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#Kbin update:

- The https://kbin.social server is now federating with the Fediverse. You can follow/interact with kbin.social magazines & users from other Kbin servers, Mastodon & rest of the Fediverse. For example the TIL magazine is at @TodayILearned, the lead dev of Kbin is at @ernest

- There's a new Kbin server at https://readit.buzz which is run by the same people as the Universodon.com Mastodon server. It's open for signups, just click "log in" and then "register".

kbin.social - Explore the Fediverse

Explore the Fediverse

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p.s. If you are browsing a magazine, thread or account from Kbin (or anywhere else on the Fediverse!) and you want to interact with it somewhere else on the Fediverse but you can't find it by searching, here's how to make your server notice it:

1. Go to Kbin in your web browser
2. Copy the web address of what you want to interact with
3. Paste that address into the search box on Mastodon (or any other Fediverse server type)

It will then appear on your own server where you can interact with it.

Show threadElizabeth Wrigley-FieldJun 15, 2023
@feditips This is *exactly* what makes this a not-very-user-friendly social media experience for anyone who wants to interact with more than one self-contained community…
Show threadJoshix

@wrigleyfield @feditips it's really easy and one simple step.

How would you open a reddit thread on Twitter?

Jun 15, 2023 at 2:18pmWeb
Show threadElizabeth Wrigley-FieldJun 15, 2023
@joshix @feditips I’d click one single link. At no point would I copy a url, then go to a different site with a few clicks and paste that URL into that site’s search function.
Show threadJoshixJun 15, 2023

@wrigleyfield @feditips but you couldn't comment on the reddit thread with your twitter account.

It's really hard to make different websites work together. Copying and pasting a URL ist a really good solution

Show threadProtectiveHenJun 16, 2023
@joshix @wrigleyfield @feditips This! Wrigleyfield, I know dealing with the Fediverse is confusing for many of us (I'm failing to figure out how to post in kbin from here), but eventually we'll be able to have one log-in to basically access a Twitter-type thing, a Reddit-type thing, a YouTube-type thing, etc., etc., etc., without having to separately log in, and it will all be non-corporate, no ads, the best situation to minimize big-bucks manipulation. Hope you stay!
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@wrigleyfield @joshix

I think we are talking about different things here?

The single link you see on Twitter just takes you to Reddit's website. It doesn't let you take part in Reddit from Twitter. If you just want to share a link to Kbin from Mastodon, sure that's easy, just post the link.

What I'm talking about is interaction across different platforms, replying to a Kbin thread from a Mastodon account. This is impossible on Twitter, because Twitter and Reddit don't have interoperability.

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@wrigleyfield @joshix

Kbin and Mastodon and other Fediverse platforms all use a common standard called ActivityPub to communicate between servers. This means people on different kinds of server can interact and follow each other as if they were on the same server.

You cannot follow Reddit accounts from Twitter or have any kind of interaction, because they have no such common standard and no federation either.

Show threadJesseJun 15, 2023
@feditips @wrigleyfield @joshix This highlights an issue though - the additional functionality applies a usability cost to everything, because it makes overall explanations more complex and confusing.
Show threadJesseJun 15, 2023
@feditips @wrigleyfield @joshix Something I've observed in IT: people overlook fixes and solutions that seem "easy" or "obvious" to them in retrospect, because they've stopped considering the obvious. And usually that's because context cues have given them every reason to presume (and dread) complexity.
Show threadJesseJun 15, 2023
@feditips @wrigleyfield @joshix If you add a second "advanced" method for driving a car and start talking about it, don't be surprised if people shrink back from the steering wheel and ask why you've made everything complicated.
Show threadJoshixJun 15, 2023
@misc @feditips @wrigleyfield I think a better solution to the problem would be a scheme for fediverse content. Just replace "https://" with e.g. "fedi://" in the url and the post will be opened in you locally configured instance/app
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@joshix @misc @wrigleyfield

Yes, that would be fantastic.

The ability to load a remote profile/post is already there manually with copy/paste and through plugins. Might as well automate it through something like a fedi://

Show threadJoshixJun 15, 2023
@feditips there needs to be a standard supported by all browsers for that
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@joshix

True, but it would be great if it happened.