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title: "Use your own user @ domain for Mastodon discoverability with the WebFinger Protocol without hosting a server"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/use-your-own-user-domain-for-mastodon-discoverability-with-the-webfinger-protocol-without-hosting--etivus9kt
source_url: http://feeds.hanselman.com/~/722495722/0/scotthanselman~Use-your-own-user-domain-for-Mastodon-discoverability-with-the-WebFinger-Protocol-without-hosting-a-server
type: article
source: "Scott Hanselman"
published: 2022-12-19T07:56:40.369Z
updated: 2022-12-19T07:56:40.274Z
tags: ["twitter", "social-media", "mastodon"]
reading_time: 4
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# Use your own user @ domain for Mastodon discoverability with the WebFinger Protocol without hosting a server

**[Scott Hanselman](https://daily.dev/sources/hanselman)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Use your own user @ domain for Mastodon discoverability with the WebFinger Protocol without hosting a server. Use the URL of your own Mastodon server's webfinger response and SAVE IT as a static json file and copy it to your own server. If you want to get started with Mastodon, start here.

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Tags: [#twitter](https://daily.dev/tags/twitter), [#social-media](https://daily.dev/tags/social-media), [#mastodon](https://daily.dev/tags/mastodon)

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