I put together a guide aimed at Redditors for Kbin and Lemmy!

I want to preface, if you see a mistake in the image or have something helpful to add, go right ahead! I still have the layered files for this, so edits can be made very quickly. I chose to handwrite the text to avoid font copyright infringement.

Feel free to share this poster as you wish, especially on Reddit. All I ask is that you respect the license and don’t remove my socials at the bottom. If anyone’s addition is included, I’ll credit them, and if this gets added onto (or translated) by someone else later, they can add their info as well.

I hope someone can find it useful with the subreddit blackouts right around the corner.

I want to thank the Beehaw admins so much for their amazing work!

(Poster edited; I spotted a duplicated word, mrmanager@lemmy.today noted the lack of whitespace; current version is slightly larger and has been spaced out. You can still request the 800x2000 size, but know it is a little squished.)

aussie,

first comment. it took me waaaaaay too long to realize I had to go all the way to the bottom to reply.

LostXOR,

Yeah that's the only complaint I have with this website.

VerifiablyMrWonka,
VerifiablyMrWonka avatar

And it's also one of the easier fixes to make so I'm sure it'll happen sooner rather than later.

Goathound,

There is already a Stylus theme for this site that moves the reply window to the top of the comments section, for anyone who is interested: https://kbin.social/m/fediverse/t/12194/You-can-now-get-Kbin-it-my-Reddit-like-theme-for-kbin

tal,
tal avatar

Oooh, it colorizes up/downvotes too. Nice!

hotdog,

I noticed the same thing when you try to subscribe to a community. Took me forever to find it but you need to scroll all the way to the bottom to do it

HeartyBeast,
HeartyBeast avatar

On mobile, yes. On deskop, it is at the top of the sidebar

HeartyBeast,
HeartyBeast avatar

I wonder if it is a design decision intended to encourage people to read the existing comments before diving in with their own.

A hopeless dream, I know :)

Spy,

I saw someone else put it nicely:

Two buttons are ideal.
A button at the top for heated reply, and a button at the bottom for the calm and constructive reply after reading what's been said already that is never used

HeartyBeast,
HeartyBeast avatar

:)

lombarg,
lombarg avatar

It probably wasn't a big deal before the reddit migration since there would only be a few replies, but with dozens of replies that you gotta scroll through it gets kind of annoying

KagariY,
KagariY avatar

the guide looks great.
my only 2 questions are

  1. do i need to sign up for a mastodan account even with a kbin account???
  2. and secondly is kbin similar to lemmy in terms that it is an instance?
HeartyBeast,
HeartyBeast avatar

Lemmy and Kbin are different bits of software that use the same underlying protocols and can interoperare - rather like different mail clients can talk to each other . Both can have multiple instances.

KagariY,
KagariY avatar

I see. Thanks for the explanation.

QHC,
QHC avatar

My understanding is that Kbin is an instance of Lemmy, or at least it behaves that way from an end-user perspective even if the tech is slightly different.

That said, don't take anything I say too seriously. I'm still trying to understand how instances interact and what it means if they are 'federated' with other instances or not. What's the point of having instances connected in some way if the content is still different, or is it? Something about the system and how it is supposed to work is still alluding me, clearly!

SirMorosis,

Kbin is a different tech stack from Lemmy. They are able to communicate with each other via the fediverse. I.e. you can view Lemmy instances and communities on kbin.

Deemo,

Quick question is there normally a long federation delay between kbin and Lemmy?

For example while making a post/comment may be instantaneous, I noticed when using the edit feature for comment title there is a massive delay (6+ hrs sync delay for title change).

Curious is this common or more of a one off

OmegaMouse,
@OmegaMouse@feddit.uk avatar

Can someone clarify for me - can I 'add' a kbin community to the Lemmy instance I'm on in the same way as any other community? For the first time I'd need to type !news for example (if no-one else had already added that community in my instance)? I ask because I tried to do that, and it doesn't come up under the listed communities. But maybe that's because kbin is overloaded?

azdle,
@azdle@news.idlestate.org avatar

Yep. You just need to search that exact example (or just the URL) and it should pop up a little link where you can view that community from your local instance, which'll have a subscribe button.

You might have tried it while kbin.social's federation was broken from being behind cloudflare for awhile.

OmegaMouse,
@OmegaMouse@feddit.uk avatar

Thank you :)

fromnewradius,

How can i collapse comments?

Encinos,

So I'm trying to understand the whole federation thing, I know we can view/reply to the posts/comments on different servers, even to different platforms(?) like kbin/Mastodon while using a Lemmy account, though they might have slightly different formats, but can we sort of "follow" the feeds of other platforms?

Essentially what I'm trying here is to look for a one app/account to rule them all approach, where I can doom scroll through all the feeds from everywhere, kbin, Mastodon, Fedia, Beehaw, you name it.

For instance, since every server appears to have their own Communities/Magazines, I'm wondering if I can just subscribe to something like gaming@beehaw.org, gaming@kbin.social and user69420@mastodon.social, and read through all their posts in a single page?

Hhffggshn,

Yes! I use jerboa for android to see all my joined communities on one feed.

Encinos,

Thank you! Glad to see that option is available. Sadly I’m on iPhone, guess I’ll have to wait until that perfect app pops up.

Hhffggshn,

There is an Apple app, but I don't know the name of it.

Encinos,

Yes, there are 2, mlem and memmy, but at the moment their functions are very very bare bone. I been using them all day long and I didn't even know I have 2 notifications. Thank you anyway, I'll just wait to see how everything goes.

Aesculapius,
Aesculapius avatar

NOOB question: Is it possible to open the outside web link from the home page? It always takes me to the comments section first.

rickcooker,

join the same communities together

Let me make sure I have this right:

  • there are separate Lemmy instances
  • I can chat with other people from other instances (like email)

If I wanted to join the same communities as a friend, do I need to sign up for another instance or do communities 'live' on multiple instances? For instance, a community on 'cats.' If there is one on {instance1} and {instance2}. They aren't the same, right?

Splodge5,

There are some duplicate communities (e.g. cats@instance1 and cats@instance2 to use your example) but you can subscribe to and interact with either/both communities without leaving your chosen instance - you don't need to make multiple accounts.

Galapagon,

Can I "combine" those communities? What about duplicate posts across communities? For example, there's likely to be multiple gaming communities, i don't mind subscribing to multiple, but I don't want to see the same posts from both. Alternatively, if one gaming community "wins" - basically becomes default: then what? Sounds like we'd be reliant on whoever owns that community again.

Splodge5,

Pretty sure combining communities isn't possible, from what I've read the idea is that after a bit the most popular incarnations of any particular community will win out and the problem should somewhat solve itself. Don't think that solves the problem of being overly reliant on a single instance to host that community tho.

howllo,

Isn't having multiple communities instead of a default one a strength instead of a potential issue? Like, sure, if you're personally following more than one you'll likely end up running across repeating posts, but should one of them become a problem in any way the users can just abandon it for one of the others. Kinda like what happened with r/curatedtumblr, but the "new" option has been there all along. Plus, some will naturally prefer sticking to the smaller ones.

komnenos,

So, is kbin a lemmy instance? If so, how do I log in over there? I'm registered here on beehaw, so how do I access/vote on kbin content?

gotta say, as a somewhat technically-inclined person, I don't like this fediverse stuff.

emr,
@emr@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Important note for kbin (and fedia.io): if you sign up and fail to click that confirmation link, I think you're basically SOL. So don't make the same mistake I made! Click that confirmation link, it expires in an hour!

code,
@code@lemmy.world avatar

Alright so this seems a good a place as any to ask dumb questions... This almost feels like the 90's and using the internet for the first time 🤣

So, I'm viewing this post on lemmy.world, but the content itself is from beehaw.org, simple enough. What happens if beehaw.org is unavailable, let's say permanently shut down, right now? Is the past content still available on other instances or does it just poof? Could I still view this post one day, week, month, year after a shut down? Could I still comment? The image itself I see is hosted directly on the beehaw instance so that obviously depends on a stable instance.

httpjames,
@httpjames@sh.itjust.works avatar

If an instance shuts down, they're supposed to send a "self destruct" notice to all other instances to delete their content, but technically speaking, instances do not have to listen to these notices. Thus, it's possible that deleted or unavailable content still remains available on some platforms.

the_kgb,

so you're saying that even if a post started on a specific instance (like beehaw, for example), and then got deleted from the main source, other instances would still be able to see it? kind of like the light from a supernova reaching us a million light years away?

Cromer,

So I've got a question:

I have an account on a different instance (techhub.social) that I'm logged into on Mastodon. However according to the Mastodon app kbin.social isn't a valid instance. I tried to login on Jerboa instead but I'm getting the incorrect login error there (I've only had the account for about 6 months but still).

What am I doing wrong, or what else could I try?

SindriDeLaMancha,

all the weirdly specific cat subreddits if I don´t have a my r/catloaf idk what I'm going to do.

Anarch157a,
@Anarch157a@lemmy.world avatar

Here's one for you buddy:

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/369a0f17-6d21-4148-a46b-35f4451f3ce7.jpeg

Nabiowsky,

Can someone who is familiar with both platform help us with a migration list of popular subreddits? Like r/videos r/technology r/programming or equivalent? r/ask? Is there r/subredditoftheday r/bestof style place that help us discover by meta referencing back to best places?

yungsinatra,

I'm a really big fan of this idea of using Kbin/Fediverse, but I've noticed that many magazines/communities (especially the ones from Lemmy) are not being updated properly on Kbin (posts/threads just straight up missing on Kbin while I can see them on the Lemmy instance). Is this a temporary issue or has this always been like this?

parrot-party,
parrot-party avatar

It's because earnest disabled federation due to load. They're working on scale issues but it's costs time and money. So we have to do what the Internet fears the most, be patient.

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