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[–] mr_monoxide@vlemmy.net 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I’ve used both Lemmy and Kbin. I see advantages to both, but I have been finding that Kbin isn’t as flexible with federated posts and is less flexible with smaller instances: my smaller instance of Kbin is missing a lot of posts and images that show up on kbin.social.

My smaller instance of Lemmy (VLemmy) seems to be pretty complete, so I have been been happy with it.

Also, the constant Kbin warnings about missing info on Federated magazines has really pushed me toward Lemmy.

[–] Alexandrite@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I’m hoping it will “stick” and grow in more popularity. I’ve been using wefwef.app and it’s nearly the same as Apollo, so I’ve been enjoying it. Many of my favorite communities are already here, but some aren’t, so it just means I’ll have to get them started!

[–] Dr_Wu@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

I think lemmy is the only viable reddit alternative for me, and since I don't plan on using reddit much anymore if at all. I'll be here. Most of my subs on reddit were smaller communties that I have not seen pop up yet on lemmy though. I hope they might appear soon, but I don't think some of them will ever be as active as they were there

[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Depends on how much Meta fucks it up, if at all.

[–] roadrussian@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Maybe? With revancing the RIF app i can still use my old app. This being said the protests have salted the earth in many placed i subscribed to. In other places there are more bots and spam then before. Lemmy is still a little weird for me. I barely got the hang of the federation in browser, app was too weird for me.

So ill just vagabond around for a while and see what i see.

[–] Squirrel@thelemmy.club 4 points 2 years ago

I'm between here and Squabbles, but I am leaning heavily this way, since Wefwef removed some of the annoyances. Sync coming here guaranteed that I would be here eventually.

[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Literally just signed up. Don't quite get the instances thing I'll read about that tonight but right now I'm on world which I think is the 'big' one?

Either way liking it so far

[–] chickenwing@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

World is one of the big ones you can see them listed here https://fedidb.org/software/lemmy. The instances are just servers running lemmy. The servers can communicate with each other with the activitypub protocol if the admins allow it.

What's cool about this is nobody can ever "shutdown" lemmy as there are multiple servers. Also it won't turn into a cesspit like voat because each admin can make there own rules and defederate from nastier instances. So you can have an anything goes lemmy instance or a curated instance. I really hope lemmy comes out the victor of reddit alternatives because I love the idea of it.

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[–] eightequalsequalsd@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I like the concept of ActivityPub (though Tildes feels cognitively easier to use). But I actually think internet forums are a dying format; I enjoy them but I don’t want to talk with bots, read bots arguing, or post more stuff used to train bots. I miss having little online corners of nerds being nerdy, but I think a lot of it will have to come offline to remain "authentic."

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[–] tuts@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Nope, for me also, Lemmy works fine!

[–] freewifehotpots@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The only “Reddit” feel Lemmy is missing is a mobile app that’s as good as Apollo, which I think will happen soon seeing so many app developments going on

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[–] FollyDolly@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

So far Lemmy is my new home! I like it here.

[–] hotwarioinyourarea@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I'm pretty happy here. It's nice and close knit and not full of shit. Kbin also seems cool but needs a bit more time in the oven and an app to really be useful to me.

[–] JoumanaKayrouz@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] MixBlender@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Im good here.

[–] ScornForSega@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I want to like kbin, but mobile UI is just weird. If I tap on a picture, I want to see the picture, not the comment thread.

Gerboa gets me closest to the RIF experience, so that's where I'm at for now.

[–] wilberfan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I think in my (limited) experience so far, kbin has the features/layout I prefer--but there's "nobody" over there. The community I set up over here is slowly gathering followers--the kbin one is not.

[–] Darkwatch00@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah I think I like it here, it's different, but that isnt a bad thing. Also no idea where else to go. All other social media is off putting.

[–] trouser_mouse@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Yes, currently Lemmy is the one. Trust Cafe WTS Social is small but has some interesting aspects.

It will be interesting to see how Lemmy scales and adapts to corporations joining, and also how GDPR compliance unfolds.

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