To my understanding: -There are Lemmy instances -Instances communicate with each other to create the "Lemmyverse" -There a larger version of this that encapsulates all (or a lot of) services that use ActivityPub called the "Fediverse"

My question is how or if would I interact with said other services from Lemmy? Is that possible? Could I say, see Mastodon or Peertube content from Lemmy? If I can, how? Do I sign up to those sevices with my existing Lemmy account? Can or will I soon be able to interact with everything through one account? Because that seems to me like it should be possible assuming everything and everyone is federated.

How is Lemmy interconnected with the Fediverse right now, and how might it become further connected in the future?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The downside is ease of use. Not everyone wants to set up a mastodon feed or a Lemmy feed. Lots of users only want one specific type of post.

For instance, I hate the Twitter-style microblog. I choose to use Lemmy because I specifically want to exclude Mastodon posts from my feed.

There’s also the issue with app development. Apps for Lemmy have undergone a lot of development in the past few weeks. Apps for kbin are basically non-existent. This is an issue that could be solved with time and the right developer(s) but as it currently stands a mobile user will be better off using kbin in their browser. So if someone is looking for a more seamless transition from Reddit, the natural move is to Lemmy.

[–] BloodSlut 2 points 1 year ago

That makes sense! I guess for me, personally, if I want to be able to access and interact with multiple types of media I should create an account with a platform that supports multiple other platforms like kbin does.

I wonder if there will be a platform that is dedicated to supporting as many of the other large fediverse platforms as possible.

Thanks for the explanation!