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This magazine is dedicated to discussions on the federated social networking ecosystem, which includes decentralized and open-source social media platforms. Whether you are a user, developer, or simply interested in the concept of decentralized social media, this is the place for you. Here you can share your knowledge, ask questions, and engage in discussions on topics such as the benefits and challenges of decentralized social media, new and existing federated platforms, and more. From the latest developments and trends to ethical considerations and the future of federated social media, this category covers a wide range of topics related to the Fediverse.

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What fediverse is kbin a part of exactly? Is it a part of the Lemmy network? Or does it have its own network? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by Zoro@kbin.social to c/fediverse@kbin.social

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What fediverse is kbin a part of exactly? Is it a part of the Lemmy network? Or does it have its own network?

I thought kbin was stand alone. People seem to be comparing it to Lemmy, so I'd imagine they're distinct, but I can't find much information on it.

Any help?

Thanks to whoever chimes in.

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[–] meliache@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Kbin and Lemmy are both different pieces of software that can be used to spin up an instance of a reddit-like news aggregator. Both speak the ActivityPub protocol, a common "language" that allows instances in the Fediverse to connect. In theory a Lemmy or KBin instance can connect to all other Fediverse instances via ActivityPub, no matter whether the server runs on the Lemmy or KBin Software or it's an instance of Mastodon or Pleroma. But the administrators of a particular instance can restrict which servers they want to federate with, but that is not a feature of the used software. A caveat is, that in practice there had been some issues with federation between Lemmy and Kbin servers in the past, at least I heard so. You could regard this as software bugs and in current versions that should be better.

Also a reason that many people choose KBin over Lemmy is that supposedly, the original Lemmy developer has some far-left "tankie" world-views and runs the "lemmygrad" instance. Many instances defederate with that (and maybe other Lemmy instances), but those are social aspects, and not an issue with the Lemmy software itself.