• IBNobody ( IBNobody@kbin.social ) 
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    3 years ago

    I understand the concept, but not the purpose. Why would I post something to a microblog when I can post a thread? Or I guess if I was more twitter-savvy, why would I create a thread when I can post something to a microblog?

    • 0xtero ( 0xtero@kbin.social ) 
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      3 years ago

      Maybe you wouldn’t. But this being the fediverse I can follow all the communities/magazines from other services, like Mastodon, Pixelfeed or Peertube (fediverse equivalents for Twitter, Instagram and Youtube). I can post to these communities/magazines from those apps as well. Those posts will end up as Microblogs.

      • CadeJohnson ( CadeJohnson@kbin.social ) 
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        3 years ago

        I am finding that is kind of broken. I mean, if I follow a Lemmy community “News” I can see all the posts in my Mastodon home feed, but I also see all the inane comments and boosts (out of context), so it is actually a terrible thing to add to my home feed. I can see all the magazines to which I am subscribed in kbin, but I cannot see a feed of the latest content in just those magazines - so that is also not a very attractive (to me) way to see the kbin content. I am not going back to reddit, so I feel much like a man without a country at this point.