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This magazine is dedicated to discussions on the federated social networking ecosystem, which includes decentralized and open-source social media platforms. Whether you are a user, developer, or simply interested in the concept of decentralized social media, this is the place for you. Here you can share your knowledge, ask questions, and engage in discussions on topics such as the benefits and challenges of decentralized social media, new and existing federated platforms, and more. From the latest developments and trends to ethical considerations and the future of federated social media, this category covers a wide range of topics related to the Fediverse.
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How does kbin work? I see ask lemme posts on there.
/kbin is fully compatible with Lemmy - you can subscribe to Lemmy communities, post there, up- and downwote Lemmy threads and comment under them. User of any Lemmy instance can do the same with /kbin magazines.
/kbin magazines work the same way as Lemmy communities. Almost. Owner of a magazine can assign hashtags to it, which will effect in aggregating posts from outside Lemmy and /kbin in this magazine.
Because /kbin allows you to read threads not only from "Feddit"/"Threadiverse", but also from Mastodon and other federated microblogging, in the same threaded format, categorised by magazines. (section "Microblog")
So, do I need to make an account there? Or because I'm here, can I get 'over there'? I guess what I'm confused by is how to interact with it. It seems a bit duplicitous with lemmy (maybe just a different view of the same data?), but I dont know where or how to interact or if I am already by being on lemmy.
That's actually really good way of describing how the fediverse works. We are all looking at the same conversation, but reading it from different servers that are providing us with their own graphical interface for that conversation.
The reason you see ask_lemmy posts when you visit kbin is because kbin users can also see lemmy posts. Similarly, you can see kbin posts. Anyone with a Mastodon account can post and reply to both kbin and lemmy threads, too.
The thread you're posting in right now is coming from kbin, but you are replying to it from your lemmy account. So I think you're already doing the thing you described, maybe without even realizing it.
So maybe you can help me work through understanding the account part of it. Like, I'm on lemmy, we're talking on kbin; super cool. The 'data' lives on kbin. But 'we' (royal we) 'live' on lemmy. What protects/ prevents some one from making a u/fomo_erotic on kbin? Anything? Say I liked the way kbin organizes the data better. Can I just use my fomo_erotic id to log into kbin? Would I have to migrate? If I'm concerned about other people in the fedi being 'me' should I get fomo on those ids?
I guess these are small details and if another fomo_erotic showed up, I wouldn't really care, but I guess what Im wondering is how far can 'we' go in the fediverse? What analogy would you use for the 'id' part of the fediverse?