I’m in Lemmy.world, but I’ve seen there are others. Do I have to switch in between them (if so, how?) or is it fine the way I have it?

Thanks a lot.

  • Flippin' 'eck, Tucker!
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    151 year ago

    @Quickswitch79 Due to the magic of the Fediverse you don’t even need to be on Lemmy!

    Kbin is another similar system that interacts with Lemmy, and this reply has come from Mastodon!

    Although in general I wouldn’t recommend using Mastodon to interact with Lemmy communities, it works but it’s not what either system is optimised for so it’s a bit clunky.

    But it’s still pretty amazing to me: it’s like using Twitter or Instagram to read and reply to Reddit!

    • UnanimousStargazer
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      71 year ago

      But it’s still pretty amazing to me: it’s like using Twitter or Instagram to read and reply to Reddit!

      It’s probably amazing because everybody is used to social media platforms blocking access to and from other platforms. The point of these commercial platforms is to reel in as many users as possible and keep them in the ecosystem. No export possibilities, no federation or standard protocol.

      It’s like a large company inventing e-mail and not allowing people to e-mail to an e-mail address registered to another domain. Nobody would think that’s logical, but most have grown accustomed to commercial social media locking every account in.