I'm experimenting with integrating / cross-posting between #Mastodon and #Pixelfed and not getting very far. Is there a handy guide as to what's possible somewhere? #fediverse
@johnleonard You might not need to. PixelFed photos are already cross-posted here, in a way, since both services are part of the fediverse and can talk to each other in some core ways.
For example: my PixelFed account is at https://PixelFed.social/chartier
But if you go to the Mastodon search box and type @chartier@pixelfed.social you can see all my photos *here.*
Giving it a shot, I looked up @chartier@pixelfed.social 's feed and sure enough, I could see his photos from this Mastodon instance even without following him first.
I *believe* that happens when someone on this Mastodon instance is already following him, so that his PixelFed instance has been sending pictures to this instance already.
@johnleonard could it be that your crossposting is working, but you're just not seeing it yet since you just followed the PixelFed account and it hasn't send any images over yet?
@volkris @chartier@toot.cafe @chartier@pixelfed.social Yeah I think there was just a delay. It's working now. Thanks!
@volkris @johnleonard For some more fun, visit your PixelFed instance and look up a Mastodon account that you know has posted some photos. Try mine, if you like: @ chartier @ toot .cafe (no spaces)
You’ll see a *Mastodon* account, in PixelFed (just the photos). Fediverse tech (specifically: the ActivityPub foundation it’s built on) is wild!