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Thanks for your explanation! It does make more sense now. I'm more in favor of the Lemmy interface and way of working so I suppose it's better to have 2 separate accounts (one on each platform)? Or can I use my Mastodon credentials to logon to Lemmy?
I might be completely mistaken and don't understand it at all.
@StijnVVL @Mysteriarch I searched for @belgium on my fostodon.org and clicked on followed. Now I can see all the posts and reply to them.
@StijnVVL @Mysteriarch @belgium To add to the confusion, I actually use emacs as my mastodon client :D
I'd say have a separate account for both if you're actively going to use them, since they're quite different.
You can't log in with the credentials for one instance into another, no. But you can access it through the instance you're logged in to.
Edit: you don't need a separate Lemmy account for different Lemmy instances of course. They share the software and user experience. I myself have a Mastodon (general posting), Lemmy (communities and discussion), Pixelfed (photo sharing) and Bookwyrm (book updates) account. Those all do differenthings.
This is most informative, thanks a lot for your explanation!
It takes a little bit getting used to the idea of federation, but it's only one extra layer actually. If you can make the mental click, it's actually pretty easy!
I'm willing and happy to try! It certainly looks like a more friendly and respectful concept of web than what we've seen so far with centralized corporations.
While I agree as an IT person myself, I find that the more comments I see it seems many people feel that it's best that non-technical people who don't understand both the philosophical and technical aspect of federations.
I don't like that kind of exclusionary thinking.
Are you talking about the tech-centered part of the fediverse? There's certainly that, but there's also a large part of marginalized people or people with alternative visions on what the internet should be, regardless of technical skill. I always joke that it's mainly comprised of tech nerds, leftists and queers, or a combination of all three.
It's okay for everyone to know how it works. The issue is usually that some people are afraid of things they think are difficult, and that might prevent them from using them
Knowing how stuff works is great and can increase your enjoyment of something. But I consider it silly to talk down to people who don't, and in the large threads I feel like there's a lot of sentiment that if you don't know how to set up your own world you're the wrong kind of person to be here.