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    Please forgive me for my ignorance on the subject, but is it possible to create a Mastodon account add to a Lemmy app, e.g. Memmy?

    Or are Lemmy & Mastdon two very different platforms, Like Facebook & Reddit?

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      They are connected (you can boost/retweet Lemmy posts from Mastodon) but use a different API for apps, so they won’t all support it. Kbin supports interacting with both Lemmy and Mastodon, but it’s a different platform so you’re going to have to create a new account

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        And so is it accurate to say kbin is its own protocol which can be used to aggregate and interact with mastodon and lemmy posts?

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          No. Kbin, Lemmy, and Mastodon all use the same protocol and can communicate with each other, they just have different UI styles.

          However, Lemmy (Reddit-like) doesn’t have a UI for microblogging (Twitter-like), while Mastodon (Twitter-like) doesn’t have a UI for comment threads (Reddit-like).

          Only Kbin seems to have the option to use both styles of UI at the same time.

          There are less Kbin instances available because Kbin is a little less mature and it’s a lot harder to setup, but the devs seem to be working on improving that.

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          accurate, no not at all

          … but as an extreme simplification that ignores the work of the kbin devs… you could kiiiiinda think of it like that?

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          When you said protocol, I think you were referring to the “type” of website kbin is, correct? If so, yes you’re correct, it is a hybrid of both Lemmy and Mastodon. So both a link aggregator/discussion website, as well as a microblog.

          Although, when people say “protocol” in the context of the Fediverse, they are almost always referring to the ActivityPub protocol which allows all these websites to interoperate with each other - they all use it, and that’s what allows the users/content to flow from one place to another. So in that sense, no, kbin is not using a different protocol from the others.

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          No. Kbin, Lemmy, and Mastodon all use the same protocol and can communicate with each other, they just have different UI styles.

          However, Lemmy (Reddit-like) doesn’t have a UI for microblogging (Twitter-like), while Mastodon (Twitter-like) doesn’t have a UI for comment threads (Reddit-like).

          Only Kbin seems to have the option to use both styles of UI at the same time.

          There are less Kbin instances available because Kbin is a little less mature and it’s a lot harder to setup, but the devs seem to be working on improving that.

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      I follow a couple Lemmy communities from Mastodon. If you create a Mastodon account and search for @technology@lemmy.world you can subscribe to new posts, which get boosted into your feed. You can upvote by favoriting a post and you can reply from Mastodon and it’ll show up on Lemmy.

      I can also follow Lemmy users, like by searching for mxwarp@lemmy.world and your posts (but not comments) will show up in my feed.

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          It’s not the best experience, but it works. It also means that Mastodon users can boost Lemmy posts and other Mastodon users may wind up commenting.

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      Two different platforms that use the same software and can kind-of sort-of communicate with each other. I can see this post and comment in Mastodon and reply to Lemmy users. But Lemmy cannot see Mastodon posts.

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      It might not work since they’re different platforms with different APIs. The only way an app might work on both platforms is if the app itself chooses to support both APIs.

      That said, there’s a level of interaction between the two since they both use ActivityPub. I.e. on Mastodon I can search for a particular Lemmy user and see their posts.