Beehaw is still Lemmy (unless anything has changed recently), but the instance is run a particular way. There should be a link somewhere about their philosophy and what the differences are.
In terms of vibe / community, I would think that there are more differences between the individual instances than the software that they run. That’s something which is easier to get an idea of as you use it more.
When I was starting out, Kbin didn’t have as much third party support, so there wasn’t a good way to use it on mobile. That may have changed since then
I don't really know. I don't really make it a point to look at what the origin point of the posts are. Even when I look at the name for whatever reason I don't think in terms of this is a lemmy experience or this is a kbin. I am straight outa kbin though.
I've only used Kbin, but it seems fairly decent as a commenter aside from some federation/stability/spam issues. I really like the idea of having access to the Mastodon side of things on top of the rest of the fediverse, even though it's hit-or-miss.
Thread wise, I suppose I haven't posted enough to be statistically solid though it seems like it's dead on the Kbin side of things and federation is even worse. I've thought about posting to lemmy.world (because 1 of my threads to a kbin community just got 2 LW commenters) but haven't made new content to do so.
I probably should join another instance but I think there is a balancing act between instance popularity and desiring conversation-of/help-with my niche interests, and it seems like that is one that probably isn't going to be resolved for a while.
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Thanks for the warning. On Kbin, downtimes aren’t scheduled… they just happen, whether you’re ready for them or not. Why did I hitch my wagon to that star? “Oh, Lemmy is too complex to use! Signing up for Kbin instead will cause fewer headaches!” Except when the damn site is down for the ten millionth time. Then there are headaches a plenty!
Imagine if I didnt join fedi. It was on my bucket list for like 2 years before I eventually did. I didn't expect me to fit in. I expected to be just as ignored and id forget about it soon enough. Sure it would be opensource and decentralized but id be just as unseen. Thats why I put it off for so long cuz it was effort and stuff and I figured it was gonna be the same.
Fedi is made great by a lot of things but a huge part is that u can have 0 followers and if u post stuff people like then someone will see it for sure and probably interact with it in some way.
@ChaosKitsune I had a bit of a rocky start when I finally jumped from Reddit. I landed over in kBin and that was and still is a big mess. It wasn't until I migrated over to this side of Fedi that I had the experience that you just highlighted.
For the first time I really feel like my peers in this space are my actual friends and not using me to promote their own interests are social media presence. I love hanging out here because all we do is chill, post memes, artwork, personal projects and make each other feel better.
It's literally the best place on the internet :ablobcatrainbow:
One of the weirdest things about having a kbin account is we can see low effort trolling comments like this even after the mods removed it and the rest of the people in here can't see it.
3 or 4 spam "Buy Phloboxidril Now In Your Area" posts per day were tolerable. 20 to 50 aren't. I know I could block the magazine, but I'm just one of the many who are subjected to it....
Has there been a change in sourcing new magazines? Last time I tried it I couldn't get anything to matriculate, at least not kbin style with searching etc. Big turn off for me but otherwise mbin seems like the best fit.
Not from what I've seen, unfortunately. Getting new instances to federate, at least from smaller, non Lemmy instances, is a bit of a pain. In the past I've done some testing with the two mags I currently own, and it looks like things don't always properly federate.
I've also noticed the same goes for voting. There's been more than once I've seen differing upvotes/downvotes on a thread depending on whether you're looking at it from kbin vs mbin.
Maybe I should reach out to the person who runs the mbin instance I am on. They were a kbin person before and may have some insight. An mbin version of this meta would be helpful, as mentioned!
Vibe check: What are your impressions and experiences of Lemmy, Kbin, Mbin, and Beehaw? (kbin.run)
Exactly what the title says....
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nuclear take: (lemmy.world)
The US loses to Russia and China in popularity across Africa (africa.businessinsider.com)
China and Russia surpass the U.S. in approval ratings in Africa....
Know your rights (lemmy.world)
Please turn off science
3 or 4 spam "Buy Phloboxidril Now In Your Area" posts per day were tolerable. 20 to 50 aren't. I know I could block the magazine, but I'm just one of the many who are subjected to it....