Still figuring out the fediverse, but I know that Mastodon users can (in an oblique way) post to Lemmy. Is there a way to have a Lemmy account and post to a Mastodon instance/section/thingie?

I wanted to respond to something on https://front-end.social/local but I’m trying to avoid creating more social media accounts I won’t use.

Thanks!

  • maegul
    4·
    1 year ago

    Couldn’t agree more. There may be useful browser extensions by now? I haven’t delved into that space.

    But yep, I’ve said the same thing elsewhere.

    If I’m grumpy, I say “the fediverse doesn’t exist (yet)”, because up until now it’s been dominated by mastodon and one simple paradigm. When the user can easily exist on multiple platforms, then it’s a fediverse.

    • Old School Dreamer@mindly.social
      2·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, it’s been a bit of a rough ride since I started on GNU Social. When Mastodon first ‘came to power’ it felt like they were stepping on everyone’s toes. Eventually, I came around to a lot of what that community stood for and what they were building.

      But it’s true, it feels like we still need a task force dedicated to smoothing out the rough edges of federation so that the ideal becomes reality for everyone. I’m confident we’ll get there and it’ll be magical when we do.

      • maegulEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        GNU Social

        Ooooh … a fediverse old timer! Tell us the old tales! (I’m not teasing you here, I’m being celebratory and serious, even if weird!)

        “Task force” is a good way to put it.

        Without wanting to be pessimistic, what worries me is that a brain worm has kinda settled in of “being a platform hero”, where people feel that the right way to work on the fediverse is to make a their own new platform, sell it, start instances, get user numbers up, ship new features, ship mobile apps etc … almost like developers are stuck in older and corporate ways of thinking.

        I don’t think there’s nearly enough reusable modular software work going on, nor even enough thought about what that would look like. But there are plenty of people making their own platforms and apps, basically reinventing the wheel again and again, and, I fear, making the same mistakes that will strike at some point, again and again.