Hey, #Fediverse experts. Is there is simple way to Boost a Kbin/Lemmy post I like onto my #Mastodon?
I know I can look up the #KBin / #Lemmy poster on my Mastodon instance and boost from their timeline.
But, that's a bit difficult, I have to translate the KBin/Lemmy user URL into a remote Mastodon user URL, and then I have to manually match up the KBin post URL with the contents of a toot in the timeline.
Hmm ... not sure you have to do all of that ... if you find the post on your masto instance you should be able to just boost that.
Otherwise, yes, there is a painfully lacking degree of interop. From what I've gathered, mastodon needs to do better at representing group based structures. Lemmy/kbin federate just fine, but masto can't represent and manage the content in any way that is useful, which is hampering the growth of the fedi IMO.
@BoydStephenSmithJr Well, that's just the lemmy post. Boost it directly if you like.
In truth, it's not the original lemmy post, but that's normal on the fediverse ... all posts from instances other than our own are duplicated on our instance with interactions and replies synced, often, as you may have discovered incompletely.
@maegul I think you are missing the point. I can't find a button or URL in the Lemmy interface that lets me boost something to my Mastodon feed (on hachyderm.io).
Also, it isn't easy to find toot that "matches" a post (or comment) when I'm in the Mastodon interface, even when federation has distributed it to my Mastodon instance.
Yes, once I've gone through copy-paste plus manual search process, to find the right toot, then all I have to do is hit boost, but that final step isn't the problem.
