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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by rysiek@szmer.info to c/technology@beehaw.org

Looks like KBin has an edge over Lemmy now in terms of monthly active users.

It's obviously a pretty silly thing, and is not in any way indicative of which project is "better" or more "long-term viable" or anything — instances of both federate with one another, and with the rest of fedi, so it's all one happy family.

That said, it's notable. KBin is a relative newcomer to the "Reddit-like fedi instance" game, and also does not have the tankie baggage.

Anyway, the more, the merrier!

KBin: https://the-federation.info/platform/184

Lemmy: https://the-federation.info/platform/73

Discussion on fedi: https://mstdn.social/@rysiek/110527049024028986

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[-] biscuitsofdoom@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago
[-] rysiek@szmer.info 8 points 1 year ago

https://kbin.pub/en

A different instance software for Reddit-like discussions. It federates with Lemmy instances, so it's all a nice single network.

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[-] Defaced@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Can someone explain the "tankie" baggage? I've seen it thrown around quite a bit but no one seems to explain it in detail.

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[-] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 9 points 1 year ago

Any ideas what are the pros and cons of each option?

[-] damn@lemmy.fmhy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

Here's a post discussing that: https://feddit.de/post/781919

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[-] bubu@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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"?

[-] VioletteRei@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

For now, you would have to lost everything and create a new account. But maybe we'll see a solution for it coming

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[-] HawkMan@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

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?

[-] Zoidsberg@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

What are the pros and cons of one platform over the other? Is KBin just Lemmy+Mastodon? Can Lemmy see KBin magazines?

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[-] Veraticus@lib.lgbt 7 points 1 year ago

Hmm, interesting. I just spent some time getting a Lemmy instance set up -- maybe I should've gone for kbin instead?

[-] lunarshot@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago

i think you can engage and interact across both so it may not matter as much.

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[-] lixus98@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

kbin.social currently has 20k + users. However it currently has federation disabled due to the traffic is receiving. Edit: It isn't 100k

[-] Matir@infosec.pub 7 points 1 year ago

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".

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[-] Browning@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Can someone please explain the "tankie baggage"?
I understand the words, but not the history.

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[-] joneskind@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Looks like this post didn't age very well

[-] rysiek@szmer.info 7 points 1 year ago

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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