Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

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I like these federated services being kinda "rough around the edges" (programming.dev)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In part because it reminds me a bit of the old internet, with stuff being spread around everywhere.

Being "harder"* to understand than reddit, twitter or other big companies' services is also a good thing, because people should remember that they have a brain and they should use it.

"harder" because not everyone understands the fediverse right away, since usability is extremely similar

PS: ^superscript doesn't work with phrases? at least not on preview^

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What is kbin and how does it relate to Lemmy?

I am guessing kbin is an app for Lemmy like wefwef?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's actually another Reddit clone similar to Lemmy, but much newer. You can use kbin to see posts from kbin, Lemmy, or Mastodon. There's a bit of a guide to it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/comments/145npay/the_redditors_guide_to_how_kbin_works_your/

After using Lemmy and kbin a little bit over the past few days, Lemmy seems to be a bit more stable at this point so I'm sticking with it for now. But with more development time, kbin might ultimately be where I head to.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thanks! I will check it out kbin.

I have Mastedon but Lemmy is more enjoyable. I’m thinking it’s because mastedon is more like twitter and I never got into twitter to begin with.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Kbin is a mix of both.

The UI is built like lemmy and has a micro blog which is more twitter-esque.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You can subscribe to kbin "magazines" just like communities from other federated lemmy instances too, so you can view them all through lemmy.world or whichever instance you're on