I’ve always wondered how many people actually decide to use something like mastodon to see Lemmy posts. I mean I know how inadequate it can be with a lack of a proper UI but I’m just wondering. Especially, with the infinite possibilities this can have.
I do! On kbin, if you set hashtags for your magazine /community then the Microblogs section is populated with Mastodon posts that use those tags.
I have a tiny community on kbin.social and I like going into the microblogs section and interacting with Mastodon people. It’s just a fun extra.
I’ve also started following some of them, though I’m not sure how that part works yet.
I think most lemmy or mastodon users don’t even realise we’re on kbin when they read our comments.
Even in this thread, a large proportion of the comments are from kbin users.
I think you’re right. Outside of Lemmy I don’t think many people have heard of kbin so the mastodon people probably think we’re a mastodon instance.
I want to start posting microblogs somewhere and see if any of them see it.
Edit: posted one and a mastodon account I mentioned upvoted it so yes they can see us under some circumstances!