InformaPirata

oh, a clarification: I’m still @macfranc@poliversity.it

I’m a fan of Lemmy, though I recognize that some limitations could be considered flaws (https://piefed.social/comment/11707767).

However, your perspective must take into account some design (and history) issues with the software you mentioned:

Lemmy barely works with PeerTube [discuss.tchncs.de]

It’s important to understand a few concepts here:

• Lemmy is based on Activitypub groups
• A group works by “resharing” an initial post and all replies to that post
• With some programs (Mastodon’s “socialverse,” Misskey, Pleroma, Friendica, or Pixelfed), you can “post inside a group” only by mentioning the “group user”; with others (Lemmy/Piefed/Mbin/NodeBB’s forumverse, but also Peertube, Mobilizon, or Flipboard), you simply assign a discussion to a group (you can do this easily from the interface). This second mode doesn’t yet have a syntax shared by all the software in the Fediverse.
• Finally, a very important feature of Lemmy is that a post can only be published to one channel at a time. This might seem like a limitation (we’ll discuss it later, when talking about Flipboard), but it’s actually designed by the developers to prevent synchronous crossposting, which can dramatically increase spam.

Lemmy handles the display of Peertube content very well and correctly assigns it to the correct Peertube channel. What doesn’t work well is the update system, which is why Lemmy can’t act as a Peertube feed reader. This isn’t Lemmy’s fault, nor is it Peertube’s, as each handles Activitypub groups differently.

Lemmy doesn’t work with Pixelfed [discuss.tchncs.de]

That’s not true. Lemmy handles Pixelfed very well. Pixelfed users can open threads on Lemmy or reply to Lemmy discussions. However, Pixelfed only shows users retweets made by Pixelfed, not those from other software. Therefore, Pixelfed users cannot access the groups. Regarding your user, I’d like to point out that feddit.it can see it: https://feddit.it/u/NotAHopeInHades@pixelfed.social

Lemmy doesn’t work with Loops [discuss.tchncs.de]

Loops is still a very immature software, with very limited interoperability. I wouldn’t consider it a valid test for certifying Lemmy’s functionality. Regarding your user, I’d like to point out that feddit.it can see it: https://feddit.it/u/spaceotter@loops.video

Lemmy doesn’t work with Micro.blog [discuss.tchncs.de]

I’m not familiar with Microblog, but (regarding your user) I’d like to point out that feddit.it can see it: https://feddit.it/u/akshay@social.learnlearn.in

Lemmy doesn’t seem to work with Flipboard

Flipboard uses groups to manage the “magazines” of the “main accounts.” Magazines are the thematic sections of the main account. Basically, the main account (for example, @NationalGeographic@flipboard.com) publishes a news item, and depending on the topic, it can be published in the “Science” Activitypub group (@science-NationalGeographic@flipboard.com) or the “Environment” Activitypub group (@environment-NationalGeographic@flipboard.com), OR both. This design, intended to maximize visibility on the Mastodon audience, is incompatible with Lemmy’s logic. Lemmy, in fact, as I mentioned before, doesn’t allow synchronous crossposting of the same content across multiple groups.

The same goes for Misskey.

Lemmy handles Misskey very well. And Misskey handles Lemmy very well. I don’t understand the problem.