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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by rysiek@szmer.info to c/technology@beehaw.org

Looks like KBin has an edge over Lemmy now in terms of monthly active users.

It's obviously a pretty silly thing, and is not in any way indicative of which project is "better" or more "long-term viable" or anything — instances of both federate with one another, and with the rest of fedi, so it's all one happy family.

That said, it's notable. KBin is a relative newcomer to the "Reddit-like fedi instance" game, and also does not have the tankie baggage.

Anyway, the more, the merrier!

KBin: https://the-federation.info/platform/184

Lemmy: https://the-federation.info/platform/73

Discussion on fedi: https://mstdn.social/@rysiek/110527049024028986

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[-] farizer@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago

I tried kbin but it currently slow as hell at least for me. It definitely is more inviting with its design though.

[-] andrycake@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago

instances of both federate with one another

At least for me, I cannot access most kbin magazines from Lemmy

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[-] Xathonn@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago

I really like Kbin's microblog feature. Basically able to "tweet" in a community without making a whole post

[-] HawkMan@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Are you comparing kbin to all of the lemmy fediverse?

Because kbin is part of the fediverse and has as far as I understand been bigger then the biggest lemmy instances for a while by a good margin?

[-] manitcor@lemmy.intai.tech 1 points 2 years ago

just looked for the first time, I really do prefer kbin's UI to Lemmy's right now at least the default web client. Is there value in running both or just one?

I notice I can see mastadon posts on lemmy as well but how do I find stuff on Kbin or Mastadon from lemmy?

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[-] ratz30@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

I signed up for KBin but can't log in. I've seen similar complaints from others. I'm assuming they're either seriously overloaded or something has gone wrong on their end.

[-] pivotraze@fedia.io 1 points 2 years ago

kbin.social is overloaded. Check out alternative instances, like fedia.io

[-] deephurting@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

A couple times a day when I go to kbin they Cloudflare me...kinda irritating. beehaw or Squabbles are down with a VPN dropping by, apparently. Or whatever's at work here.

[-] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Also kbin required an email address to sign up but lemmy did not.

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