Lemmy and Kbin is more forum-like or reddit-like in its discussion form while Mastodon is more twitter-like or microblogging
While I know that Lemmy can see Kbin and vice versa, does this also extend to Mastodon and Pixelfed?
Can I see Mastodon and Pixelfed content in Lemmy/Kbin ? and the other way around as well ? (see Lemmy and Kbin content through Mastodon or Pixelfed)
I’m curious on how it works (as a layman), because on Mastodon you follow people/users not communities.
You can follow Lemmy communities in Mastodon by putting the “https://lemmy.world/c/fediverse” in the search box, hitting enter, the community comes up as a group in the search results, then you hit the follow button, and all posts will be sent to your home feed, it’s not the greatest interface between the two, but you can post, and reply, like, follow, all that from and to a Lemmy community/user/post
No idea about Kbin, or Pixelfed as I haven’t checked them out yet
Ooh interesting, I’d probaby make a Mastodon acc just to see and test this myself. Thanks for the insight.
It’d be slicker than greased pigshit if we could use our single ID like a passport across the entire Fediverse to be able to log into Fediverse federated assets seamlessly, but alas, not yet, small steps
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I agree, that would be slicker than a minnows dick in a mud puddle.
It’d be slicker than oil-soaped black ice.
In my experience you can follow kbin magazines from mastodon but you won’t be able to see an actual content. not sure if this is being worked on.
I wrote a whole article with screenshots of how Mastodon and Lemmy interop.
Very informative, thanks for sharing this
To retain as many of the new users in the coming days, it will be crucial to have documentation like this, with screenshots, possibly links to YouTube/Peertube vids or infographics of just how interoperability works from the user’s perspective. Technically, we know this is possible, it’s in the docs - the trick will be having mobile apps & the main sites function in such a away that once you’re logged into one instance, you should be able to “subscribe” to other instances, without the current “search from your instance” pattern. Or at the very least, make this information so prominent that it becomes “common knowledge” sooner rather than later. Currently, you still see posts from people asking how to subscribe to other instances, or are still creating accounts on every instance.
These people won’t last long here if they need multiple accounts just to read posts. Every instance should put a “want to subscribe from another instance?” info box detailing how - or automating it for the user. It’s just too clunky as it currently is for most people. Interoperability is baked in but people need to know how to use it or it has to simplified even further. Kudos on your write up.
I’m following hariette (developer of the upcoming kbin app Artemis) with my kbin account, so kbin/mastodon interaction works in that direction.
I don’t know all the permutations, but Mastodon profiles can indeed be seen on Lemmy. They get parsed as a community where each Mastodon publication (toots?) are a post.
Though comments on said posts will only be seen by people using the same Lemmy instance as you, they do not get interpreted by Mastodon.
