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  • Shyder @lemmy.fmhy.ml
    1·
    2 years ago

    I’m in both, but I’m a Reddit refugee looking for a similar experience. 99% of my Reddit’s time was through the RIF app and Jeroba looks and feels the same, so currently I only use lemmy.

    I wouldn’t mind switching over to kbin if it gets better in the future since I can read everything from anywhere.

  • CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.ml
    1·
    2 years ago

    Learned about Lemmy from Reddit but never heard of kbin until recently. That said, I like the name Lemmy a lot more than the name kbin. kbin sounds like a hex editor for KDE, not a Reddit alternative. I love the open source community, but sometimes the names of projects leave much to be desired. Lemmy isn’t the perfect name but it’s more memorable than kbin.

    • DoucheAsaurus@kbin.social
      1·
      2 years ago

      Think of it like Lemmy but with a different UI plus the ability to “tweet” on mastodon. I’m commenting from kbin right now, we can all see the same posts because it’s federated.

  • Alexmitter@kbin.social
    0·
    2 years ago

    I first was on Lemmy, now on kbin. Kbin is just a much more nicer experience. Also it’s not developed by tankies who glorify f*cking Mao Zedong. Simple as that.

    • minorsecond@kbin.social
      0·
      2 years ago

      The tankie thing keeps pushing me away from lemmy, but lemmy seems to be the only software getting clients at the moment. So I’m torn. I want an iOS client badly, but I don’t want to support tankies.

      I suppose I shouldn’t sell out for a nice app though.

      • ch1cken@kbin.social
        1·
        2 years ago

        i use kbin, but not really because of the lemmy dev’s views, rather that I find it more polished.

        I honestly don’t care about the developers opinions as long as they’re mentally sane, they can have whatever views they want, i use their software, and thats all. The same applies to linux, for reference, richard stallman has some extremely messed up views i do not agree with, however i dont take that into consideration when using gnu/linux. His software: gnu is incredible, and that’s all that matters. Not his views.

        The only threat i can think of, of the lemmy dev’s views is potential censorship on the official instance (though i don’t believe he’s done this yet), which doesn’t really matter either, since there’s many other instances.

        It is nice that ernest is a great guy, unlike the lemmy dev, but thats not why i chose to use kbin.

      • LostCause@kbin.social
        1·
        2 years ago

        Not like they get money from that, they do get money from donations, but I don‘t think just using an open source product is support.

        I use like hundreds of open source things and idk the ideology of any of the devs and I don‘t care, they could turn out to be serial killers, I don‘t see my use of their product as an issue. Monetary support is the difference to me.

        Maybe I got some messed up morals though, wouldn’t be the first time.

        • HanDman@kbin.social
          1·
          2 years ago

          Social networks, even open source ones are only successful if lots of people use them. The more people who join and contribute to the community, the more other people will find things that interest them and then join. Any engagement with the network increases it’s reach and therefore influence. If that network is run by tankies I’d rather not add to its power.

          • esty@lemmy.ca
            1·
            2 years ago

            Lemmy is not ran by tankies, even if it may be developed by one - if the lead devs go off the rails, someone can always fork it and continue development elsewhere; and if any instance goes off the rails it can be defederated (and this is already happening!)

  • freebrick@kbin.social
    0·
    2 years ago

    I like both. Currently on kbin because of the All bug on lemmy. My aim is to use both for a longer period.

    • Jarmer@kbin.social
      1·
      2 years ago

      Is that where the all section just constantly keeps loading more and more and more and you can’t even use it because it’s flying downwards?

  • grus@kbin.social
    01·
    2 years ago

    Kbin just sounds cooler, dude.
    I mean, lemmy - that’s just lame with extra steps. Eww. Yuck. Yucky. Not cool. Actual cringe, tbh. 🤢
    Kbin. That’s like cool-beans, dude. Actually rad. And based. 😎
    Who doesn’t want to be cool? I tell you, nerds, that’s who. Do you want to be a nerd? Didn’t think so.
    Checkmate. Try proving me wrong (pro-tip: you can’t)