Yes, I’m asking about federation between Mastodon and Lemmy, and yes, I totally agree it should not be in the top list, and it’s absolutely not a feature request. What bothers me is how it is supposed to work in theory? Just trying to understand all those federation things. A Mastodon user has it’s own feed, but Lemmy users don’t have their own feeds for now. And if they would have feeds, it does not look like individual feeds are a primary Lemmy feature anyway. And Mastodon doesn’t have group discussions. So, practically, looks like there is actually no content to federate between Mastodon and Lemmy, am I understanding things right?
Wayyy down the line, I don’t even think I have an issue for this yet, the idea is to be able to follow not just communities, but users. So then a user’s posts (equivalent to reddit’s user page posts) will show up in your feed. So then you could follow people ala the twitter / mastodon style.
Obvi that’s a long way away, as /u/nutomic said we’re focusing on community federation rn.
While I have seen such user’s posts on Reddit, I’m still wondering what’s the use of it? It does make Reddit more a Facebook-like thing. However, those personal feeds are not shown anywhere except user profiles, am I correct? And IMO the main value of Reddit-like sites is discussion, not personal thoughts in a personal feed. The main activity on Lemmy happens in group discussions, I believe personal feeds will occupy only a very minor part of Lemmy content. So, is there even a distant theoretical need in such personal feeds federation?
The main activity on Lemmy happens in group discussions, I believe personal feeds will occupy only a very minor part of Lemmy content. So, is there even a distant theoretical need in such personal feeds federation?
This is true. I still do think there is a need for personal feeds following, so that lemmy users can subscribe to the rest of the fediverse, which is all currently person-based, and not group based. You might still want to see posts from peertube, or pixelfed for example show up in your feed.
Oh, I see a need now - you will be able to repost an interesting Mastodon post, or a Peertube video etc. to a community of your interest. Makes sense then.
Yes, I’m asking about federation between Mastodon and Lemmy, and yes, I totally agree it should not be in the top list, and it’s absolutely not a feature request. What bothers me is how it is supposed to work in theory? Just trying to understand all those federation things. A Mastodon user has it’s own feed, but Lemmy users don’t have their own feeds for now. And if they would have feeds, it does not look like individual feeds are a primary Lemmy feature anyway. And Mastodon doesn’t have group discussions. So, practically, looks like there is actually no content to federate between Mastodon and Lemmy, am I understanding things right?
Wayyy down the line, I don’t even think I have an issue for this yet, the idea is to be able to follow not just communities, but users. So then a user’s posts (equivalent to reddit’s user page posts) will show up in your feed. So then you could follow people ala the twitter / mastodon style.
Obvi that’s a long way away, as /u/nutomic said we’re focusing on community federation rn.
While I have seen such user’s posts on Reddit, I’m still wondering what’s the use of it? It does make Reddit more a Facebook-like thing. However, those personal feeds are not shown anywhere except user profiles, am I correct? And IMO the main value of Reddit-like sites is discussion, not personal thoughts in a personal feed. The main activity on Lemmy happens in group discussions, I believe personal feeds will occupy only a very minor part of Lemmy content. So, is there even a distant theoretical need in such personal feeds federation?
I’m not totally sure if they show up in your reddit feed or not. You can even pin posts tho: https://www.reddit.com/user/gallowboob
This is true. I still do think there is a need for personal feeds following, so that lemmy users can subscribe to the rest of the fediverse, which is all currently person-based, and not group based. You might still want to see posts from peertube, or pixelfed for example show up in your feed.
Oh, I see a need now - you will be able to repost an interesting Mastodon post, or a Peertube video etc. to a community of your interest. Makes sense then.