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They're both software front-ends for thread-based uses of the ActivityPub protocol.
Basically, they both deal with the same information presented by the servers, they just handle it differently. The main difference for a user is the interface. Think of how the web client for Gmail is coded differently than the web client for Outlook, despite using the same email protocol.
Does that mean I could use kbin as a frontend to access Lemmy? I'm trying to figure out ways that I can help lessen the load on the lemmy.ml instance since that's the one I joined
Yes! You can follow Lemmy communities on kbin, as well as kbin communities on Lemmy! :)
Cool! I'll check it out! I'm still learning how all this federated stuff works, it's pretty cool so far though
You can even interact with Lemmy posts from Mastodon instances! This federation stuff is pretty wild, but it's super exciting. The combination of smaller servers reminiscent of early internet with the ease of use and standardization of modern web apps has such potential to wrestle back the internet from massive corporations.
For real, I'm hoping that this isn't just a temporary boom, and that Lemmy/the Fediverse can hold its own as it's own internet community-type thing.