They do. I could be wrong, but I don't think Pixelfed supports groups yet so I don't think you can interact in a meaningful way. I looked you up from pixelfed.social. I can see your account and could follow you but Pixelfed only shows posts with attached media so I can't see any of your posts/comments.

[–] pmk@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Isn't this the dilemma? Each type of fediverse project has its own focus, presenting posts in different ways. If we increase interoperability to the point where everything can be presented fully on any service, will each service be able to keep their focus? Would there be a point in having pixelfed when mastodon exists?

[–] wesley@yall.theatl.social 3 points 8 hours ago

Mastodon is an app for sharing text that can also share pictures and videos. Pixelfed is an app for sharing pictures and videos with limited text.

You can curate a feed of pictures on Mastodon by following hashtags like #cats or #catstodon, but the interface is going to always emphasize the text first. Meanwhile on Pixelfed I can follow those same hashtags and get a much better experience for a feed primarily of pictures. Even though many/most of the posts will inevitably come from Mastodon users I can still browse those in my Pixelfed app in a much cleaner way. Artists can post their work from a Mastodon account, but the best way to view all their posts is going to be from Pixelfed.

This is why interoperability is a good thing. The whole point of federation is that different apps can implement their own version of the spec to curate a different type of user experience.

[–] breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca 4 points 15 hours ago

I don't think it should be a dilemma - but some do. I don't see why there can't be different corners of the Fediverse. This is my most isolated account here and I'm fine with that. I don't personally want or need integration with Mastodon. I'm glad mbin has that for people who do but I'm not interested in it. And I think it's kind of cool that there are different cultures within Fedi. Mastodon, Pixelfed, and Lemmy are all so different from each other and I don't think it's a problem to solve.

I know the ActivityPub authors were concerned about Mastodon getting so big because it only implements a small portion of the AP spec. So they're stoked that others are building out in ways that expand beyond the needs of microblogging.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Yea I've been trying too, I can also search, see and "follow" comms and it'll pull up things like the sidebar info, but actual content is missing

So it's there, but very broken unfortunately. I should make a note to open an issue if there's not one already

[–] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Most servers do. Depends on their block/allow list and their setup.

The software supports it, you just need to make sure one of your users has followed an account/lemmy community on the pixelfed side and make sure a lemmy account follows an account on the pixelfed side.

Its not a perfect solution, but it gets the job done after that. (I tested this on an older version of lemmy and a new bleeding edge version of pixelfed)

One of the biggest ongoing issues with lemmy is that all the other fediverse systems generally work together pretty well but then you get to lemmy and it works....kinda? Mostly? But there is always quirks, like only being able to post but not see comments. as I say on lemmy :). I like the platform because of the ongoing community that seems to stick around and have sustainable growth (like oooold reddit).

[–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

you just need to make sure one of your users has followed an account/lemmy community on the pixelfed side

OK so I went to my pixelfed.social account, searched for "@superbowl@lemmy.world" and clicked on the "follow" button.

and make sure a lemmy account follows an account on the pixelfed side.

So... does it have to be a lemmy account on lemmy.world (for !superbowl@lemmy.world, say). And is there any particular pixelfed account that the lemmy account has to follow?

Thanks for the lead.

[–] RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

The Lemmy account has to follow the Pixelfed account that is going to post to Lemmy

[–] neatobuilds@lemmy.today 2 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

How do you find a pixelfed account through lemmy?

[–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I think I figured it out... consider the following links:

These all refer to the main developer of pixelfed, dansup. The first one is dansup's pixelfed account followed on slrpnk.net where my account is. The second one is dansup's pixelfed account followed on lemmy.world, the biggest lemmy instance. The third one is dansup's pixelfed account followed on lemmy.today, which is your instance.

The account is visible to me on the first two links. HYPOTHESIS: I think that means it's "being followed" by those instances? The account is NOT visible on the last link for me, I just get an error. NeatoBuilds, take a look at the last link: it might give you an error the first time, but HYPOTHESIS: if you refresh, I think it will be visible and that means it's "being followed" on your instance lemmy.today.

[–] neatobuilds@lemmy.today 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Oh cool yeah I was about to find my mastodon account and see posts and i could see my pixelfed account but shows it as no posts and no way to follow them

[–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah I don't think you can Follow people on the web interface of Lemmy, maybe on other interfaces. I think it's more a matter of: is the Instance following the pixelfed/mastodon account. If so, then future posts will show up.

[–] neatobuilds@lemmy.today 2 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Ok the cool thing is you can post to lemmy from pixelfed the same way you do from mastodon by tagging the community and instance @community@instance.domain

https://pixelfed.social/p/MrPistachios/786611218333562037

https://lemmy.today/post/22411382 side of the road

[@sideoftheroad@lemmy.today](h

[–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 2 points 5 hours ago

Wow awesome. I made another couple comments on your post from pixelfed.social and mastodon.social (as "Terencio")

my comment made on mastodon.social showed up on pixelfed.social
my comment made on mastodon.social did NOT show up on https://lemmy.today/post/22411382 Hypothesis: bc nobody on lemmy.today is following that mastodon.social account?
my comment made on pixelfed.social did NOT show up on mastodon.social. specifically, https://mastodon.social/@MrPistachios@pixelfed.social/113855663395156100 This was a bit of a surprise.
my comment made on pixelfed.social did NOT show up on https://lemmy.today/post/22411382 Hypothesis: again, bc nobody on lemmy.today is following that pixelfed.social account? Also, I forgot to add the "@sideoftheroad@lemmy.today" part.

[–] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

search @username@pixelfed.social and you should see the user pop up.

@user@server.url just like any other account. It should show up. Another option is to search for the post on the top of lemmy and then navigate to their account.

Example: @dansup@pixelfed.social

If that doesnt work, you can try this: https://lemmy.world/u/@dansup@pixelfed.social

in other words your telling lemmy to go to his personal account, which happens to be on another server.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 2 points 1 day ago

Yeeees, but the two won't generally see each other unless they try. That's my understanding.