I’ve been researching for the past week Threadiverse projects (Lemmy at first, then PieFed and now Mbin) with the goal of testing out their interoperability with the rest of the Fediverse.

Apologies in advance if this is the third post you see from me - this one is my first in Mbin.

I wonder if you have any insights regarding the differences between the 3 - advantages/disadvantages and opinions on your favorite project?

I’m also interested to see if Mbin manages to federate mentions (unlike Lemmy and PieFed who falls short). So for the purposes of this test, I’m mentioning:

  • my Mastodon account @_elena@mastodon.social
  • my Friendica account @elena@opensocial.space
  • and my Lemmy account @elena@lemmy.world to see if anything happens

Thanks and happy to be here!

  • jerry@fedia.io
    3·
    3 months ago

    If I can help with your tests in some way, let me know. I manage most types of fediverse software including Fedia.io, though I’ve not yet tried piefed. I think your question is prompting me to give it a try.

    • elena@fedia.ioOP
      2·
      3 months ago

      Thank you so much Jerry, I really appreciate! 🙏

      I’m really enjoying Fedia.io and I’m delighted that my Mastodon (thread) mention showed up in my Mastodon notifications. It’s the first time I managed to get it to work on the “Threadiverse” (the same experiment failed on Lemmy and PieFed).

      Interestingly, the same thing didn’t work for my Lemmy.world account or Friendica.

      The lesson so far: Mbin threads on Fedia.io federate mentions on Mastodon but not Lemmy or Friendica. But I bet mentions in comments federate. So retrying this here: @elena@lemmy.world and @elena@friendica.opensocial.space

      And apologies in advance if I’m using the wrong language to describe this, I’m a newbie 😅

      • jerry@fedia.io
        2·
        3 months ago

        I’m not surprised about friendica. I will ask the mbin developers to take a look. I will also take a look at lemmy - I know federation works with lemmy.world - I get enough reports about their users here to know that for sure :) I just don’t know how mentions are handled.

        • Elena Rossini ✏️✨📸@mastodon.social
          1·
          3 months ago

          @jerry thank you again Jerry!

          Communication between Friendica and Mbin (mentions) doesn’t work at all. And I’m finding some strange bugs when it comes to federation of Mbin comments that mention Lemmy.world accounts (some show up, others don’t).

          But the communication between Mbin and Mastodon is EXCELLENT ✨🏆✨

          Thank you for all your work on Fedia.io!

          • Jerry_L@fedia.io
            1·
            2 months ago

            Hi Elena. I just tried duplicating your test. I posted a thread here and mentioned both my Mastodon and Friendica accounts. Like you, it took a while (15 minutes) for the mention to reach Mastodon, but unlike you, the mention did eventually reach my Friendica account as well (after 45 minutes).

            Is it possible that your Friendica server is blocking MBIN?

          • testing@fedia.io
            1·
            3 months ago

            federation issues plague mbin to a point that surpasses kbin, time and again … federation between kbin and friendica had always been troublefree …

            • elena@fedia.ioOP
              2·
              3 months ago

              Interesting, le sigh. Unfortunately I could not make account mentions federate AT ALL from Mbin → Friendica. I’ll try the other way around to see if anything happens (Friendica → Mbin)