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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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[–] manitcor@lemmy.intai.tech 4 points 2 years ago (8 children)

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?

[–] Kalkaline@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's what I think most of us newcomers are struggling to figure out right now. Do I need a Mastadon account and a Lemmy account, or can I just use one to see the rest? Is there a better Android app or other website to integrate it all? Is matrix.org a part of all of this fediverse stuff?

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[–] mustyOrange@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

If you're on desktop, I made a style that uses the Stylus add on help the UI not look like shit

https://userstyles.world/style/10309/densify-for-lemmy

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[–] HawkMan@beehaw.org 4 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?

[–] lixus98@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

kbin.social currently has 20k + users. However it currently has federation disabled due to the traffic is receiving. Edit: It isn't 100k

[–] AccountForStuff@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

is this why I'm currently unable to access kbin from within Jerboa (Lemmy android client if you weren't aware) aside from meta@kbin.social? or would that not work anyway?

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[–] z2k_@lemmy.nz 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Just note that kbin.social currently has Cloudflare DDoS protection enabled which is breaking federation. Until this is removed, the communities are seperate.

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[–] Zoidsberg@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What are the pros and cons of one platform over the other? Is KBin just Lemmy+Mastodon? Can Lemmy see KBin magazines?

[–] TheOneCurly@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Yep, thread based communities are shared perfectly between Lemmy and kbin. Other than currently the largest kbin community is having federation issues due to the influx of users

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[–] Sleeping@iusearchlinux.fyi 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children)

Just took a look at the stats on The-Federation.info and looks like Lemmy is doing just fine.

Lemmy Stats: 162 Nodes 90,053 Users 277,427 Posts 610,007 Comments

Kbin Stats: 7 Nodes 5,960 Users 3,992 Posts 4,844 Comments

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