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Hey there 
If you have any questions about how to use Mastodon or the rest of the Fediverse, it is totally fine to ask! I'm an actual human being here, and I'll try to help answer any questions if I can!
I didn't set up this account to be one-directional or mass audience, it's meant to be about helping people directly. 
Is there a comprehensive guide on how the various apps (mastodon, lemmy, pixelfeed youNameIt) are meant to work together? For instance I managed once to follow a lemmy community with my mastodon account, but I can't post there (I think).
I admit I jumped right at your offer above and did not research it in detail before.
also thank you for being here.
There's nothing that covers interactions between all of them AFAIK, as there are so many of them and their development changes the interactions over time.
Usually you can follow accounts anywhere from Mastodon, and reply to posts too, but if there are features in the platform that Mastodon doesn't have then you won't be able to access those.
Best way to test is to paste an account's Fediverse address into the search box on Mastodon and see what appears: https://fedi.tips/whats-my-accounts-address-how-do-i-follow-other-peoples-addresses-how-can-people-follow-my-address/
@FediTips I think I get it - I wondered if I can use mastodon with my lemmy account, but since lemmy only thinks in communities & cares little for users and hashtags, it won't work.
Is it correct that if my lemmy server also hosted mastodon, I could use one account for both? (with separate apps/webapps)
No, you can't use the same account on different servers, even if they're using the same software. Each server is independent as the network is decentralised.
@FediTips yeah, I get that. (I think) what I mean is if fedi.tips runs a mastodon instance *AND* a lemmy instance, could I use my account for both.
What do you mean by "use your account"?
@FediTips ... to login to Tusky (for mastodon) and Voyager (for lemmy)
I could imagine that in Tusky I see new posts in the lemmy-communities I follow, but in Voyager no mastodon posts with hashtags I follow (because lemmy does not do that)
You can only log in on one server with one account. You can be logged in on many different apps, but they all have to be the same server if you're using one account.
If you want to log in on a different server, you need a separate account.
However, most apps let you log in with several accounts at once and then switch between them within the app.