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#experiment tagging @mozilla @mozilla to see if this post shows up on #lemmy . (cdn.fosstodon.org)
submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by thegreybeardofthetree@fosstodon.org to c/firefox@lemmy.ml
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#experiment tagging @mozilla @mozilla @firefox @firefox to see if this post shows up on #lemmy .

Apparently your mastodon posts show up on Lemmy under the right circumstances (tagging a Lemmy community). 🤞

Edit: if I remove the tagging, will the post magically disappear from Lemmy too?

Edit:
For mastodon users wondering about this, here's the corresponding Lemmy thread: https://lemmy.ml/post/13358920

Mastodon thread for Lemmy users: https://fosstodon.org/@thegreybeardofthetree/112120405122806398

Ref: https://social.vivaldi.net/@bittin/112118062570031583

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[–] FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee 15 points 8 months ago

Lemmy user here

I still see the post

[–] thegreybeardofthetree@fosstodon.org 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

@mozilla @firefox

Just confirmed it does! Now does a #Mastodon reply create a new post, or is it a reply to the original? I will find out soon!

[–] thegreybeardofthetree@fosstodon.org 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

@mozilla @firefox
Answer found: it is a reply to the original post!

Further, an upvote on #lemmy is a boost on #mastodon.

What's weird is that the boost seems to come from the community it was posted to, not the Lemmy user that upvoted it.

I wonder what happens when there are multiple upvotes ... Multiple boosts by the and community (e.g. @firefox)?

[–] thegreybeardofthetree@fosstodon.org 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)

@mozilla @firefox I see multiple upvotes, but only one boost.

Further, the boost only seems to apply to the top post, not to the replies.

#curiosity solved by #experimentation . Feel free to add more #observations .

To #science 🥂

[–] thegreybeardofthetree@fosstodon.org 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Even better - you can see the whole thread from both #lemmy and from #Mastodon . However, you only see the conversation, not upvotes/downvotes in mastodon, while you see votes too in Lemmy.

Edit: I tried to not tag @firefox this time to see if my reply showed up on Lemmy. It didn't.

Tagging so the Lemmy thread also shows the reply and pictures.

Edit++: so retroactive tagging doesn't work ☹️...nvm, it just took a bit of time to update!

++Edit++: pictures only show in the top post 😔

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I see multiple upvotes, but only one boost.

Further, the boost only seems to apply to the top post, not to the replies.

Well that's odd, what if it's a different user that's commenting? Maybe all the boosts went to the top post because it was all by the same user

[–] thegreybeardofthetree@fosstodon.org 7 points 8 months ago

@otter @firefox
I noticed that the boost seems independent of upvote, though I don't have enough experimental data (aka spam) to verify my hypothesis.

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 6 points 8 months ago

[–] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

If people tagged firefox@mozilla.social it wouldn’t happen, but that profile doesn’t exist and they are tagging firefox@lemmy.ml. Presumably some autocomplete?

It’s working as expected, just a poor user experience especially when the Lemmy community gets random posts that are someone’s shower thought.

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 months ago

Honestly, poor user experience describes 99% of all microblogging content we see on Lemmy. Maybe the whole idea of federating structured with basically unstructured content is not that great in the first place.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 7 months ago

Hello there!

[–] kbal@fedia.io 1 points 8 months ago

hello from mbin, which in my mind is sort of half lemmy-like and half mastodon-like.

[–] pseudo@jlai.lu 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Hi, wanna do experiment across the fediverse? Here is a community dedicated to that: !testfediverse@jlai.lu

From my experience with Miskey forks, which behave almost like mastodon, to post from the twittoverse to Lemmy, you need to make sure the community is federated to your instance. To do that, open it like using the same url pattern for a remote user. Example with Sharkey : go to sharkey.world/@firefox@lemmy.ml.

Then write a note with a mention to the community just like it was a user. Do not mention more than one community because it will post only on one.

The first paragraph will be repeated as you title so avoid mentions and hashtags there.

On !testfediverse@jlai.lu we have tutorial on how to do that and also how to post from Lemmy to Mastodon. It is in french but you could use a translator or ask mods for advice.

Have fun with the fediversion!