By this I mean: something that can view and fully interact with multiple different services like Lemmy, Mastodon, etc.

Does it exist already?

  • InterSynth@kbin.social
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    2 years ago

    Closest thing I know is Fedilab, which works with Mastodon, Pleroma, Pixelfed and Friendica. While compatible with each other, each fediverse service uses different parts and features of ActivityPub (the protocol they all share). It’s technically possible to build an app that does it all, but doesn’t really sound sensible.

    • jherazob@kbin.social
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      2 years ago

      Exactly what i was thinking: Possible? Yes, absolutely. A good idea? Probably not, it’d be a confusing mess of an app

      • tenet@kbin.social
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        2 years ago

        Why would that be the case? You’re pretty much already in the middle of it. Look up top. Microblogs, threads, magazines. Throw on some hashtags and you’ve got yourself a stew going.

      • thann@kbin.social
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        2 years ago

        Yeah, it doesn’t make much sense to make the app interoperable, when so much effort is spent to make the whole website interoperable, and that allows you to communicate with the rest of the fediverse anyway.