So I did figure out that yes, #Mastodon can federate #Lemmy and #Kbin content. The problem is that Mastodon doesn’t know what to do with it, so it (the group) looks like a user that boosts all posts and comments.

I found myself browsing the “federated group” @selfhosted over on https://kbin.social, as I think Kbin has a nicer UX for it.

I didn’t really want to create a separate account for group stuff, but that might be what we do in the short term. 🤔

  • Mike Kasprzak 🦖OP
    4•1 year ago

    @NumbersCanBeFun Okay that was unexpected. I managed to post a new topic and reply to Lemmy.world using my Mastodon client. That was supposed to be a “thinking out loud” toot. 😅

    I attached some images to my first reply, but they were ignored. I wonder if my server strips out markdown? 🤔

    * _Test_

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    • NumbersCanBeFun
      2•1 year ago

      @mike It’s formatted well but whenever I click the link it 404’s on me for kbin. I know the server is getting some big upgrades and is under a lot of strain right now, so that might be a factor to consider, at least as far as kbin is concerned.

    • @ThorrJo
      1•1 year ago

      Most versions of Mastodon strip all formatting after its developer Gargron made an Executive Decision™.

      • Mike Kasprzak 🦖OP
        1•1 year ago

        @ThorrJo @selfhosted That’s what I thought too. Seeing some of the discrepancies across Lemmy and KBin made me curious to try it. Many instances run the Mastodon Glitch branch for this reason (I don’t, as I’m treating my server as a research project, and IMO the stock experience is more important).

        That said, I’ve heard folks parroting that some form of markdown is coming to mainline Mastodon, though I haven’t seen an announcement. I’m assuming Rocko simply said he wasn’t against it anymore.