"If you want to absolutely destroy a website that is all about building communities and meeting new people, then aim for the site and all communities to always be growing as much as possible. Make that a design goal of the site. Pump those subscriber numbers up."
#ViktorLofgren, 2023
I'm pleased to see the Reddit influx into Lemmy and KBin is leading to the building of many new villages in the verse, rather than just making a train station of the open space visible via the micro-posting apps (Mastodon etc). This is putting a spotlight on the limited support for federated groups in the verse. Maybe this will prompt devs to prioritize work on interop between groups/forums using different apps (Friendica, Lemmy, KBin, Discourse etc)? This could lead to exodus from FB groups : )
@strypey
> limited support for federated groups
Add the lack of #FederatedIdentity and it appears that the alternative to the emperor-with-no-clothes is not wearing much either.
I shouldn't be complaining, "we" atleast have this much. But it isn't clear that one client can integrate #Mastodon, #Lemmy, #Peertube, #Pixelfed and #ForgeFed ... which makes all of them being based on #ActivityPub a technical detail. Lemmy allowing log-in via any AP account might go a long way.
@tetrislife
> which makes all of them being based on #ActivityPub a technical detail
We can already interact with Lemmy, KBin and Friendica groups using a Mastodon account. The UX could use work, but proper group support is coming.
> Lemmy allowing log-in via any AP account might go a long way
This is totally doable. All the AP app devs just need to implement the Client-to-Server part of the spec, instead of only supporting the Mastodon API as a de facto standard.