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I thought we were all one big federated family but I don't have a deep knowledge of how it all works. I'd like to follow accounts like lowqualityfacts and Georgetakei but I can't seem to find them by searching.

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[โ€“] kersploosh 7 points 9 months ago

From Lemmy you can see the accounts, but usually not their content (see note below). @[email protected]
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Interaction between Lemmy and Mastodon doesn't work well because the two services structure their content differently. Lemmy is community based and Mastodon is user based. Lemmy doesn't have a mechanism to follow an individual user, and Mastodon doesn't have an analog to communities (afaik).

(Note: In the case of these two accounts, some of their toots are visible because they have been pulled into the [email protected] community as part of an experiment to bridge Lemmy and Mastodon.)

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You can't follow accounts on lemmy, afaik

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

And I am glad for that, actually.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I wish you could, but for all intents and purposes Lemmy and Mastodon aren't part of the same fediverse. Kbin/Mbin let you follow accounts, and I think [email protected] automatically turns toots from some accounts (including Takei's) into Lemmy posts.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Kbin/mbin should allow it.