What's kbin?
A different instance software for Reddit-like discussions. It federates with Lemmy instances, so it's all a nice single network.
Can someone explain the "tankie" baggage? I've seen it thrown around quite a bit but no one seems to explain it in detail.
If I were to switch from Lemmy to KBin (or vice versa), would I have to start over (e.g. create a new account there and loae all my comments etc.)? Or would it be possible to "migrate"?
For now, you would have to lost everything and create a new account. But maybe we'll see a solution for it coming
Are you comparing kbin to all of the lemmy fediverse?
Because kbin is part of the fediverse and has as far as I understand been bigger then the biggest lemmy instances for a while by a good margin?
What are the pros and cons of one platform over the other? Is KBin just Lemmy+Mastodon? Can Lemmy see KBin magazines?
Hmm, interesting. I just spent some time getting a Lemmy instance set up -- maybe I should've gone for kbin instead?
i think you can engage and interact across both so it may not matter as much.
kbin.social currently has 20k + users. However it currently has federation disabled due to the traffic is receiving. Edit: It isn't 100k
It's a bit funny to be like "federation is what will make this great" and then "federation blows us up, so we're turning it off".
Can someone please explain the "tankie baggage"?
I understand the words, but not the history.
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In what sense? Kbin is struggling with the wave of new subscriptions just as Lemmy is, and since it's a smaller project with fewer resources, it's having a harder time doing so.
That does not make the fact that at some point Kbin was ahead of Lemmy in terms of active accounts any less notable. I would even argue it makes it more notable.
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