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So I did figure out that yes, #Mastodon can federate #Lemmy and #Kbin content. The problem is that Mastodon doesn't know what to do with it, so it (the group) looks like a user that boosts all posts and comments.

I found myself browsing the "federated group" @selfhosted over on https://kbin.social, as I think Kbin has a nicer UX for it.

I didn't really want to create a separate account for group stuff, but that might be what we do in the short term. πŸ€”

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lmao, the best part of this goof is that you accidentally demonstrated a way to sort of post a separate title/body post.

It looks like a title may only be 90 characters on Lemmy, so I guess you could make the title text then pad out with spaces (or whatever) to then separate out into distinct body text.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

@ElectroVagrant I wonder if this will work too?

(I'm using the "content warning" feature of Mastodon, and replying directly to a lemmy.world user)

EDIT: Okay the content warning didn't work, but it appears that so long as I @ someone on the server that owns the group (it doesn't have to be the group),my messages will federate correctly. Also if you can read this, Mastodon's edit federation works too. πŸ˜‹

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Speaking of edits, Lemmy's edit federation works as well!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

@ElectroVagrant πŸŽ‰

EDIT: Ah interesting. I see the pencil icon on Lemmy for your edit, but my edits aren't marked with an icon. That feels like cheating. πŸ˜†

EDIT2: I stand corrected, the pencil appeared later. I wonder if this one will change too?

EDIT3: Yes it does. Another curiosity, but I swear that the comment count for this thread goes up every time I edit. πŸ€”

EDIT4: Confirmed (for Lemmy at least). After I push send the comment count should say 31.