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Not really. Very simply, Lemmy is made to follow groups while Mastodon follows users. Peertube (YouTube alternative) shares videos in playlists (groups) so they're simple to follow from Lemmy. When friendica (Facebook style) users posts to forums (groups) its basically the same as Lemmy does, but with a different interface. They're all interoperable since they use the group function.
@coldhotman I see... so it's a bit like bridges between e.g. Matrix and IRC, right?
Actually it's apparently not completely interoperable: opening the lemmy link on my browser, I see an answer (from Friendica) that I can't seem to see from Mastodon...
Like bridges, in the way they connect services yes. Unlike bridges, they don't need to translate between different protocols - its all ActivityPub.
Lemmy operates on the group standard, Friendica fully supports it. Mastodon don't. I suspect that's related to why you can't see it on some platforms.
Mastodon operates on single user standard, so we can't subscribe to individual users on Lemmy.
Friendica has it right, they support both!
@coldhotman @jonasvautherin wow thanks for that review I'm going to check that out
It's all about your preferred interface. I find the topic-centric UI of Lemmy to be the best on the fediverse, and that's why I'm primarily on here even though I have a Friendica account.