Which is why, if you actually want to discuss something, it’s better to tag a group. For example, if you want to be part of an actual PC gaming community on the Fediverse, it’s better to tag @pcgaming@lemmy.ca than #pcgaming.

This needs to be common knowledge because people new to the Fediverse do not know about groups. Hell, I’d say people who have had Mastodon accounts for years still don’t know. And that’s a shame.

@fediverse@lemmy.world

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[–] atomicpoet@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

What if I told you that you can use Lemmy with Mastodon right now—and that many people do?

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I have heard of the opposite. Mastodon users can see and comment on lemmy posts, but i have yet to discover how to view mastodon post from lemmy.

If it is indeed possible can you or anyone elaborate how to?

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

You have misread their comment and understood it backwards. AP's saying people on Mastodon are engaging in Lemmy discussions.

There is no way to follow Mastodon users from Lemmy. Lemmy simply does not work that way.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

The mastadon user posting the thing needs to tag the Lemmy community in their post and then it will show up like any other post on Lemmy. You wouldn't even know it's from Mastodon unless they said so in the post.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

You can usually tell it's from Mastodon because it's got a couple dozen hashtags scattered throughout the post and a dozen more users and communities tagged.

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You're not the first to suggest it, but I still haven't seen anyone do more than linking one from the other. This feels as inconsequential as posting a Twitter screenshot on Reddit. Is there a deeper integration possible?

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Someone on Mastadon could reply to a comment here directly from there and you may not notice unless you look at their instance.

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Usually, you notice it, as Mastodon automatically adds an @username@instance for everybody the commment replies to, Lemmy doesn't.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

True, good point