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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.
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.
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?
If I understand how the fediverse works (an open question :-)), the amount of activity on the home page/"all" feed/federated feed of an instance is dependent on how many magazines/communities the members are subscribed to. I've noticed that the "All" feed of the most established Lemmy instances have more posts than here at kbin.social. I would anticipate that situation improving over time as the community here grows and people increase the number of subscriptions they have. I would expect more (and more active) local magazines over time here, as well.
I suspect that may have something to do with kbin.social's federation not working during it's initial growth period. Lots of users joined up but could only subscribe to local communities. The more we embrace federated content the smaller the differences between each platform/instance.
Kbin.social is the largest single instance in the Threadiverse.
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
There was a new domain and they were posting everywhere, my /new and /active were literally half full of furry stuff.
cough What's that domain, so I can, uh, block it, too?
LMAO
https://kbin.social/d/yiffit.net
Thanks! You're a real one, I wouldn't want to, you know, accidentally happen across some degenerate content!
How do you actually filter/block specific magazines from all?
Is kbin supported with a mobile app. I've been on Jerboa for Lemmy and it's been pretty ok for beta.
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.
The kbin mobile website works fine in Safari on the iPhone, too. Looks just like the website adapted for a smaller screen and has all the same functionality. With the exception of notifications, it's fine. And it's early days, people will develop apps for the platform.
Will apps made for Lemmy (like Sync for Lemmy that was just announced) work with Kbin? Or is it a different API entirely?
I did the same with Chrome. I'm looking forward to Artemis, but I like the webapp just fine.
It's in progress. Scroll down to the bottom of this page:
https://kbin.pub
There's work being done on #Kmoon.
You should be able to find it without too much effort.
It’s called Artemis now, and you can sign up to beta test. For those who aren’t aware, check @hariette’s profile, she’s been posting pretty frequently about it
TIL I can block domains!
How do you block a domain? It is like blocking a magazine (if that is possible).
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.
Thank you! 🙏
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.
Good God. On beehaw I had to block every furry community separately. Talk about annoying.
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.
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.
Ugh, I'm so sorry you had to experience that horrific playoff series.
Same. Without getting too "techie," I just like the feel of Kbin better.