This is the case with all content (posts + replies) on Mastodon, as it appears separately in the timeline. In this case, it has nothing to do with Lemmy.
Yes, you can do this from almost anywhere in the Fediverse. As Mastodon does not recognise headings, the first paragraph becomes the heading. This means that it looks better on Lemmy if you put the community tag at the end of the post and start with a content-related introduction.
Are you sure this is a serious offer?
This seems suspicious to me: "If you do not want or do not care about having your own server, but still want to be part of the fediverse. With these service packages you get an account at our flagship instances at a low cost. Share a group package with your friends and make it even cheaper!"
Do I understand correctly that you have to pay 29.99 just to get an account on their "flagship instance"? or how is it to be understood?
There's also Managed Hosting: Hosting a Fediverse instance (a list of providers): "However, there are hosting companies that can take care of the installation and technical maintenance for you. You get a pre-installed application, mainly Mastodon, which is also technically maintained. You yourself are an admin and can do some things in the application’s admin menu, such as manage your own users. This way, you can also allow a larger group of people to access the Fediverse."
No, between Diaspora and the Fediverse there are only connections to Friendica and Hubzilla, as those can run several protocols, including the Diaspora protocol in addition to AP.
This is a really good introductory video that explains the Fediverse. Very clear, good examples and for a target group with no prior knowledge.
So if you want to recommend other people to join the Fediverse, this might be a good start.
There are insights into Mastodon and Pixelfed in particular... but Lemmy is also a topic in the video... (Thank you @thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee !)
Thanks for the great concept! It would be really important to develop something like this.
"The differences between Fediverse platforms (Mastodon, Lemmy, Pixelfed, etc.)"
It would make things a lot easier if you were supported in advance in deciding which platform / software is best suited.
At the moment, many people don't even realise that they have a choice and they often start with Mastodon because that's all they know.
For some, it does fit, but many are not actually looking for a Twitter clone and not just microblogging and are then disappointed or confused.
I had once made drafts for a kind of "FediChooser" (alluding to Distrochooser), which, after answering a few questions about needs, expectations, experiences, gives one or more recommendations which platform would subjectively fit best for you.
I don't know how big the dependency is and what the internal structures are like. I only remember that 2-3 years ago there was a message from him saying that he had some kind of burn-out and therefore needed a break of several months.
Since I neither use Pixelfed nor am the target group of Loops, I have not looked into the details, but there have already been some discussions and criticism of the ‘strange’ terms of use with regard to Loops, see here: https://bajsicki.com/blog/loops-video-terms/
Let's hope that there are also a few organisations that run Friendica instances so that the offer becomes a bit bigger. In the last two years, everyone has been totally fixated on Mastodon and many have opened a Mastodon server without realising that there were other options.
The Channels in Friendica are similar to the "antennas" / "newspickers" in Misskey / Sharkey. Both are very good ways to receive content sorted by self-defined topics.
If you are looking for a way to *send *to different topics, Friendica's (connected) "accounts" would be suitable for this, But Hubzilla offers more options for this
Hubzilla certainly has the most options for privacy. But it is ‘not perfect’. More detailed here (in German):
"Full disclosure: The encryption that hubzilla uses by default is not absolutely watertight. There are known methods to circumvent it. However, this is very time-consuming and has to be done individually for each channel. And to be clear: Other services store your messages in plain text, so we see this approach as a significant improvement for your privacy. Furthermore, you are always free to use additional encryption and password protection if you wish. To explain this in more detail:
each channel has its own key pair
every non-public post is automatically encrypted
optional password protection for content via crypto javascript, browser-to-browser encryption (must be enabled in settings) Full disclosure: A malicious hub administrator could inject malicious javascript code (e.g. keylogging capabilities) into the code. Encrypt our data with GPG, become a hub administrator yourself, or use other means of communication if that bothers you.
So what is the scope of security? To put it bluntly, it may be great, but it's not perfect."
You may also use one of the Fediverse macroblogging services for blogging: Friendica and Hubzilla allow you to write and design texts without a character limit. WriteFreely and Plume are also available specifically for blogging.
With Friendica you have a picture gallery and can set for each picture whether it should be public or private; same with calendars. However, I can't say how private it will be from a technical point. You can also define contact circles.
Here on the Features list it says "Privacy with military encryption" but I don't know what that refers to exactly.
The direct messages are definitely more private than with Mastodon (they don't work with Mastodon). Sharkey / Misskey also have some.
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Ok, with all pictures in replies it doesn't work yet or only in the other direction: This Lemmy thread seen from Friendica + Mastodon
Friendica shows all pictures of Lemmy, both in posts and in replies. The other way round only in OP.