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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

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[–] biscuitsofdoom@beehaw.org 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] rysiek@szmer.info 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] thepiguy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] rysiek@szmer.info 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

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.

[–] thepiguy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 year ago

Thanks! I look forward to one day understanding all of those words that you wrote.

[–] alternativeninja@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I haven't been able to view kbin.social magazines from Lemmy.

[–] rysiek@szmer.info 1 points 1 year ago

kbin.social is kinda sorta not dealing well with the sudden traffic.

Try: https://fedia.io/

[–] dr_dour@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] hadrian@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Two accounts I believe. It's like having a gmail and hotmail account with the same name before the @

[–] rysiek@szmer.info 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you had the same username on GMail and Hotmail, would it be the same account, or two?..

[–] dr_dour@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Got it. Thanks!

[–] MrSpectroscopy@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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...

[–] SpookyBogMonster@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My understanding is that people on kbin can interact with Lemmy instances. Not sure if that goes the other way though

[–] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] osaerisxero@fedia.io 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

KBin.social turned on cloudflare recently (today?) and it broke their federation crossconnects

[–] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, you are right. It looks like they stated that this is only temporary.

[–] cnnrduncan@beehaw.org 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I saw somebody mention that kbin recently implemented cloudflare protection that breaks federation with Lemmy

[–] rysiek@szmer.info 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, the main instance, kbin.social, is struggling under load right now. There are other instances though, like https://fedia.io/

[–] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, but they stated that this is just temporary.

[–] Hellebert@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Right now I can't see any KBin content from Beehaw but thats on Beehaw I believe not including their content back. Hopefully that changes soon.