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So I did figure out that yes, #Mastodon can federate #Lemmy and #Kbin content. The problem (cdn.masto.host)

submitted 1 year ago by mike@jammer.social to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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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. 🤔

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[–] mike@jammer.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh wow, I didn't realize I actually cross posted to #Lemmy by @'ing the group. 😅

[–] 73ms@fosstodon.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@mike That is interesting, I was curious about whether it is possible to post to lemmy from mastodon... Seems like part of your message ended up becoming the title so I wonder if there is a way to format the message in a way that won't look out of place on lemmy

[–] sab@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@73ms @selfhosted @mike

The problem is of course that microblogs don't have a title, so Lemmy just resorts to using the first words of the post. Kbin solves it differently, with microblogs being treated as entirely separate from the "threadiverse". They are not given a headline, and downvotes are disabled.

If you want to make sure a microblog looks good in Lemmy I guess the best you can do is to use a descriptive first sentence, ideally followed by starting a new paragraph. As there's no title field in microblogs, there's really nothing else to do, and as kbin handles microblogs differently there will probably always be some weird headlines popping up in Lemmy unless something changes on the technical side.

[–] 73ms@fosstodon.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@sab @selfhosted @mike Do you know if there is a way to make it a link post from masto or is that also just a limitation for microblogs? It seems like attaching media is at least possible.

[–] sab@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

@73ms @selfhosted @mike

I'm not sure how Lemmy handles microblogs with linked media, but at least in kbin it's not possible to post a "thread" from a microblog service. In Lemmy the distinction matters less as they are all presented in the same feed. In kbin I expect microblog integration to get better in the future, but I think there will always be a distinction between "posts" and "threads".