I’ve always wondered how many people actually decide to use something like mastodon to see Lemmy posts. I mean I know how inadequate it can be with a lack of a proper UI but I’m just wondering. Especially, with the infinite possibilities this can have.

  • livus ( livus@kbin.social ) 
    13·
    3 years ago

    I do! On kbin, if you set hashtags for your magazine /community then the Microblogs section is populated with Mastodon posts that use those tags.

    I have a tiny community on kbin.social and I like going into the microblogs section and interacting with Mastodon people. It’s just a fun extra.

    I’ve also started following some of them, though I’m not sure how that part works yet.

      • nik0 ( Venomnik0@lemm.ee ) OP
        2·
        3 years ago

        That is a crazy thought really. Us being able to communicate. I always really love to see the @ handles for some instances as it brings on this togetherness and uniqueness that no other site (or really protocol) gives me. Honestly kinda weird some apps prefer to hide that instance label rather than show it.

      • livus ( livus@kbin.social ) 
        2·
        3 years ago

        I think you’re right. Outside of Lemmy I don’t think many people have heard of kbin so the mastodon people probably think we’re a mastodon instance.

        I want to start posting microblogs somewhere and see if any of them see it.

        Edit: posted one and a mastodon account I mentioned upvoted it so yes they can see us under some circumstances!

  • Excel ( excel@lemmy.megumin.org ) 
    9·
    3 years ago

    Considering that the vast majority of comments on every thread (including this thread) are from users on different instances than OP, I’m going to answer: “literally everyone on Lemmy, constantly, and on every post”.

    It sounds like what you meant to ask was more about interoperability between different platforms, but keep in mind that even if other platforms didn’t exist, Lemmy would not be what it is without ActivityPub federation.

    • nik0 ( Venomnik0@lemm.ee ) OP
      1·
      3 years ago

      It sounds like what you meant to ask was more about interoperability between different platforms

      You hit it spot on. Exactly what I mean. I wish there was more and during my first time in lemmy back at july I’ve seen a few mastodon accounts being able to communicate here however we weren’t able to directly influence mastodon or pixelfed.

  • bionicjoey ( bionicjoey@lemmy.ca ) 
    7·
    3 years ago

    I follow lots of Kbin and Lemmy instances. And while I don’t really have any interest in microblogging, I’ve had a few conversations in Lemmy comment sections with Mastodon users, so that’s pretty cool.

  • simple ( simple@lemm.ee ) 
    6·
    3 years ago

    I haven’t used it at all. The fediverse can communicate with eachother, sure, but every website has its own ways of browsing and listing posts. Websites have to make a bridge to another website so you can actually interact with them in a way that makes sense, like how kbin has its own way to interact with Mastodon.

    Unless someone makes a super app that lets you browse each implementation with one account, I think the Fediverse will mostly stay split with limited cross-app communication.

  • mtchristo ( mtchristo@lemm.ee ) 
    5·
    3 years ago

    I tried following lemmy communities using mastodon, but it wasn’t pretty. everytime someone posts a comment I receive a separate post on tusky, without context (both the original post, or parent comment are missing) and I would need to click each time on a post to go back up the tree, mastoton and its clients need to do some work to improve interoperability with other platforms,

    but unfortunaly the only platform Mastodon recognises and is excited about joining is threads. I have never seen them address the existance of other fediverse projects.

  • Remy Rose ( MxRemy@lemmy.one ) English
    4·
    3 years ago

    I haven’t done a lot with it myself yet, but I have noticed that a solid half of the people who interact with my Pixelfed posts are coming from Mastodon. Probably because the hashtags work across the two? I guess?

    • nik0 ( Venomnik0@lemm.ee ) OP
      2·
      3 years ago

      Yeah the hashtags reach out to really any instance that is atleast related to Mastodon. I’ve seen a few misskey.io ones and a few others i forgot the names to but they both share alot

  • Millie ( Millie@lemm.ee ) English
    2·
    3 years ago

    I tend to use Lemmy most often just because it’s easier to interact with Lemmy and kbin that way, but I have Mastodon, Lemmy, kbin, and pixelfed posts in my feed on my Calckey instance, so I can at least browse communities I’m subscribed to through there.

    What would be nice is some way to sync subscriptions and blocks across platforms and between instances. I’d probably be using my own instance more often if that were a bit easier.

    • nik0 ( Venomnik0@lemm.ee ) OP
      1·
      3 years ago

      News especially. I find Mastodon alot more positive than here sometimes. Not to say everyone is mean or anything of course. I just find it more cozy

  • Matthew ( matty@blahaj.zone ) 
    1·
    3 years ago

    @Venomnik0@lemm.ee I use it on couple, I find looking at Lemmy post on Friendica to be much better compare to *key (the one I’m on right now) which mainly is the formatting.

    Otherwise, this is what it looks like on *key’s end and it not bad but definitely not as ideal