tl;dr — how do PieFed/Lemmy/Mbin handle cross-posting?

Currently, when a NodeBB admin moves a topic from the uncategorized pseudo-category into a local category, we federate out an as:Announce, people typically think of that as a "boost" or "share".

That worked fine when the entirety of the category list was your local categories plus the "uncategorized" pseudo-category. However, now that NodeBB is moving towards supporting remote categories (via group actors), this UX makes less sense. We wouldn't want to "move" a topic out of the category it is supposed to be in, just for visibility to other local users. Additionally, topic moving was limited to administrators, and from the get-go we knew it would eventually cause issues because people other than admins would want to share topics to other local users.

This is where the "cross-post" functionality comes in, which is entirely new to NodeBB. I don't think this is new to other AP-enabled threaded discussion software. The idea would be that if a new topic comes in, whether it's uncategorized or not, any user could "cross-post" that topic to a local category, where it would be visible to other users on that instance. On the ActivityPub side, we would then federate out an as:Announce as we already do.

Is this what PieFed/Lemmy/Mbin already do, if they support cross-posting? What other alternative solutions would there be to this problem?

cc @rimu@mastodon.nzoss.nz @andrew_s@piefed.social @nutomic@lemmy.ml @bentigorlich@wehavecookies.social

I’ve created #Piefed’s first dedicated community to movies!

If you’re on #Mastodon, #Akkoma, or #Sharkey, follow it here:

@movies

And if you’re on #Lemmy, #Mbin, or Piefed follow it here:

!movies@piefed.social

From now on, all my posts about movies, including reviews, will be posted there.

Everyone is welcome and you’re allowed to chat about whatever movie-related things you like.

@fediversenews @fediverse

#Piefed (#Reddit alternative), and #Lemmy and #MBIN alternative too, has added a nice new feature called "Feeds" which is like multi-reddit. You can create your own public feeds by combining a number of communities together. People on any other Piefed instance can subscribe to your feed.

If you're interested in using Piefed as a Reddit alternative, or checking out this feature, I run a public instance, https://feddit.online. You can see all Piefed server choices at https://join.piefed.social/try/

https://piefed.social/post/500805

Just read a new (to me) term describing #mainstream #socialmedia platforms, "predatory platforms."

I like it. I think I may start using that.

#meta #facebook #instagram #tiktok #x #xitter #twitter #reddit #predatoryplatforms

#friendica #pixelfed #loops #mastodon #lemmy #mbin #fediverse

It’s true. I’m retiring @fediversenews, and have created @fediversenews as its successor.

I used to post constantly to that #Friendica group. However, I am incredibly pleased with the moderation toolkit of #Piefed, so it only makes sense to use that software instead.

For those who don’t know, Piefed is a #Reddit-like platform – similar to #Lemmy and #Mbin – but I feel it has amongst the best community management tools of the federated Reddit-like platforms. So I am thrilled to be migrating an old community over to Piefed.

Oh yeah, and I’m looking for moderators. So if this interests you, let me know.

RE: https://piefed.social/post/488665

So now that I created my first #Piefed community, @amiga, I can finally stop using #Reddit – because Piefed addresses two of my biggest pain points with #Lemmy and #Mbin:

1. Moderation tools
2. Easy posting from microblogging platforms like #Mastodon and #Akkoma

Point 2 also addresses my biggest complaint about the #SocialWeb: it is hard to create communities based on shared interests.

Confirmed. You can post from a microblogging platform (e.g., #Mastodon, #Akkoma, etc.) to #Piefed simply by mentioning the group actor in your post.

Piefed sticks a [Microblog] descriptor in the title so that #Lemmy, #Mbin, and Piefed readers know that the post originated from a microblog.

To use this feature, you need to use @ for the mention instead of !. For example @community@exampleserver.com.

This is yet another reason I’ll be using Piefed to create communities.

So it seems to me that, for posting purposes, #Piefed is much friendlier to #Mastodon and #Akkoma than #Mbin is.

When you look up a Piefed post on microblogging platforms, it returns a link to the post as well as the body:

https://piefed.social/post/488492

But when you look up an Mbin post, it repeats the title twice and does not display the body:

https://kbin.earth/m/pcgaming@lemmy.ca/t/947755/Steam-s-best-rated-games-of-2024-aren-t-what-you-d-expect

For this reason, I’ll be posting from piefed.social simply because I want my posts to be readable on microblogging platforms. To be sure, this is not a slam against Mbin. I acknowledge it’s a work in progress. But I have to use the platform that works for my purposes.

@FediTips

https://techhub.social/@joaoalberto9009/113931594236921578

"I'm almost giving up on using #Friendica, #Akkoma and #Mbin. I can't get anywhere, and I can't get any help to configure them. They're all installed fine, but I can't use the features.

Can someone give me some tips? This is my last appeal...

SOS PLZ"

I prefer #Mbin’s “hot” feed over #Lemmy’s “hot” feed because it seems to update more quickly.

#Mbin just got updated to v1.8.0.

It has lots of big new features such as:

• ability to bookmark threads, microblogs, and comments
• notification settings per user/magazine/thread/microblog
• inline previews of linked posts
• improved smartphone/touch experience
• ability to filter search results by magazine

Check it out:

https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin/releases/tag/v1.8.0

Today’s #HOA entrant: “Stop promoting #Lemmy because it’s made by Stalinist trash.”

I’m not “promoting” Lemmy. I don’t even use it—I prefer and recommend #Mbin.

But Lemmy is already popular, and I would be a fool if I didn’t acknowledge this. For better or worse, this is the #Reddit alternative that has the biggest userbase. It is what it is.

For what it’s worth, the biggest Lemmy server is lemmy.world, and it’s not run by Lemmy devs. And no, I’m not going to defederate it just because it runs Lemmy.

Whatever your grief with Lemmy devs, they still made software that’s objectively better than Reddit, and better is still better—even if it’s not perfect.

So no, I’m not going to stop talking about Lemmy—even if the devs aren’t saints.

RE: https://social.doma.dev/users/jonn/statuses/113956232265278233

People keep asking which federated #Reddit replacement I recommend.

I like #Mbin.

Here’s why:

• superior UI/UX compared to #Lemmy and #Piefed
• easier to see posts from #Mastodon, #Akkoma and elsewhere
• excellent social discovery

Oh yeah, you can follow my Mbin account at @atomicpoet.

RE: https://mstdn.social/users/ChrisCPS/statuses/113955208297313070