• n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca
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      that’s not true, there are multiple reasons one might like to, such as if you are interested in content that is blocked by one instance, particular if you want to access content on instance a and also content on instance b, and instance a blocks instance B, or vice versa.

      you could want to have separate personalities, one that you discuss your expertise as a mechanic, and another that you use to talk about your expertise as a Furry.

      You might want a sock account to argue with people without getting negative votes on your primary account, etc.

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      I know, but having separate accounts within the interfaces of each site can be helpful. If I have a Mastodon account, I know exactly how my posts are going to look and act on Mastodon. Same goes with Lemmy and Kbin.

      I also have access to features on one service I wouldn’t have on others. Some posts are easier to view and access from a different site or instance. Kbin doesn’t have any mobile apps yet, so I use my Lemmy account when I want to access fed on mobile.

      Lastly, sometimes I’m just in the mood to use one site over the other. If I’m in the mood for more Twittery content I go to Mastodon. If I’m in a more Reddit mood, I go on Lemmy. If I want to do both at the same time, I use Kbin.

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      They’re both Reddit-esque Fediverse platforms, but are developed and maintained by different people.

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          Lemmy has been around longer, so it is probably more robust, but Kbin has more features, including the ability to follow individual users across the 'verse, and has support for a number of Fedi groups, including Friendica Forums and Guppe Groups, that Lemmy has no support for.

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      They are different platforms, you can access Lemmy communities from Kbin, where it looks just like a kbin magazine, or from Friendica, where it looks just like a Friendica Forum, of from Mastodon, where it looks like an annoying bot that re-posts every comment as a separate Re-toot. —

      There are many other Fediverse platforms but those are the ones I have the most experience with.

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        Interesting. I haven’t yet seen actual federation. (That I was aware of, anyway.)

        How would I access something on Mastodon from Lemmy (for example)?

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      It is its own community that happens to be federated with Lemmy and Mastodon. You can toggle federation on and off, and when off, you only see kbin’s material. Otherwise it functionally acts like another lemmy instance, with a different interface and features missing from base lemmy.

      There is also a microblog attached to it that connects with Mastodon in the same way. Each community has its own microblog that acts as a hashtag when on Mastodon.

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    Why are you using multiple accounts? You DO know you can read/write posts across servers, right? Like me right now posting a comment to Lemmy from Kbin.

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      I do know, and I do it cause I can. The features and UI are different from site to site, and sometimes I’m a Reddit classic mood, Twitter mood, or a combination of the two. It’s the same content, but different ways of experiencing and interacting with it you know? Plus until Kbin gets mobile app support, I have my Lemmy account for Sync.

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    that’s why you have separate profile pics for each service, to help you recognize which you’re seeing!