Hashtags do not replace groups.
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@atomicpoet @fediverse Wait.. is *that* how it works to follow a lemmy .. whatever the equivalent is of a subreddit .. group? anyway, you just follow @groupname@instancename? How did I not understand this before?
This is what I see from Lemmy.world
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it's a new post in the community
So if there's 50,000 users in a conversation and they all keep "tagging" the community instead of a hashtag, then that community would have thousands of new posts?
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@breakfastmtn Thanks. So far I've tried Friendica, Misskey and Hubzilla, as well as three different Mastodon servers. So I do understand that Masto is not the whole fedi.
It's just that so far as I was concerned, "Lemmy" is a dead rock star who had a penchant for Nazi memorabilia.
I'd never heard of it as a fedi service until Chris' post, yesterday!
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ļø@ApostateEnglishman You should check it out. Lemmy's great! Interoperability is terrific but I think the way information and discussion are displayed in Lemmy* is superior for deeper dives and being "in" a discussion. Not at all a knock on Mastodon, which is perfect for what it is. They're just trying to be different things that have different strengths
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@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] To be blunt, āitās like emailā is probably good enough for 95% of casual users in terms of an explanation for how the Fediverse works.
Itās all just email. Mastodon, Pixelfed, and Lemmy are really all just email.
But the moment you ask, āWell, actually, how does it all work? How is it possible to use Lemmy with Mastodon?ā
The answer is: actors.
And maybe that is abstract, but I assure you thatās the practical reason youāre able to do it. Once you understand that the Fediverse is made up of actors/activities, a whole new world of possibilities opens upāeven for regular users. Itās why youāre participating on Lemmy right now, even though it still looks like āMastodonā to you.
Now Iām sorry that you may perceive this as ābeside the point,ā but people ask how it works and Iām telling you. However, if this is too abstract, remember: itās all āemailā.
@atomicpoet @fediverse @Coolmccool That's not what people are asking - they're asking "How does it work *for me*?".
"Like email or phones" again still only explains in the abstract, that you can connect with anyone in the same way as those things. It still doesn't explain how to use it or how it solves the things people would like to solve.
People are asking for a driver's license & you're telling them how a combustion engine turns gasoline into mechanical motion.
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@atomicpoet @fediverse @Coolmccool That's not what people are asking - they're asking "How does it work *for me*?".
"Like email or phones" again still only explains in the abstract, that you can connect with anyone in the same way as those things. It still doesn't explain how to use it or how it solves the things people would like to solve.
People are asking for a driver's license & you're telling them how a combustion engine turns gasoline into mechanical motion.
@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] I've explained how to use it: you submit to a group from Mastodon by tagging. In fact, you're using it right now. Look at one of the accounts you're mentioning.
Did you not read the original post?
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it's a new post in the community
I'm assuming replies to the post would be replies in Lemmy?
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@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] I've explained how to use it: you submit to a group from Mastodon by tagging. In fact, you're using it right now. Look at one of the accounts you're mentioning.
Did you not read the original post?
@atomicpoet @fediverse @Coolmccool Yes, I did - did you not read the rest of the thread? At no point did I say "explain it to me" & neither did Cool, your answer to whom I originally responded to - in fact, I said specifically that I don't expect you to explain it to laypeople if you're on the dev side. All I'm asking is for you - and just as importantly, other readers of this thread - to recognize the explanation gap, that we may become a welcoming place for everyone, not just developers.
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Hashtags do not replace groups.
No one moderates them. Theyāre easy to hijack and spam. And thereās simply no permanence to them.
Which is why, if you actually want to discuss something, itās better to tag a group. For example, if you want to be part of an actual PC gaming community on the Fediverse, itās better to tag
@[email protected]than#pcgaming.This needs to be common knowledge because people new to the Fediverse do not know about groups. Hell, Iād say people who have had Mastodon accounts for years still donāt know. And thatās a shame.
Also hashtags don't help federation at all, groups/communities will "boost" the post so it federates to all the followers
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I really hope there's better handling of Mastodon user comments on Lemmy, because all the comments tagging other users are an absolute mess. Are Mastodon users doing this on purpose or is their client tagging the users automatically?
If this were to become more common I'd probably just think about find out a way to block Mastodon users so I don't see their comments.
In Mastodon you need to mention the person you reply to or they won't get mentioned. Clients usually set them automatically.
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@[email protected] @[email protected] The best way to explain #Pixelfed is that itās an Instagram-like front-end for the Fediverse. But practically speaking, itās Mastodon if pictures were a requirement on Mastodon. You interact with a Pixelfed account from Mastodon in much the same way you interact with another Mastodon account, or how youāre interacting with my Akkoma account right now. It really is just like email.
Regarding group topics, the best way to find them is to do a search on a place like lemmy.world or lemmy.ca. For example,
[email protected]is one. And you can find the URL here:The best way to find groups is actually https://lemmyverse.net/communities . All individual servers are missing other communities due to de-feds or lack of federation. While I can't say numerically how comprehensive Lemmyverse is, it's a lot better than any instance I've tried.
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You have misread their comment and understood it backwards. AP's saying people on Mastodon are engaging in Lemmy discussions.
There is no way to follow Mastodon users from Lemmy. Lemmy simply does not work that way.
It's not that Lemmy couldn't allow you to follow Mastodon users, the technology allows it. It's just not high on the priority list to actually develop.
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sharkey seems to have good lemmy support
Really? It doesn't seem much different to mastodon.
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