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Reddit exodus - Using Lemmy from my existing Mastodon (vijayprema.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/RedditMigration@kbin.social
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Many are turning to Lemmy as a viable Reddit alternative. Here is how to use your existing Mastodon account with Lemmy.

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[–] 3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

This is great, but I wish I could see /interact with Mastodon posts from Lemmy.

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  • [–] [S] 13 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Iirc, you can follow them from lemmy. Kbin will let you interact because they show up in a special “microblog” area, but I’m not sure how lemmy handles it.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I really need to figure out how to follow lemmy stuff from kbin. When I see ones on the front page that are relevant I'll follow them, but I don't know how to actively seek them out. I'm 38, have worked in tech for over a decade now, and this change makes me feel like a damn boomer lmao. Committed to figuring it out though!

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Really you have to use third party tools for discovery. Very hard to discover on kbin outside of the big communities. But I like kbin implementation of the threadiverse the best

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Do you have any tool suggestions? Working on getting my version set up on my desktop while I patiently await an iOS app.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    @n3cr0 @stopthatgirl7 So, this comment is a post from my Mastodon instance. Can you see it? If you reply, then you will have interacted with it.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    @n3cr0 @stopthatgirl7 ok, I just got a notification that @stopthatgirl7 favourited my post -- I guess you did that my "upvoting" the comment that appeared on Lemmy. This is how mastodon nd lemmy users can interact with each other.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Only I’m using kbin, not lemmy. Kbin and lemmy handle federation differently, so we’ll have to wait and see when someone on lemmy interacts.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    @stopthatgirl7 @n3cr0 ok, so it's even cooler then -- we are having a conversation across three different platforms: me on mastodon, you on kbin and @n3cr0 on lemmy. Welcome to the #Fediverse!

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Plus I can follow all of you from all those instances, over on pixelfed (the Instagram analogue), thought I have zero idea how things federate in that direction as I haven't used pixelfed much yet.

    Dozens of websites all speaking one language behind the scenes!

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    turns out I have a pixelfed instance too :-)

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago* (1 child)

    Ok straight up how did you comment from it? I tried with mine before making my comment (cause I was gonna do it from pixelfed like you, but I couldn't figure out in the UI how to get to this convo, just a person.

    Edit: I literally just made an account last night lol

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I had to paste a link to your comment in the search bar of my pixelfed instance. I think pixelfed UI isn't as well integrated into the fediverse as other platforms, it takes a bit of mucking around to make it play nicely.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    @matt@pixelfed.teachmaths.org @GeekFTW hmm... pixelfed doesn't seem to be pushing the updates out, or if it does, there is a long delay. I had to get kbin to pull those couple of comments from my pixelfed instance. I don't use pixelfed very much, there could also be something broken in my setup.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    When I paste the link to a comment into pixelfed it just sits and spins on its thumb so things could just be a bit gimpy.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Thanks. I'm trying it out. ^^

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    @n3cr0 it works... well done! 🥳

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago* (1 child)

    Unfortunately, I cannot find a way to follow you via Lemmy. I only found your follow link for Mastodon instances. I can view your posts on Lemmy when clicking on your name. I can also send you a PM or I can block you, but I cannot see or subscribe to your Mastodon contents from Lemmy.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    @n3cr0 Here is my mastodon profile on your lemmy instance:

    https://lemmy.world/u/matt@mastodon.teachmaths.org

    You should be able to follow it, message it, etc. (although no guarantees as to quality content 😉 )

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Unfortunately, options are more limited here.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Whereas kbin has a follow link right on the profile: https://kbin.social/u/@matt@mastodon.teachmaths.org

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    @stopthatgirl7 @n3cr0 I quite like kbin -- it is sort of the "swiss army knife" of the fediverse...

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