I started with kbin but left it for lemmy + mastodon. It was not mature enough to handle so many users (which was unexpected by its own creator). Too many issues with bots, the instance itself, and the lack of mobile apps motivated me to move on. It’s sad because it’s creator seemed pretty invested into its project (and I loved the UI, and the ability to get both a Reddit-like and a Twitter-like experience).

[–] ripcord 10 points 5 months ago

Same here almost exactly.

Although I left after it seemed like he was just having a tremendously hard time coping with the new expectations that came with having a lot of users. At some point he seemed happy to do the admin stuff - responding to reports, etc - but started to become paralyzed on everything else. But also was unable to hand things over to someone else.

I get it, but it wasn't where I wanted to be anymore.

If it was today I might have moved to mbin instead (which exists for many of the same reasons) but app support on Lemmy was the big draw.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

As a reddit moderator having a Twitter like interface seems essential. Too many people on Reddit treat it like Twitter

19.4 on lemmy adds some pretty crucial modding tools though so I'm torn LoL

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Was super invested in it (was considering moderating multiple magazines), as I really like Kbin and the vision of it being an all-in-one microblogging and link aggregator platform in the Fediverse. With there being so many federated platforms serving the same purpose, I like how Kbin sort of went against the fragmentation. Had to leave it for Lemmy just the other day as well. I think that Ernest has created the best alternative to Reddit despite the struggles he's faced with development and maintaining the instance alongside with personal issues.

mbin looks great but I think I'll just stay with the more stable option and community...being an early adopter was fun for a year though. I'm still a little iffy about mbin personally. If there's a mbin/kbin API release I may reconsider.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

mbin has had an accessible API for a few months now. You can use Interstellar with for example (not on iOS thuogh)

[–] ZILtoid1991 1 points 5 months ago

Same here, although I already had a Mastodon account.

[–] laughterlaughter 1 points 5 months ago

its* creator.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Bots are a big problem on Lemmy too.