What is incredibly exciting about #RedditMigration is the rate at which the #Fediverse is adding capacity. In the last few days, well established and very capable Mastodon server operators have been adding #kbin and #Lemmy instances.

kbin:
infosec.exchange >>> https://fedia.io
universeodon.com >>> https://readit.buzz

Lemmy:
infosec.exchange >>> https://infosec.pub
mastodon.world >>> https://lemmy.world
mstdn.social >>> https://u.fail

We got this!

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content aggregator and micro-blogging platform for the fediverse

Because #kbin is so new, there is not a lot of good user documentation. In particular, you don't get a prompt to check your email and if you miss it you don't get another chance.

If you plan on signing up for #kbin, you can follow the instructions here:
https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/110539370826690726

Also it is kind of non-intuitive to figure out how to edit your profile.

To edit you profile you can follow the instructions here:
https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/110539477780792015

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Attached: 1 image How to Sign Up for #kbin 1. Go to https://fedia.io (or other instance) >>> Log in 2. Register 3. Fill in Username, Email, Password and Repeat password >>> Click Consent... >>> Register 4. IMPORTANT! NOW CHECK YOUR EMAIL (MAYBE SPAM FOLDER) look for email and click Confirm... 5. Fill in Login or email, Password >>> Click Remember me >>> Login 6. And there you are! Check top right to see your user name. #RedditMigration #SignUp

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/kbin is a decentralized content aggregator and microblogging platform running on the Fediverse network.

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@mastodonmigration to me this has also highlighted how incredibly beneficial it'd be to improve interoperability between different fediverse platforms. I know it's *possible* to comment and post on Lemmy/kbin communities from my mastodon account, but there's a lot of friction, and there's plenty of features that are platform specific.

@Kiloku Good point. It's complicated. While it is often cited as a feature that you can see other app content on Mastodon, the actual utility of this is kind of limited since they organize content differently.

What is a huge benefit, however is that under the hood they all run the same engine, so from an operations, scalability and moderation perspective the Fediverse has a huge advantage.

That said, as the apps mature I suspect that more content interoperability features will emerge.

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@Kiloku

It's worth remembering that some things are also not solvable. Lemmy/kbin vs Mastodon serve entirely different purposes, so some features are fundamentally incompatible.
(And TBH not everyone wants some of the features other instances have)

@olavf @mastodonmigration I think most of it is solvable if some sort of protocol allows logging into an instance's website without being a member of it. The destination instance asks the source instance if everything checks out and you then get the usual experience a native user would have. A feature being fundamentally incompatible doesn't matter if you only need to use it inside the destination instance. Your instance doesn't need to handle it.
@Kiloku
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You'd likely have to segregate accounts, or you'd end up with the same incompatibility problems on your home instance feed, just by the domain-based way ActivityPub handles users.
It's possible to do a UUID type system where your personal feed incorporates Mastodon + kbin + however you want to split things up, and posts are unique to each, but I'm not sure how ActivityPub could migrate to that. Zot can, but almost nobody is using the zot protocol