PopBobertA guide to getting started with Twitter alternative Mastodon
mxwarpPlease forgive me for my ignorance on the subject, but is it possible to create a Mastodon account add to a Lemmy app, e.g. Memmy?
Or are Lemmy & Mastdon two very different platforms, Like Facebook & Reddit?
They are connected (you can boost/retweet Lemmy posts from Mastodon) but use a different API for apps, so they won't all support it. Kbin support both Lemmy and Mastodon in one account, but it's a different platform so you're going to have to create a new account
aidanAnd so is it accurate to say kbin is its own protocol which can be used to aggregate and interact with mastodon and lemmy posts?
PupBiruaccurate, no not at all
… but as an extreme simplification that ignores the work of the kbin devs… you could kiiiiinda think of it like that?
Grimlo9icWhen you said protocol, I think you were referring to the "type" of website kbin is, correct? If so, yes you're correct, it is a hybrid of both Lemmy and Mastodon. So both a link aggregator/discussion website, as well as a microblog.
Although, when people say "protocol" in the context of the Fediverse, they are almost always referring to the ActivityPub protocol which allows all these websites to interoperate with each other - they all use it, and that's what allows the users/content to flow from one place to another. So in that sense, no, kbin is not using a different protocol from the others.
excelNo. Kbin, Lemmy, and Mastodon all use the same protocol and can communicate with each other, they just have different UI styles.
However, Lemmy (Reddit-like) doesn’t have a UI for microblogging (Twitter-like), while Mastodon (Twitter-like) doesn’t have a UI for comment threads (Reddit-like).
Only Kbin seems to have the option to use both styles of UI at the same time.
There are less Kbin instances available because Kbin is a little less mature and it’s a lot harder to setup, but the devs seem to be working on improving that.