The issue is the compatibility. You can follow Lemmy from Mastondon, but not vis-versa.
Lemmy is pretty dismissive of the rest of the fediverse.
Well they all use a different interface style. For example Lemmy is “Reddit like”. Mastodon is “Twitter” like. So just use whatever platform works best for you. You’re on Lemmy right now so I would guess you’re looking for a Reddit style. There’s also kbin to serve the same, but they’re having some problems federating right now. They may not offer the best user experience. kbin is newer and still in early development. Lemmy has a few years under its belt.
Similar UX but different project, just like how you can get stuff from Lemmy in your Mastodon feed.
So can we get stuff from mastodon in our feed? Also, I see Wordpress in there too, which isn’t a social network.
So is kbin part of lemmy? Or is it different like mastadon?
Kbin is another Reddit like platform. All Fediverse platforms communicate using the ActivityPub protocol, but each platform has it’s own development team. Right now ActivityPub is not seamless between platforms, for example Lemmy is not talking to Mastodon very well right now. The goal is for seamless communications between platforms, but that’s not the case yet. It’s just growing pains that should get worked out over time.
Are you saying you can’t read Kbin through Lemmy but the goal is to be able to?
May be a controversial opinion but I don’t think lemmy instances should talk to mastodon, I feel like twitter and reddit are two entirely separate platforms for entirely separate purposes and if you mix them together you kinda destroy that individualisation
How would this work? If I’m on Lemmy I would be able to read Mastodon posts? Would they appear like Lemmy comments or what?
Huh, this would be the first I’ve heard of Wordpress leveraging ActivityPub.
It seems to have some addons or something like that that allow it to communicate with activitypub
Does it make sense to merge all of them into one “super app”?
Is there a rundown on what they’re all like? Only familiar with Lemmy and Mastodon
Check out https://fediverse.party/en/miscellaneous/ and filter by ActivityPub to see the many apps that use a similar protocol to Lemmy along with quick descriptions. Not all apps there will be well populated, but it will give you an overview of what some of the fedi apps do.
