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This magazine is dedicated to discussions on the federated social networking ecosystem, which includes decentralized and open-source social media platforms. Whether you are a user, developer, or simply interested in the concept of decentralized social media, this is the place for you. Here you can share your knowledge, ask questions, and engage in discussions on topics such as the benefits and challenges of decentralized social media, new and existing federated platforms, and more. From the latest developments and trends to ethical considerations and the future of federated social media, this category covers a wide range of topics related to the Fediverse.

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Trying out Lemmy and kbin… And the #fediverse interoperability has lost me 😥 please #help ! (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hey All,
I’m an (old 😉) IT guy, very excited by the #fediverse and trying to find my way amongst various services.

As an example, I started gathering topics I like on a Lemmy account. Then, I got tempted to create different accounts on smaller instances and try out kbin.

I’d love that my « subscriptions » follow me, so that I don’t have to scan all my « magazines » and re-register from everywhere.

Can someone kindly help me on how I can achieve that? Apologies if the question is naive, but given the decentralised nature of those services, shouldn’t each user have a « local » trace of what they follow (for example on a local app), no matter the service, so that they get « their view », their « window » on the #fediverse?

Many thanks for the #fedihelp and again my apologies for the probably basic questions!

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I only have a kbin account,

but I can sub to

/m/memes
/m/[email protected]
/m/[email protected]
/m/[email protected]

I don't need accounts on those other lemmy instances, I can sub to them from here.

For example, check out https://kbin.social/m/[email protected] and you can click subscribe

which is a different instance of the post you made here at https://kbin.social/m/fediverse

You can see that https://lemmy.ml/c/fediverse is the same as https://kbin.social/m/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, the key thing here is that you (and OP) should be only using one account (in both of your cases, your kbin account) on the site your account belongs to (kbin.social). The site takes care of the federation. There's generally nothing you need to do † and you don't even actually need to know how the federation works. Simply treat the @domain thing as part of a magazine's name (eg, it's never just "memes" but "[email protected]").

† The exception is when you're the first person on your instance to subscribe to a sub on another instance. Right now this has a phenomenally bad UX and I'm hoping it will be improved quickly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You can also see Lemmy and Kbin users on Mastodon and vice versa. It all runs on the same protocol: ActivityPub. Sort of works like email in that sense.