Charles RoperJul 12, 2023

I've been messing about with the Lemmy 🔁 Mastodon interop today and it has BLOWN MY MIND. 🤯

This excellent post from @vjprema explains how to use #Lemmy from your #Mastodon account. Amazing.

https://vijayprema.com/using-lemmy-from-my-existing-mastodon/

As @evan says, don't bet against the #fediverse.

This thing is 🔥.

Reddit exodus - Using Lemmy from my existing Mastodon

Many are turning to Lemmy as a viable Reddit alternative. Here is how to use your existing Mastodon account with Lemmy.

Vijay Prema - The Mindful Technologist
Show threadDanny BlueJul 13, 2023
@charlesroper @vjprema @evan I wonder if there will start being "global" apps built with interfaces made to be compatible with different types of apps. (no idea if that makes sense)
Show threadVijay PremaJul 14, 2023
@deebloo @charlesroper @evan I think I know what you mean. The problem I see is that currently the users "data" is intertwined with the type of Fediverse app that the users home server is running. It could be better if the a home server hosted a shared datasource, and all the fediverse apps were just different frontends into it. Like your home server could be running Lemmy, Mastodon, Pixelfed and Calckey, all with a shared datasource so a user could chose any frontend under same login
Show threadDanny BlueJul 14, 2023
@vjprema @charlesroper @evan right but it's all activity pub. So you could build a brand new app that works with mastodon and others just via the protocol.
Show threadCharles RoperJul 14, 2023

@deebloo @vjprema @evan Like a Solid pod?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_(web_decentralization_project)

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/technology/tim-berners-lee-privacy-internet.html

Update: better link to the NYT article: https://archive.is/20210112130433/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/10/technology/tim-berners-lee-privacy-internet.html

Solid (web decentralization project) - Wikipedia

Show threadDanny BlueJul 14, 2023
@charlesroper @vjprema @evan not familiar with solid pods so not sure. My question is more around the UI and making something that works well across different sorts of social apps built using ActivityPub
Show threadEvan ProdromouJul 14, 2023
@deebloo @charlesroper @vjprema so, ActivityPub has a built-in API that can take any kind of Activity Streams activities and distribute them to the network. It's how I envision that universality happening.
Show threadDanny Blue
@evan @charlesroper @vjprema it only gets distributed if another server subscribes to that stream right? I'm still learning how all this works under the hood. so a mastodon server A will only get content from server B if some from A follows someone from B.
Jul 14, 2023 at 12:23pmWeb
Show threadEvan ProdromouJul 14, 2023
@deebloo @charlesroper @vjprema no, you can address someone directly and it will go straight there.
Show threadEvan ProdromouJul 14, 2023
@deebloo @charlesroper @vjprema but it's an account-to-account protocol.
Show threadDanny BlueJul 14, 2023
@evan @charlesroper @vjprema right I guess I just want to clarify (for myself) that content doesn't get pushed to different servers without user to user interaction of some sort.