I’m an old redditor that left the platform for Lemmy.

I have been using Sync and using lemm.ee.

I have heard so much about activity pub and simply don’t understand how to use it. Do you use a browser to visit another website that is like a Lemmy instance? Is there an Android app that connects a bunch of instances like pixelated and Lemmy instances together? Or is Sync able to do all this but there is a setting I need to do.

Can someone please help shed some light to this? Thank you.

  • LilDumpy@lemmy.world
    4·
    6 months ago

    So there are way more competent, tech-savvy users than me, so I consider myself a layman.

    From my understanding is that ActivityPub is basically a foundational, basic level of computer/program coding.

    This foundational level of coding tells/ guides software and programs built on top how to communicate with other software built on top, even if the programs have different functions and purposes (e.g. lemmy and mastodon and pixelfield)

    So by using a program built using ActivityPub, you can basically use that program to talk, communicate, interact, with a different program built using ActivityPub.

    By using lemm.ee (a lemmy instance) you are able to use, post, see and interact with other instances for lemmy as well as other ActivityPub programs like mastodon (foss Twitter) or k/mbin.

    So by using lemmy you are using ActivityPub. You can expand your ActivityPub usage by using other ActivityPub programs like pixelfield, mastodon, etc, but theoretically, you should only need one ActivityPub account

    • jaschen@lemm.eeOP
      2·
      6 months ago

      That is a fantastic explanation. You mentioned that I need one Activity Pub account. Who actually provides it? Right now I have accounts in lemm.ee and I think another instance. Is there a different account I need to setup? Thank you.

      • LilDumpy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        6 months ago

        Your lemm.ee account would be considered an ActivityPub account. However at this point, due to multiple factors such as instance blocking and the fact that we are still in the infancy of ActivityPub services, you probably will still need to have multiple accounts across different ActivityPub programs.