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Just because the ActivityPub protocol lets Lemmy and Mastodon interact doesn’t necessarily mean they should… Of course, I say that as we interact between the two!! It’s an interesting design dilema that I’m sure will receive more thought as the platforms grow
@vhstape @lmorchard What it means is that every interesting conversation also adds an interesting conversation to Mastodon.
People can interact with those discussions on the platform that suits them best.
So if you're an ex-Twitter user on Mastodon, it appears as a post. If you're an ex-Redditor on Lemmy, it appears as a thread.
And the magic of the Fediverse is that those ex-Redditors can engage with ex-Twitter users in conversations that wouldn't take place had they remained on Twitter or Reddit.
Wait, what?!? I'm so lost!? I'm sure I'll figure it out eventually just by trying things but it sounds like you're saying if I follow you on Mastodon I'll see your Lemmy comments start to show up? AND I can reply to them over there? I've just tried that but it doesn't seem to be doing that? I'm very new to both so I'm just barely starting to wrap my head around the possiblities.