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Cross posting norms and etiquette? (kbin.social)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I still don’t really understand crossposting or the multiple link options on kbin. What should kbin users know about crossposting and linking?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Follow up if you have time, do both threads and microblogs federate with mastadon? If so, do they appear different?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They appear as another toot - with title, summary (shortened if it is long) and link. Like shown on an image.

(BTW this means, that articles will not be shown in their entirety, contrary to microblog posts)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

Forgot to say, but all /kbin posts will have at least one hashtag - the name of the magazine.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

They both federate and they both look the same I think.

However, Mastodon search works by tags iirc. And kbin/lemmy users tend to not use tags. So discoverability is low.
The Microblog section is supposed to add the magazine's tags to your posts there, though I don't know if it currently does. I remember reading issues about it not being the case, but those were rather old, so not sure about the current status.