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

    • zipdog@beehaw.orgEnglish
      12·
      2 years ago

      Agreed Lemmy is a lot cleaner IMO. I’d be all-in if it weren’t for the political baggage, even with federation we’re empowering these guys and giving them a bigger platform. l’m still uneasy about that.

      • wiredfire@beehaw.orgEnglish
        11·
        2 years ago

        I’m pretty uneasy about the association, but the attitude of Beehaw is the antithesis of it so I guess it balances out…?

        I did play with Kbin first but the interface felt kinda broken to me, buttons not reacting and the like…

        • jmp242@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          3·
          2 years ago

          Tbh, it’s floss so I don’t care who’s working on it. I just don’t really get kbin ui myself, lemmy is far closer to reddit for me. If I wanted the microblogging I already have Mastodon so I don’t see why it’s trying to do both. I prefer the old unix philosophy myself.

          • LUHG@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            2 years ago

            Kbin just feels like a home project to my eyes. Hope it goes well and the federation will be absolutely amazing.

          • wiredfire@beehaw.orgEnglish
            1·
            2 years ago

            I want I like Kbin, and in time I think I will, but the UX is a little too unfinished right now. I’ll keep checking in on it and I’m excited to see two things that conceivably offer a similar experience to Reddit gaining traction. Big-up the fediverse!

      • Lionir [he/him]@beehaw.orgEnglish
        6·
        2 years ago

        Federation also works between kbin and Lemmy so if you’re worried about that, the only solution is defederation from them.

      • JoeKrogan@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        2 years ago

        You can just block a community or user and you won’t see it. Main thing is that its not corporate owned

    • Abel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      I’ve been having a blast on Lemmy so far. Just had to unsub from the Brazil community because Brazil has a lot of tankies for some fucking reason.

      • minimar@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        I choose to believe Brazilians have dealt with fascists in their government for so long it’s all they want now.