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Re:The problem with federated web apps by 2Gkashmiri on Saturday July 01, 2023 @11:53PM (#36558059)
I have an account on a pleroma instance. Cool.

I am able to

Follow anyone

Comment on any peertube video

Comment, follow, reply anyone on mastodon, pixelfed

I can reply to anyone on Lemmy or kbin

You will only need an account if you want to post original content on a particular instance, like if you want to upload a video on peertube or pixelfed or Lemmy. For the most part, users are consumers so they WILL only need just a single account

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Re:The problem with federated web apps by FireInsight on Sunday July 02, 2023 @03:44AM (#36559252)
Though cross-software usage of different formats of (social) media is unintuitive. Browsing Peertube or Lemmy you'd probably be better off with an account on such an instance.
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Re:The problem with federated web apps by 2Gkashmiri on Sunday July 02, 2023 @06:14AM (#36560059)
If you are already following a thread, then its transparent but yes, it does take a bit of time getting used to. You have to search for a username and then use that to follow or interact with it.

It could be better but its not like something doesn't exist

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