• Tried joining a Lemmy instance but loading spinner stay stuck , didn’t successfully create account
• Not much of a redditor , glad you’re not limited to redditlike functions . Only downside’s microblog functionality very basic compared to single purpose platforms (Mastodon|(.*)key) , but don’t want hassle of maintaining multiple fediverse accounts

I don’t really; I’m just hedging my bets. I have noticed that kbin doesn’t seem to go “down” as often as my Lemmy instance; on the other hand, there are still some bugs going on with kbin and I don’t like that you can’t yet collapse comments in threads. (unless I’ve missed something.)

I think Kbin has a lot of potential. I also think changing the name to something more catchy would help it grow more although IDK.

I feel like all the reddit neckbeards went to Lemmy. Better vibe over here plus branding + UI.

For me it was the UI. Replies to comments on Lemmy are offset by, like, a single pixel. They’re more obvious here. Yup, that was the biggest thing for me.

I answered this the other day over at asklemmy so I’m going to cut n paste:

Why I joined

• had a more intuitive interface

• had a better aesthetic

• had a much cooler name

• the dev seemed like a cool guy

• before federation it felt exciting like being on the ground floor of something

Why I stayed

• has heaps of cool features and functions that are easy to use, like seeing upvotes, better blocking

• I like the Mastodon interface too

• turns out the dev definitely is awesome and everything is very open

• it has a really chill community

• I still just like it more than the various Lemmys

Preferred the stock UI of Kbin, then I found out about userstyles and am in love with them. I’m a big fan of the microblogging, as it’s a place for posts that don’t warrant a full thread, but can still spark discussion. The politics of the Lemmy devs disgust me, so I’d rather not use a site using their software. Public upvotes/downvotes are great IMO, lets things be more transparent (like for instance I upvote all my posts, without it being public no one would know), plus it helps catch fake votes.

I also just find the name Kbin to be more catchy than Lemmy. Like GabeN, or k than.

I’ve seen “kbin is confusing” a few times, and frankly can’t imagine any aspect of it that is confusing at all.

Federated authentication. UI on mobile was good enough.

I don’t really understand the difference, I think it’s a shame that a Reddit replacement gets split into two camps in the Fediverse. At the very least, they should use the exact same data at the back end and interact with each other seamlessly. In either case, this is what you get in an open protocol. Maybe one or the other will win out in the long run.

@SamXavia

Simple answer,

The ability to instantly hide viewed posts: https://greasyfork.org:4001/en/scripts/469175-kbin-hide-posts-after-voting/code

the better UI is just a plus … I’m mostly browsing local instances and lemmy.world anyways

aesthetics, mostly. and honestly it’s just the first place i’ve put my roots down, I don’t think I have any specific loyalty to one instance or another.

One thing that I like about kbin is that it’s not trying to be “x, but federated” like lemmy or mastodon for example. It’s more exiting to try to make something new! I think it’s very apparent how some parts of lemmy are full of redditisms on purpose which I disslike.

That said, I do have a lemmy account that I use for posting about other stuff. There are a tons of website sprouting up as contenders for a space in the new internet landscape and I’m having a lot of fun trying them out without really binding myself to one too tightly

Not really fond of things made by genocide-friendly ass-people.
So Kbin.

Started with kbin today. After the first few interactions , it seems to get much better.

Edit: had to scroll down fully to type this comment. Is it just me or is it like this ?

@SamXavia I have accounts on lemmy, kbin and Mastodon.social, and I’ve pretty much settled on the masto. Maybe because I never was a twitter user, it is a slightly novel format for me. Anyway, there are plenty of humans there, so lots to share and engage with…