Viewing a group from Lemmy like @fediverse on Mastodon looks like a weird stream of retoots / boosts. That’s probably going to confuse some folks as Lemmy & Kbin & friends take off

  • AJ Sadauskas@aus.social
    12·
    1 year ago

    @vhstape @lmorchard What it means is that every interesting conversation also adds an interesting conversation to Mastodon.

    People can interact with those discussions on the platform that suits them best.

    So if you’re an ex-Twitter user on Mastodon, it appears as a post. If you’re an ex-Redditor on Lemmy, it appears as a thread.

    And the magic of the Fediverse is that those ex-Redditors can engage with ex-Twitter users in conversations that wouldn’t take place had they remained on Twitter or Reddit.

    • vhstape@beehaw.org
      8·
      1 year ago

      Yes, you are totally right! I do think that there is an ideological disconnect, though, since Lemmy is more of a long-form text site and Mastodon is more of a podium-and-audience deal. Perhaps if content was “cross posted” instead, that might help separate things. Just rolling off the top of my head

    • João Pinheiro@libranet.de
      3·
      1 year ago

      @ajsadauskas

      That’s the beauty of the Fediverse: you don’t have to force anyone to be in the same platform to interact with each other, just like e-mail. Everybody is free to choose the service they prefer without cutting ties with other people.

      Friendica and Hubzilla go even further because they can reach Diaspora.

      @vhstape @lmorchard

    • Mishmash2000
      1·
      1 year ago

      Wait, what?!? I’m so lost!? I’m sure I’ll figure it out eventually just by trying things but it sounds like you’re saying if I follow you on Mastodon I’ll see your Lemmy comments start to show up? AND I can reply to them over there? I’ve just tried that but it doesn’t seem to be doing that? I’m very new to both so I’m just barely starting to wrap my head around the possiblities.