I have most of the Fediverse-based account and seem to have just gravitated towards Lemmy over Kbin as found it very confusing, What makes you prefer Kbin over Lemmy or any other Fediverse instances?

  • readbeanicecream
    67•1 year ago

    Came for the UI. Stayed for the granular settings (including turning federation on and off) and the content just seemed higher quality (though that is very subjective)

    • Samantha E XaviaOP
      6•1 year ago

      Fair enough, I seem to find it confusing as of the moment but I’ll give it a proper go to see if I prefer it in the end.

      • HidingCat
        12•1 year ago

        How is it confusing? I’ve tried both and neither were hard to use, I purely picked Kbin for aesthetics.

        • Samantha E XaviaOP
          1•1 year ago

          It seems like there is several buttons at the top that confuses me as well as it seems to have lots of features that I’ll have to learn. I wouldn’t mind learning more of it especially if it brings a overall better experience in the end.

      • snapeyouinhalf
        5•1 year ago

        For me it’s more straight forward than Lemmy, possibly because of the UI. I still can’t find content I want, but overall it’s easier than lemmy and I can’t really put my finger on why. It’s interesting to me that you have the opposite impression!

        • Samantha E XaviaOPEnglish
          1•1 year ago

          I guess my thoughts are I can deal with the simpler UI, It doesn’t have anything on the screen without a specific use. I guess Kbin would be the same just has so much more on the screen than Lemmy does what I guess would overwhelm me.

          • CookieCrumbles
            5•1 year ago

            I’d say the best way to look at it is if you’re enjoying your experience over on Lemmy, then there’s absolutely nothing wrong with sticking with it! c: This is one of the major upsides to federation, since different places can appeal to different wants or needs from their users!

            That said, if you are curious about Kbin and wanna learn more about it, don’t be afraid to! The extra toggles or buttons can certainly be intimidating at first when you aren’t sure what they do. But in my opinion, one of the biggest draws for a website is having options! There’s a whole lot of good in a site that lets you make your experience more your own than simply being one-size-fits-all, and Kbin certainly offers that in a few different ways! I can’t speak for Lemmy on that front, but maybe they have similar options as well.

            Apologies for the rather lengthy reply, but if you’re still curious about Kbin and some of its functionality, there is this post https://kbin.social/m/kbinMeta/t/52838/A-starting-guide-to-kbin-social-support-thread-for-new-users over on the KbinMeta magazine. It is a smidgen dated though since there have been some updates since, so if you still have questions or are still confused by something on here, don’t be afraid to ask! People are very helpful on here c:

            • Samantha E XaviaOP
              3•1 year ago

              Thank you, you’ve been so useful and don’t worry about the long message it’s what these are for.

    • numbscroll
      4•1 year ago

      Which UI?

      ETA: asking since people will see this across the fediverse, and may not realize where you posted this