This is one of the big advantages of using open platforms that operate over a common protocol. Commercial companies are engaged in a zero sum game fighting for users, so they want to create silos for their content. On the other hand, Fediverse is a positive sum game where all the platforms benefit from users being able to see content from other platforms.
Exactly. The power of fediverse. Enjoy! ❤
you can also comment on posts from other instances as well as subscribe to communities on other instances!
edit: you still have to follow their rules, though, as the rules/guidelines on other instances may differ from that of your own!
@BrooklynMan yeah, this is pretty awesome. The only big thing I'm struggling with is that the community account, as seen from Mastodon, boosts absolutely everything... all comments, in any order, not just top level posts.
yeah, from what i understand, mastadon doesn't provide the best UX for browsing lemmy. but it works if you need to use it.
@BrooklynMan while I realize that it sometimes doesn't make sense to care too much for how mastodon users see things, maybe there's some way top posts and comments can be distinguished so that we can filter them out. But I do understand that there's limitations and it's a reasonable compromise.
Seems to me that only OPs should be boosted and you would open the post to see comments. I just learned the same thing today and hit that same barrier. I dont want my home timeline filled to the brim with every single reply
How exactly do I see other instances? I thought you just signed up individually for each one.
while browsing your main "feed", at the top, you can select between "Subscribed", "Local", and "All". You can also click on "Communities" at the top, sort by "All" and get a list of Communities that are available of all instances and subscribe to them. Then, when you go back to your feed, sort by "Subscribed", and it will be very much like your Home Page on reddit, with all your subs.
Ahhhh so local is within the current instance and all being a mashed together one kind of. Cool!
Any way to block an instance? Or just ignore it?
See the explanation in this comment. As already stated, you can block communities or individual users.
i don't know. not that i'm aware of, but you can block individual communities by going to them and selecting the 'block community' button under the 'subscribe' button'
Can I search for posts Mastodon instances from Lemmy? For example to crosspost to a Lemmy community?
Quick question, how does it handle post titles?
One of many newbies here, but your post makes me wonder... is there a way to link my lemmy and mastodon accounts? Would I then see the same feeds on both interfaces?
Everything about Lemmy; bugs, gripes, praises, and advocacy.
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