I’ve actually got 2 questions, one about l.w and one about lemmy in general.

  1. I signed up yesterday and got an email to confirm my address but it’s not working. I’ve used the user I created, my email, and the user that was in my email and it’s not working. is it me or is it the server here at issue?

  2. I’ve also got a mastodon account. how do I create a post on any sub straight from there and not through a lemmy instance?

  • litchraleeEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I’m not sure about your first question, but for the second: Mastodon and Lemmy are both part of the Fediverse, implementing the ActivePub protocol. But what each offers is not really compatible with the other. Mastodon is microblogging, whereas Lemmy is link/news aggregator. The semantics of each also don’t match: does favorite-ing in Mastodon post equal a Lemmy upvote?

    So while you can’t natively cross-post between the two systems, there’s no reason why an app can’t integrate the experience of both seamlessly. And in any case, sharing content from one to another is as simple as including the URL.

      • litchraleeEnglish
        2·
        8 months ago

        TIL. I’ve struck out the parts of my answer which don’t reflect the present reality.

      • litchraleeEnglish
        3·
        8 months ago

        I’ll meet you half way, as the intro text at join-lemmy.com prominently proclaims: “Lemmy: a link aggregator for the Fediverse”. I’ve edited my answer, although I’m concerned what other parts of it will prove to be wrong lol