I'm not new to fedi but I'm still trying to understand federation with these new projects.
I can sub to magazines/communities hosted elsewhere.
Can I also post there? I see them offered in the dropdown on this composition page so it seems like I can.
To be clear, I'm talking about posting to them with my current account, on kbin.social. Not going and making an account there.
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andromedusgalacticus@lemm.ee · 11 pts · 3y
Yep! You sure can. I'm commenting from Lemmy right now, and kbin can do the same.
scamper@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
I knew about commenting, but I'm really surprised that you can make posts too. That would be like posting to the Local feed on another fedi server. Wild
exohuman@kbin.social · 10 pts · 3y
You can post to any instance and even moderate on them too (just follow the instance rules).
DianaHasWings@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
Nice! I was unsure if cross-server moderation was possible.
SlowNPC@kbin.social · 6 pts · 3y
You can post on any instance that's federated with the one hosting your account.
scamper@kbin.social · 5 pts · 3y
Ok I'll have to try that tomorrow, cool.
McBinary@kbin.social · 4 pts · 3y
Do you mean like another kbin instance? I haven't tried to connect with another instance, but when you attempt to start a post/thread/link [etc] it usually tries to create it in the magazine you are currently in.
What instance are you attempting it on?
Edit: Looks like it works fine - Just make sure to navigate to the instance+magazine you want to post in, and the + button will add your submission in that place. Syntax for viewing/posting on another instance within your current account; treat it like a magazine, with the domain name added:
scamper@kbin.social · 2 pts · 3y
Interesting, thanks. I don't see it when I look there though.
https://kbin.place/m/typedesign/newest
So maybe it's still local but it's being attributed to a remote magazine?
I'm also asking about remote Lemmy communities but I'm not sure if it matters or not, so my question may only apply to remote Kbin instances
VulcanSphere@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y
Yup, you can post to other instances
retronautickz@fedi196.gay · 1 pts · 3y
Kbin magazines, Lemmy communities, Friendica Forums and Guppe and Chirp groups belong to the "federated groups" category
You can post in any group by selecting it when creating a new article and selecting whichever magazine/community/forum/group you want to post in.
you can also post in guppe and chrip groups on microblog by adding the group's handle.
@(group name)@(a.gup.pe or chirp.social)
cstrrider@beehaw.org · 0 pts · 3y
When you comment and post on another instanceiare those comments stored on the other instance or your instance or both?
scamper@kbin.social · 1 pts · 3y
As far as I know it's stored on both. Generally anything federated gets stored in multiple servers.