So, you won’t see Mastodon content on Lemmy unless a Mastodon user has posted in a group (the generic term for community, subreddits, etc). For example, here’s an exchange I had with some Mastodon users. Groups don’t always come from Lemmy and as a Lemmy user you can subscribe to more Mastodon centric groups like !histodons@a.gup.pe or even PeerTube channels like !veronicaexplains_channel@tilvids.com. Direct user-to-user microblog style interaction with Mastodon users is not supported, and that’s mostly a design choice of the devs. Projects like kbin/mbin seek to bridge the gap and directly support both experiences.
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Toldry@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I still haven’t figured out how to get content posted on Mastadon in my Lemmy feed. I’m using Thunder for Android as my client
spaduf@slrpnk.net 3 months ago
OlPatchy2Eyes@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Good explanation, thank you
nasi_goreng@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
You can subscribe them manually via search.
I follow several Lemmy communities on my Masotodon and Misskey account.
Toldry@lemmy.world 3 months ago
But i wanna do the other way around–i wanna get Mastadon content on my Lemmy client
flamingos@ukfli.uk 3 months ago
You can’t, unless the Mastodon user tags a community you’re subscribe to.
nasi_goreng@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
Technically you can, here’s this community looks like on Mastodon.
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flamingos@ukfli.uk 3 months ago
No, they’re asking about getting stuff posted on Mastodon to appear on their Lemmy feed. You’ve got the platforms the wrong way round.