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
What's kbin?
https://kbin.pub/en
A different instance software for Reddit-like discussions. It federates with Lemmy instances, so it's all a nice single network.
Does that mean when I browse Lemmy I see kbin content by default? Do I need to add it somehow? I'm using Jerboa on Android.
You can join communities on KBin instances, you can post to them and comment on posts in them, and KBin users can join communities on Lemmy instances and post to them, and comment on such posts.
So, "yes", but you might have to subscribe to a given community first.
Thanks! I look forward to one day understanding all of those words that you wrote.
I have the same username setup on sh.itjust.works and kbin. I'm trying to understand if it's just one account or two. Bit confusing.
If you had the same username on GMail and Hotmail, would it be the same account, or two?..
Got it. Thanks!
Two accounts I believe. It's like having a gmail and hotmail account with the same name before the @
I haven't been able to view kbin.social magazines from Lemmy.
kbin.social is kinda sorta not dealing well with the sudden traffic.
Try: https://fedia.io/
Not sure, but it looks similar to lemmy. It's "federated"? I wonder if we can see kbin links through our lemmy server? Just trying to figure this all out...
My understanding is that people on kbin can interact with Lemmy instances. Not sure if that goes the other way though
I am subscribed to a kbin community through lemmy. I will check. Please wait.
Update I just checked and it seems my subscription to that community is pending and my post appears on lemmy, but not on the kbin site. Maybe it just takes some time. I will check it later to see if it is just taking some time.
KBin.social turned on cloudflare recently (today?) and it broke their federation crossconnects
Yes, you are right. It looks like they stated that this is only temporary.
I saw somebody mention that kbin recently implemented cloudflare protection that breaks federation with Lemmy
Yeah, the main instance, kbin.social, is struggling under load right now. There are other instances though, like https://fedia.io/
Yes, but they stated that this is just temporary.