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@techgeeklife @mdiluz This is what I dislike about the #fediverse protocol. There are all these different applications, like Mastodon for short stuff, #Writefreely for longer text, #Pixelfed, #Lemmy, etc. etc. But if you want to use them, you need a different account for each, which harms discoverability. Contrast this with #Matrix, where you can have multiple applications use a single account, each in its own matrix room(s), using custom event types, and tailored client apps to access each. 5 comments
@techgeeklife @mdiluz Let's say that as (at)ticho(at)mastodon.online, I want to post something longer, so I'd like to use Writefreely. I need to have an account on some Writefreely instance, I can't do it with my Mastodon account. Yes, I could boost my Writefreely post with my Mastodon account, but that is an ugly kludge that harms discoverability, and shatters community (those interested now have two accounts to follow). So people make these "twitter threads" instead, which is amazingly ugly. @techgeeklife @mdiluz Same with Pixelfed, which should be used to share photos, or even whole photo albums or "stories", to use Instagram lingo. Instead, most people don't bother, and just attach photos to their Mastodon posts. And whenever I do a post with several photos, I feel guilty because I'm misusing the service, and adding to their hosting costs. At least whoever is hosting a Pixelfed instance is doing so already expecting having to host a lot of images and budgeting accordingly. @ticho @techgeeklife yeah tbf I forgot the alt-text here and really should have added it, that's my bad. Though now it'll notify some 400 people if I edit it. Good ol' federation. |
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@ticho @mdiluz
I'm not well versed with Matrix🥲.
But afaik, fediverse protocols are made so that any account can be used, discovered and interacted with any app.🤔
Am I missing something?
Feel free to correct me