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Cake day: June 10th, 2023

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  • Something tells me this isn’t the last word on the issue. If the fediverse concept is to succeed, then its two (current) largest players need to have some cross-functionality.

    I strongly disagree here. They might be using the same protocol, but the user expectations are something completely different. I’ve tried mastodon and really don’t get the appeal, just like I never understood why people want something like Twitter. And I’m sure there are some Mastodon users out there who can’t be bothered about Lemmy.

    Forcing them into one common framework feels like alienating both to me.


  • The idea of a non-profit holding sounds great, but what about collateral damage if shit really hit the fan? Would it not be smarter to have a separate entity for each platform? They could all have essentially the same statutes, boards, directors etc. etc., so in case if one really got under heavy fire, the others wouldn’t be affected? I know it means more admin work and probably also requires some governing policies with regards to the funding distribution, but might be cleaner in the end.













  • If the communities are on instances with Lemmy 0.17.x and older, the join function doesn’t work properly. You have already joined (and will see updates in your feed) and can interact with it.

    Joining really doesn’t mean “ask for approval”, it means “subscribing to their feed”. There are no private communities and commenting restrictions.

    Another issue could be that the instance was offline while you tried to subscribe, which leads to a missing ping back, but again you are subscribed regardless.

    Joining communities sucks in many apps. Sync does a great job here; but if indeed the instances are not federated with the ones you are using in the first place, that will lead to issues.

    One of the reasons why I created a backup account with infosec.pub, which is federated with just about anyone.