So I did figure out that yes, #Mastodon can federate #Lemmy and #Kbin content. The problem is that Mastodon doesn’t know what to do with it, so it (the group) looks like a user that boosts all posts and comments.

I found myself browsing the “federated group” @selfhosted over on https://kbin.social, as I think Kbin has a nicer UX for it.

I didn’t really want to create a separate account for group stuff, but that might be what we do in the short term. 🤔

    • Elle@lemmy.world
      8·
      1 year ago

      Lmao, the best part of this goof is that you accidentally demonstrated a way to sort of post with separate title/body text.

      It looks like a title may only be 90 characters on Lemmy, so I guess you could make the title text then pad out with spaces (or whatever) to then separate out into distinct body text.

      • Mike Kasprzak 🦖@jammer.socialOP
        8·
        1 year ago

        @ElectroVagrant I wonder if this will work too?

        (I’m using the “content warning” feature of Mastodon, and replying directly to a lemmy.world user)

        EDIT: Okay the content warning didn’t work, but it appears that so long as I @ someone on the server that owns the group (it doesn’t have to be the group),my messages will federate correctly. Also if you can read this, Mastodon’s edit federation works too. 😋

          • Mike Kasprzak 🦖@jammer.socialOP
            1·
            1 year ago

            @ElectroVagrant 🎉

            EDIT: Ah interesting. I see the pencil icon on Lemmy for your edit, but my edits aren’t marked with an icon. That feels like cheating. 😆

            EDIT2: I stand corrected, the pencil appeared later. I wonder if this one will change too?

            EDIT3: Yes it does. Another curiosity, but I swear that the comment count for this thread goes up every time I edit. 🤔

            EDIT4: Confirmed (for Lemmy at least). After I push send the comment count should say 31.