This is not an attempt to convert Lemmy users, nor is it a slight on Lemmy. I’m sure there are plenty of reasons why Lemmy works better for some, and I love the fact that we not only have multiple choices, but multiple choices that allow us to interact with each other regardless! It’s amazing. Lemmy is great, no shade.

With that said…

Why YSK: I see a lot of users posting frequent questions about Lemmy that are currently answered by kbin.

For example:

  • The ability to block a whole domain, or subscribe to one
  • The ability to subscribe to individual users
  • A built-in search tool to find communities all over fedi (kbin, Lemmy, Mastodon groups, etc.) with an indication of how active they are
  • Mitigation for the “tracking pixel” issue

I find that almost every day, I see Lemmy users asking about features and I think, “well, kbin does that.” I think it would be worthwhile for more users to check into both platforms and decide which might be best for them.

  • AnonymousLlama
    2•2 years ago

    It’s good that there’s multiple ways for people to enjoy the fediverse. I’d also point out that there’s a heap of people actively looking into improving kbin (you can follow the PRs coming here)

    I’m super keen to get in some of the usability ones, tweaks for mobile and other features to make the mobile experience more exciting.

    Eventually I’d like to tackle the core search functionally so we can search for users, magazines, posts and other content with more filters and options. Right now it’s good enough, but having more granular control would be handy for finding just that right community or post