Mastodon has hit 2 million active users today!

mastermind@lemm.ee to Fediverse@lemmy.world – 1999 points –
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It‘s like Twitter basically, but since it‘s also in the fediverse there is a bit of overlap where Mastodon people can comment on Lemmy/kbin stuff too anyway. Usually they have something like @LostCause and hashtags like #mastodon and so on in their comments, that‘s how I typically spot them.

So their growth is relevant for us, but you don‘t need to make an account there.

Can we post on their instances too? How?

Yes I want to know this too, ty.

I don’t think you can from Lemmy, but /kbin has a microblogging feature where it’s fully integrated.

Thank you, this makes sense. Can I view Mastodon posts from lemmy.world? I can't recall seeing any but maybe it's not obvious.

If a mastodon user mentions (@) a community, they'll post there. They can also reply to comments on Lemmy and you'll see it. Unfortunately I don't think Lemmy has a way to see regular mastodon accounts/comments right now other than that.

Got it, thank you :)

@Lazylazycat as an example, hello! i'm replying from Mastodon on https://mastodon.social.

for some reason i can't see your profile pictures (on lemmy accounts, kbin are fine apparently)

Oh hi! See on my Lemmy app you just look like any other user, that's cool. I don't have a profile pic but maybe you wouldn't see it if I did?

@Lazylazycat i presume i would then if you did...