big new @LemmyDev release out that finally supports the ability to follow a user account from outside of Lemmy. Before you could only follow the communities themselves. https://join-lemmy.org/news/2023-01-31_-_Lemmy_Release_v0.17.0
my Lemmy account is @wakest
just came across this post https://lemmy.ml/post/724862 that explains you can start new #Lemmy threads by !mentioning the community from a #Friendica account. This use of ! for fediverse groups goes back in the #StatusNet / #GNUsocial days and its cool to see it is still around