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

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

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year 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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I haven't been able to view kbin.social magazines from Lemmy.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 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.

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

If you had the same username on GMail and Hotmail, would it be the same account, or two?..

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is there any way to cross-index between kbin/lemmy so that threads show up under All? I joined kbin first but ended up changing to lemmy since the iOS experience was cleaner, it would be nice to make it simpler for the two to interact.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (10 children)

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

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