usually sign up? I thought it might be the most painless compared to "trust me and use this link"

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I signed up a while ago by using the app without any problems. Also on mastodon.social.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Odd

I wonder what's happening right now, or if it's related to location (Canada for me)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Consider making an Issue in the GitHub

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I simply signed up on the website itself. (Mastodon.social). Then downloaded moshidon and I was set. If signing up on the website doesn't work, maybe try a different major instance?