Lemmy.ml, the most popular instance fo Lemmy out there, is not accessible in my country unless I use a VPN. But, I can subscribe to any community that exists on lemmy.ml from here and even post on those communities from this account.

I love this aspect of Lemmy.

  • Daniel Retana
    2•2 years ago

    @mykl There’s only one issue with the ActivityPub.

    Which is:
    - Is more feasible to make an account into Lemmy or Kbin to comment, save posts or give them thumbs up/down than to access to the ActivityPub from another social network in the fediverse.

    For example to make these comments into Lemmy from Mastodon I had to search for a guide on internet to make it possible. ActivityPub isn’t user friendly which is the main issue in the entire fediverse (issues with UI and UX).

    • @mykl
      1•2 years ago

      I certainly admit your dedication in working it out 😀

      I knew it was a feature, but I suspect it’s one of those things that will make little sense to most people until power-users start using it to build extraordinary features and services that we don’t even know we need yet.

      • Daniel Retana
        2•2 years ago

        @mykl I make it work, but there’s interoperability issues.
        Right now I can see that one of my comments got like 2 thumbs up. The issue is that I can’t see it on Mastodon, not even like a “favorite ⭐” which is the closest thing.
        Also I gave you a “favorite”, but Lemmy don’t register it as a thumbs up, so probably you only gonna see some of my interactions with you, only if you access through the Mastodon UI.

        Also I can’t find the way to follow people from Lemmy and bookmark/save their posts.

        • @mykl
          2•2 years ago

          Well, early days I suppose. Now they’re both receiving a lot more attention I hope that these sorts of issues will get addressed. If you enjoy the pain I hope you’ve checked out how it all works with kbin too!

          • Daniel Retana
            2•2 years ago

            @mykl Right now I think that I’ll leave the ActivityPub for now.
            Is easier just to make an account in lemmy.ca and in kbin.social than trying to reply comments/toots, find a way make the comment in first place, to try to follow someone and also to find a way to save content from another social network.

            Also ActivityPub allows me to make a post on Lemmy from Mastodon on any of their “subreddits/communities”.
            The issue I can only post and reply 500 characters. Which is very annoying.