Comment on HELP: Fediverse app / network that allows the following?
PlasticPigeon@lemmy.world 10 months agoThanks so much for taking the time to explain and for the information. So if understood correctly, you say a web browser woud be best? But then wouldn’t you still need to have an account on Lemmy / Kbin / Mastodon / Peertube / Pixelfed, as they don’t all talk to one another, and for those that do, they don’t necessarily talk both ways, such as Lemmy and Mastodon.
Been using the Fediverse for a few months now, and wow, surprised at how complex some things are to understand still.
ElectroVagrant@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Web browser would be best if you’re really determined to keep all browsing to one app, yeah, probably.
You wouldn’t necessarily need to make accounts for each one, only if you wanted to participate via commenting/posting/etc. As long as the instance isn’t kinda private or running a fork that keeps stuff private or something, generally you can view different instance’s content without any account creation whatsoever. It’s one of the underrated perks of some of this federated stuff, being that it’s closer to the open web than corporate platforms.
I can’t speak much to Kbin, but I kinda know from experience with Mastodon that it tends to do a better job at talking to other federated platforms than Lemmy, for sure. In which case you can make a Mastodon account on some instance and follow stuff from Peertube/Pixelfed accounts a little more easily, but given their different focuses, the formatting’s typically the kicker and so things may not display as neatly as if you went directly to the instance they’re posted from.
Nevertheless, if you’re seeing the post in Mastodon, there may be some link back to said instance in some way, whether in the post itself or following through from the person’s profile. It’s not exactly elegant, but again, you typically won’t need to have an account on the remote instance/site to view the content (including additional content), which is already sometimes a step above the corporate platforms.
PlasticPigeon@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Thanks for the great explanation and taking the time to reply. :-)
And yes, want to be able to like or reply on other instances or federated sites like Peertube or Pixelfed.
Not wanting to post photos or videos necessarily, maybe post something on Mastodon or ask / comment on Lemmy for the communities.
Created accounts now on iceshrimp, mastodon, kbin, friendica and lemmy. Testing to see who can do and speak to what.
Ends up just being overwhelming, everything is so al over the place, and searching or following on other sites don’t always work.
The fediverse sounds a lot more connected than what it is in reality. And now people are defederating from one another because of Threads or because they don’t like the other guys, etc. And some now also want to go private. It’s like the wild west out here. :-o
So might just delete and leave everything altogether…