Only heard of it recently is it another federated platform like Lemmy or pixelfed?
It looks to be another federated instance that seems to be compatible with other Lemmy instances.
Yeah, it’s another platform, heavily inspired by wykop.pl, which combines reddit-like link aggregation and twitter-like Mikroblog
Yes. It’s also similar enough that the “magazines” of kbin are close enough to “communities” on lemmy, that they translate quite well. Lots of people on kbin subscribe to lemmy communities, and vice versa.
Both pool their content fairly well, so you can pick which you like better, and still access most of the same stuff.
Whenever I am directed to kbin I get a website with a feed and then the status has me not logged in … so it makes it appear as though I need a login to use this… the way people are talking on here though im led to believe you just subscribe and it’s almost seamless… sooo what am I missing ??? How do you subscribe to magazines etc with Lemmy ? It’s currently not very intuitive.
Kbin user here so my only answer is… switch to Kbin? From here, everything is integrated pretty seamlessly. Lemmy communities show up in the search results with Kbin magazines, and posts from across the fediverse show up in my feed interchangeably.
Yes
Can you elaborate?
I read that Kbin defederated with Lemmy because it couldn’t initially handle the influx of new users migrating from Reddit, but that it has federated again.
So is it a Lemmy instance, like Beehaw?
I know that Kbin doesn’t use communities (“/c/”) but uses magazines (“/m/”) so I thought it was different.
I also read that there was some new way to post to Lemmy from Mastadon, but I thought those were different, like Reddit and Twitter. But they both rely on something called “ActivityPub”?
So is Kbin similar to Lemmy (by being Reddit-like), but distinct like Mastadon (which is Twitter-like)?
I didn’t have a Twitter account, but was a heavy Reddit user. I don’t have a Mastadon account, but I’m liking Lemmy. However I have some FOMO about Kbin because I don’t understand how it all works together.
Kbin.social is federating with lemmy rn, that’s how I see your comment.
So is it a Lemmy instance, like Beehaw?
No. It’s a different technology - in the same way that Mastadon is a different technology.
However, Kbin federates with Lemmy - so users can engage in each other’s posts.
So is Kbin similar to Lemmy (by being Reddit-like), but distinct like Mastadon (which is Twitter-like)?
Kbin does both.
There are communities (they use the word ‘magazines’) which works very similarly to Reddit. And also, there is a Microblogging feature, which works very similar to Twitter.
However I have some FOMO about Kbin because I don’t understand how it all works together.
It doesn’t cost you anything to sign up for, so give it a try.
Personally, I never cared about Twitter-like microblogging - so I’m okay with keeping just a Lemmy account.
This is helpful, thanks.
It doesn’t cost you anything to sign up for, so give it a try.
The main cost is time, to understand the platform and to find community. I created a Kbin account, but I don’t see myself having the time to be divided between Kbin and Lemmy so I’m hoping not to have to maintain both.
Kbin federates with Lemmy - so users can engage in each other’s posts.
This gives me hope. So is it basically just a different UI? This is where my understanding of the fediverse breaks down.
I have been exploring Kbin a little bit and can answer some questions.
ActivityPub is a protocol for sharing content. That content can be of multiple types like posts, threads, blogs, videos, microblogs, etc (I forgot the exact names of those types so the names might be off). On Lemmy we have communities, which are comparable to subreddits, that are hubs for ActivityPub content of the thread type. Mastodon is build for microblogs, which are similar to tweets.
Kbin is indeed similar to Lemmy, as it also runs on ActivityPub content, but apart from having communities (which they call magazines), you can also post and read microblogs there.
So if you like Lemmy but you’re also on Mastodon or are interested in that, maybe Kbin is more suitable for you.
Very helpful. Thanks!
This should give you an overview: https://kbin.social/about
Yes basically, it’s another content aggregator and blogging platform, it shares a lot of visual and structural simularities with reddit, that connects to the fediverse like Lemmy. I prefer it for a few reasons over Lemmy but number one is I find its UI much more appealing.
lemmy but better, you can see lemmy content from kbin too! greetings from kbin!
Don’t forget you can also see and interact with Mastodon tweets (toots?) in kbin as well.
