I have most of the Fediverse-based account and seem to have just gravitated towards Lemmy over Kbin as found it very confusing, What makes you prefer Kbin over Lemmy or any other Fediverse instances?
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I rage quit Lemmy when I saw the developers of it defending genocide. Previously I had heard about that through the grapevine and thought I could hold my nose and use Lemmy anyway but when I read the actual discussion it made me sick.
Plus I know the language kbin is written in so I can contribute better to kbin.
This is when I came over to kbin. Never saw it myself but was warned of it.
The kicking-off point was that I actually had created two communities and made a post in each one talking about how I was toying with the idea of using the Reddit API to mirror posts into them from the subreddits of the same name and then they magically disappeared (I assumed deleted by admins). So I dug into it and asked @feditips and was told they don’t recommend Lemmy for those same reasons.
Turns out it was a weird nuance of language settings that hid them from me, despite being a mod of the new communities. So they are still there, but now I’m SERIOUSLY questioning the capabilities to moderate if I couldn’t see posts because of language selection, especially my own posts.
Yeah I’ll have to look into that as if they are accepting not only Genocide but possibly the Genocide of Trans people then I’ve got to get out quick due to being a Trans Person myself.
Started with kbin today. After the first few interactions , it seems to get much better.
Edit: had to scroll down fully to type this comment. Is it just me or is it like this ?
Iirc that’s intentional so you are more likely to read what others have written before starting your own comment chain. That might just be Tildes though, there that’s explicitly said to be the reason why the commenting box is at the bottom.
I don’t really understand the difference, I think it’s a shame that a Reddit replacement gets split into two camps in the Fediverse. At the very least, they should use the exact same data at the back end and interact with each other seamlessly. In either case, this is what you get in an open protocol. Maybe one or the other will win out in the long run.
- Tried joining a Lemmy instance but loading spinner stay stuck , didn’t successfully create account
- Not much of a redditor , glad you’re not limited to redditlike functions . Only downside’s microblog functionality very basic compared to single purpose platforms (Mastodon|(.*)key) , but don’t want hassle of maintaining multiple fediverse accounts
I don’t really; I’m just hedging my bets. I have noticed that kbin doesn’t seem to go “down” as often as my Lemmy instance; on the other hand, there are still some bugs going on with kbin and I don’t like that you can’t yet collapse comments in threads. (unless I’ve missed something.)
I think Kbin has a lot of potential. I also think changing the name to something more catchy would help it grow more although IDK.
One thing that I like about kbin is that it’s not trying to be “x, but federated” like lemmy or mastodon for example. It’s more exiting to try to make something new! I think it’s very apparent how some parts of lemmy are full of redditisms on purpose which I disslike.
That said, I do have a lemmy account that I use for posting about other stuff. There are a tons of website sprouting up as contenders for a space in the new internet landscape and I’m having a lot of fun trying them out without really binding myself to one too tightly
It integrates better with Mastodon, I can post to hashtags and see hashtags from here.
I feel like all the reddit neckbeards went to Lemmy. Better vibe over here plus branding + UI.
Yeah looking to see if I can bring the content I’ve used on here across or if I need to 100% restart from scratch again. I do luckily already have a Kbin account that I’ve been messing around with but don’t want to lose my Communities / Magazines.
I had created a Lemmy account at the beginning, not having a clue about things (like so many of us). Then I ran into someone suggesting Kbin - had to search around to figure out where it was and how to get it. The early stock UI for Kbin won me over vs. Lemmy’s, even though the content was (more or less) the same. With lots of scripting to customize the looks further and with features those scripts or default that Lemmy users are asking for at the moment, I’m very happy here.
Am I getting the same as any other Lemmy user? I think it comes and goes (it seems to vary between Lemmy instances too), but that’s a matter of maturing the federation workings, and I get plenty as it is so it’s not like there’s nothing to see. Plus when I need more things to look at I can jump over to the microfeed tab and get lots to read as well from Mastadon.
I have kbin and beehaw(lemmy) and honestly every time I go to Beehaw, it errors out, serverside 50x errors. Sometimes I get a few link clicks, it’s just so erratic. I know I need to try joining another instance, but I liked that one when it was accessible lol. kbin has been solid for me, so usually I lurk here. I know other lemmy instances must be stable, I just haven’t tried them because kbin works for me.
That is completly fair enough, I personally find Lemmy.world stable but some other people don’t seem to have the same expereince. My guess is because of the location of the server.
Honestly, I feel bad for whining about it, because it seems to be working today fine. I am sure other instances are doing alright, I see enough Lemmy posts federated to know it’s not like… systemic… so I should have tried more before complaining. It’s just my personal experience with the one I joined.
With the option, I find myself having both beehaw and Kbin tabs open with little preference for either, which you’d think is redundant with federation, but idk. I do like that if one is down, there is a chance another is up.
Not really fond of things made by genocide-friendly ass-people.
So Kbin.aesthetics, mostly. and honestly it’s just the first place i’ve put my roots down, I don’t think I have any specific loyalty to one instance or another.
I answered this the other day over at asklemmy so I’m going to cut n paste:
Why I joined
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had a more intuitive interface
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had a better aesthetic
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had a much cooler name
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the dev seemed like a cool guy
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before federation it felt exciting like being on the ground floor of something
Why I stayed
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has heaps of cool features and functions that are easy to use, like seeing upvotes, better blocking
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I like the Mastodon interface too
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turns out the dev definitely is awesome and everything is very open
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it has a really chill community
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I still just like it more than the various Lemmys
Thank you, I will decently look further into Kbin a lot more as it seems like a good Instance.
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I’m currently trying both out, still deciding…
Same here, so far Lemmy seems to be the better option for me.
For what’s it worth, I’m replying to you from Lemmy. It’s all federated so you can easily respond to Kbin posts from the Memmy app for Lemmy
I’m kind of agreeing with you…but nothing bad against kbin though.
As I move between the two options, I think I kind of prefer the “simplicity” of the Lemmy interface as well. I wonder if I should throw my hat in the ring and create a server myself?
I’ve seen “kbin is confusing” a few times, and frankly can’t imagine any aspect of it that is confusing at all.
I didn’t stick with Lemmy long enough to make this point of comparison, but just as someone who never got into Twitter in the first place, the microblogging section is definitely taking some time to wrap my head around. That said, I really like that it’s there and I think it’s a major boon over lemmy. I hope community owners and moderators will get more microblogging integration options for magazines as Kbin advances.
Neither. One of the reasons I’m here is it’s less confusing.
