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 6 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.