Is it possible to use a hosting service I'm already paying for (strato.nl) and a domain I've already bought to host a Mastodon/Pixelfed instance? All the websites that encourage me to selfhost advertise a new hosting service to me with the price in dollars.
Furthermore, is it possible to start an account on this instance that can be followed via either Mastodon or Pixelfed and vice versa, or are they just unrelated? I can see accounts from pixey.org on my Mastodon Android app and I know you can post to Lemmy via Mastodon but I'm unsure on how it goes the other way.

Sorry if I've made your eyes roll but we all shat green once.

Edit: very happy with the responses, thanks all.

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[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Viewing a Lemmy account's posts from Mastodon seems to work. Going the other way, viewing a Mastodon account's toots from Lemmy, does not work.

Pixelfed can see Lemmy and Mastodon accounts, but it does not show the posts or comments from those accounts. The reverse is also true: Lemmy and Mastodon can see Pixelfed accounts but not their content.

At least these were my results the last time I experimented with cross-platform interaction. Maybe there are some tricks I have not learned yet.

[–] thegiddystitcher@lemm.ee 2 points 8 months ago

Pixelfed only shows media posts, so if you're following a Mastodon account you will see any posts made with images attached but not text-only ones.