Why Kbin insead Lemmy?

3 years ago by Facni to c/AskKbin

Just that

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iNeedScissors67 63 points 3 years ago

For me it simply came down to the fact that I prefer the layout, and it's also nice knowing I can block whole domains (looking at you, furry spammers). It also integrates with Mastodon if that's your thing (it's not my thing), and I have high hopes for the ability of Ernest (the founder and only dev, to my knowledge) to usher it in a good and healthy direction. I can see all content from Lemmy and interact with it though, so it really just comes down to personal preference.

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OldFartPhil 23 points 3 years ago

Same here. I like the look, usability and layout of Kbin better. I do wish there were more users here at kbin.social, though, as the federated feed is more lively on the large Lemmy instances.

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Kierunkowy74 9 points 3 years ago

I do wish there were more users here at kbin.social, though, as the federated feed is more lively on the large Lemmy instances.

kbin.social has more MAU (Monthly Active Users) now, than all Lemmy combined! That is of course effect of the spike this month and shall fade only on July, but did you already see activity on kbin.social alone fading?

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roofuskit 3 points 3 years ago

Kbin.social is the largest single instance in the Threadiverse.

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wreel 7 points 3 years ago

Is kbin supported with a mobile app. I've been on Jerboa for Lemmy and it's been pretty ok for beta.

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iNeedScissors67 22 points 3 years ago

There's one on the way to a beta (Artemis) but I just used the Firefox feature to place a webapp on my phone so I click that and it immediately opens in Firefox.

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vulfneck 5 points 3 years ago

It's in progress. Scroll down to the bottom of this page:

https://kbin.pub

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TGRush 1 point 3 years ago

There's work being done on #Kmoon.

You should be able to find it without too much effort.

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callyral 6 points 3 years ago

i'm a furry and out of the loop here, what's going on with "furry spammers"? i saw this mentioned twice now which can't be a coincidence

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iNeedScissors67 14 points 3 years ago

There was a new domain and they were posting everywhere, my /new and /active were literally half full of furry stuff.

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Haunting_Tale_5150 3 points 3 years ago

TIL I can block domains!

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Mystical 2 points 3 years ago

How do you block a domain? It is like blocking a magazine (if that is possible).

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shatteredsteel 6 points 3 years ago

If you type https://kbin.social/d/insert domain here then (on kbin) scroll down you should see the same buttons that you see for users and magazines including a block button.

Usually I'll just change the m in the url to d then delete upto the domain name.

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Horik 1 point 3 years ago

Same. Without getting too "techie," I just like the feel of Kbin better.

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lucien 1 point 3 years ago

Good God. On beehaw I had to block every furry community separately. Talk about annoying.

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thanksbrother 1 point 3 years ago

Until I reached the fediverse I had no idea just how many furry-enthusiasts were out there. The heart wants what the heart wants, I guess.

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iNeedScissors67 1 point 3 years ago

Oh God. About 6 years ago I was in Pittsburgh for work. I did get to see a Bruins/Penguins playoff game so that was nice, but I was at a Bridge conference (for people who design and build bridges, not the card game). Several hotel employees and taxi drivers warned me that a furry conference was coming the day our bridge conference ended. That was the first time I heard the term "furries". Then they descended upon the city while I was still there. To this day it's still the most intense culture shock I've ever had.

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mrnotoriousman 1 point 3 years ago

Yeah I tried both Lemmy and Kbin when the reddit protest started and just really like the kbin UI/experience a lot more. It also comes up pretty nice on mobile too without an app.

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