Also, new to #fediverse. I have been researching how to degoogle and defacebook (and other "traditional" social media) my life, which lead me here. My understanding is the fediverse is connected so how would I connect this profile with #peertube or #friendica etc.? Also, is there a good way to run these platforms in a linux program on desktop vs browser?
@etam Okay, that makes sense. So I'll just need to find servers and setup profiles on the other sites if I want to actively follow someone there. Thanks for the info!
@joebrig No! That's the point that you don't have to. If you haven't noticed you and I are on different servers talking to each other. You can do the same with other services compatible with ActivityPub protocol.
@joebrig welcome! I am also interested in connecting my Mastodon with #peertube and #friendica, but haven't gotten around to look into it yet. let me know if you find out?
@krash Krash, look at Etam's reply to this post. You can see a list of the activitypub supported parts of the fediverse at this link. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse So I think that means I can follow accounts on any of the supported networks and view content like videos if I know the link from my mastodon account. If accurate, for me, I think having accounts on those native platforms will provide less frustrating experience. I may just follow the same people on all my accounts.
@joebrig that is pretty neat! It would be nice if diaspora (who is vastly older than Mastodon) would also adpot activitypub and get some interconnectivity that way.
Now I just need to find someone on frendica to follow!
@joebrig You don't connect your profile. Federation means that you can use your Mastodon account to interact with people using other services on other servers.
For example this is "Big Buck Bunny" on blender peertube: https://video.blender.org/videos/watch/bf1f3fb5-b119-4f9f-9930-8e20e892b898 You can paste this link in your mastodon search box and post comments to it.
> Also, is there a good way to run these platforms in a linux program on desktop vs browser?
I'm not using any.