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@nom_nom They both comply to the ActivityPub protocol, but they do very different things, as one is a microblogging platform while the other is basically an image board. You could say that what's different about them is simply their front-ends, but that wouldn't be correct, as each AP server allows their users to do different things. For example, you cannot publish standalone posts in communities (or groups) via Mastodon, while Lemmy doesn't let you publish posts without specifying a community.
@nom_nom Different servers realize different services, or at the very least they realize them in different ways. What's new is that these services are at least somewhat interoperable with each other: I can comment on this Lemmy thread via Mastodon, altough I cannot start threads in a Lemmy community. Other AP servers work much better with Lemmy. For example, Friendica (a Facebook clone) allows for the publishing of posts in groups (which is what Lemmy communities basically are).
Very interesting, and thank you for the excellent explanation. I think I understand a little bit more now: so they are different services but because of the shared protocol it allows for some interoperability between services, and the unique part about the Fediverse is that it isn't simply an API, but all federated services (lemmy, mastodon, friendica, etc.,) are all literally interconnected, but the exact functionality depends on the service itself. Did I get that right?
@nom_nom Friendica owns groups itself and can treat communities on Lemmy as its own groups.
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@junbird @nom_nom @hamiller_friendica That's actually the main thing I use this Friendica account for - Guppe and Lemmy groups. I might have to create a proper Lemmy account eventually though.