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Is posting from #Mastodon to a #Lemmy community a good idea or will this just confuse everyone? (muenchen.social)

submitted 1 week ago by j_j@muenchen.social to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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Is posting from #Mastodon to a #Lemmy community a good idea or will this just confuse everyone?

Comments on Mastodon tag the users in the thread while comments in Lemmy somehow work without this. Comments on Lemmy are for everyone while replies on Mastodon are only shown to followers of the OP.

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[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 week ago

It's a thing some people occasionally do. By itself it's neither a good idea nor bad idea, but people have certainly been confused by it before. It's better to use software for its actually intended purpose, that is less confusing both for oneself and everyone else.