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I'm not sure how Lemmy works, but over on kbin I can set up my magazine (collection of threads similar to a subreddit) to autofederate content based on certain tags. For example, I run the DwarfFortress magazine, and I have it set up to automatically federate content in the fediverse based on the existence of a #dwarffortress tag. Now, I haven't seen that happen yet, so I'm not 100% if it works or not, but it looks like the option is potentially there.
Hi! wasn't really a readittor but def used it for the #dwarffortress stuff. How do I find your magazine here? just signed up here at readit.buzz and not seeing it either with the reg search or the magazine search itself.
@pixelpusher220 Hmm, I haven't ran into anybody using readit.buzz yet, but I'm willing to try to help you out! The first thing I would do is make sure that if there is an option for federation to turn it on. Maybe ask within the readit.buzz community how to do this. This is early days for a lot of the tools and instances springing up, so there are still kinks being worked out possibly as well there.
I know I can reference and link to my sub by referencing it as @DwarfFortress
@DwarfFortress@kbin.socialMaybe clicking on that above within readit.buzz will direct you to be able to subscribe?
In a pinch if you wanted to view the magazine directly, it is at https://kbin.social/m/DwarfFortress
ETA: The magazine names are usually case sensitive
Got it. the Magazine page search doesn't find it but your full @DwarfFortress in the regular search does find it! Thank you!
@pixelpusher220 Awesome, glad I could help!
Much appreciated. My Federation setting is On but lists no instances so seemingly I'd guess that's a reasonable guess at the problem. Appreciate the heads up on case sensitivity. I guess readit.buzz is fairly small, which is ironic b/c it's run by @supernovae of the bigger Universeodon.com Masto site haha
I'm posting this from kbin, so I don't know if you will see this, but I thought Magazine was a group set up by kbin (like a sub-reddit, with a specific name). Are you saying that a kbin Magazine is something I set up myself with my own collection of content?
Like subreddits, a magazine can be set up by anyone. Hell - even I set one up :)
No, you had it right the first time. I'm saying if you subscribe to a magazine, there's a good chance that magazine is autofederating content based on tags, so you are getting more from the magazine than just what is deliberately posted into that magazine.
Oh how do you do that auto federation thing?
it's not quite "auto federation". but if you create/moderate a magazine you can set "tags" in the magazine settings that will automatically pull in microblog posts from elsewhere on the fediverse.
When you set up a magazine you have a section at the bottom of the 'magazine panel' (basically mod settings) where you can add #tags. Articles in the fediverse with that tag automagically show up in the magazine*
*terms and conditions apply beta software may not always perfom as expected etc etc
Whoa, no way!
I need to go edit my community