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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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[–] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 years ago (10 children)

Any ideas what are the pros and cons of each option?

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[–] biscuitsofdoom@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] rysiek@szmer.info 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

https://kbin.pub/en

A different instance software for Reddit-like discussions. It federates with Lemmy instances, so it's all a nice single network.

[–] thepiguy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Does that mean when I browse Lemmy I see kbin content by default? Do I need to add it somehow? I'm using Jerboa on Android.

[–] rysiek@szmer.info 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can join communities on KBin instances, you can post to them and comment on posts in them, and KBin users can join communities on Lemmy instances and post to them, and comment on such posts.

So, "yes", but you might have to subscribe to a given community first.

[–] dr_dour@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I have the same username setup on sh.itjust.works and kbin. I'm trying to understand if it's just one account or two. Bit confusing.

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[–] MrSpectroscopy@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not sure, but it looks similar to lemmy. It's "federated"? I wonder if we can see kbin links through our lemmy server? Just trying to figure this all out...

[–] SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My understanding is that people on kbin can interact with Lemmy instances. Not sure if that goes the other way though

[–] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I am subscribed to a kbin community through lemmy. I will check. Please wait.

Update I just checked and it seems my subscription to that community is pending and my post appears on lemmy, but not on the kbin site. Maybe it just takes some time. I will check it later to see if it is just taking some time.

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