I gotta say, Kbin has such a nicer UI. Lemmy has to step up a notch.
this post was submitted on 20 Jun 2023
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Personally I heard about Lemmy before kbin so that's why for me.
I found a specific Lemmy instance that I wanted to join. For what I use it for the format suits me better but if not for this instance I probably would've been on kbin just cuz it seems easier to interact with mastodon through it
It's far more likely lemmy will be receiving 3rd party apps in the near future, meanwhile kbin's API is still nonexistent as the developer has far more pressing work to focus on to get the service running nice and smoothly.
Not that's really a "downside" to kbin or anything like that, since the mobile web UI is fantastic already and made even better by some great user styles & scripts; I'm currently using it via Firefox mobile and thanks to kbin's PWA support it works great with the container "Install" feature in the browser (has it's own icon, no browser title bar, but still affected by add-ons).
But tbh, until the federation issues with all these different instances being overloaded gets sorted out, I'll be using both kbin and lemmy.
I'm in both, so...
Same. Iβve noticed that federation isnβt always complete so you may as well be in both, at least for now
I prefer not to mix Mastodon/Twitter with link aggregation (Lemmy/Reddit).
Personally using Lemmy as I find the interface, syntax (linking users and communities), and deployment easy to use.
Also I personally want to contribute to Lemmy and learning Rust is a high priority in my personal and work life.
Kbin is nice but I have a mastodon page if I want to engage with any microblogging stuff, no real need to get that out of my link aggregator/forum experience as well.