How does one make federation work.

If I try to log into lemmy.ml/c/todayilearned with @ancientweasel it doesn’t work.

If I search for !todayilearned from social.fossware.space it doesn’t show up.

If I browse to lemmy.ml from federated instances on this lemmy there is no federated login that transits to a session on lemmy.ml .

What and I missing? What is a feasible way to have a useful user experience? It seams like this stuff is less than half baked. Please assist.

linearchaos ,
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Trying to log into lemmy.ml with fossware.space credentials is like trying to log into Google with AOL credentials.

Use social.fossware.space/c/[email protected]

You use links on your server to pull the data from the other servers

ancientweasel OP ,

social.fossware.space/c/[email protected]

Yep it works. How come this never came up in my hours for searching around?

If we want the fediverse to be a thing we need it to be accessible. I have a Masters Degree in Information Technology and I couldn’t help myself to do simple things.

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