With Twitter and Reddit the way that they are, many people are turning to federated servers as their online home, kbin among them.

How are you using kbin? As a Twitter replacement? Reddit? As something new entirely?

Personally I’m trying to follow multiple types of federated content, magazines, and people.

I think kbin has a lot of growth to go through before all that content can become streamlined and look nice - but it’s all there, and that’s what counts.

If there’s one thing I would change, it would be putting the comment box at the top, or in a drop-down instead of at the very bottom of a thread. But, I’m also just happy that the site is more stable and people are posting!

  • stopthatgirl7
    14•1 year ago

    I’m using kbin as a Reddit replacement. I had only just really started using Reddit when the Great Blackout happened, so it was easy enough for me to switch over the kbin instead. I use Mastodon as my twitter replacement, since I’ve been on it for longer, and I like keeping different kinds of content separate. Federation is great, but I like using Mastodon for Mastodon and Kbin for kbin/lemmy.

    The only real issue I have using kbin is how rough it is around the edges - for example, block is an absolute mess, and works less like a block and more like the worst possible version of mute, and people have been able to get around moderation by blocking magazine mods. Hopefully a complete overhaul of block is in the works.

    I’m definitely looking forward to when apps start getting released.

    • MonsterHighStan
      10•1 year ago

      Same! I was a long time Reddit user and decided to leave after the whole spez thing. I’m hoping to build up some of the same communities that I really loved. The apps will also make a huge difference imo

      • stopthatgirl7
        3•1 year ago

        Once there’s an actual kbin API, I’m hopeful we’ll start getting spoiled for choice like Mastodon is when it comes to apps.

    • Digitalprimate
      3•1 year ago

      I agree with most of that, and I am the same: lemmy replaces reddit and mastodon replaces twitter for me.

      The only thing I kind of disagree with is that being “rough around the edge” is the main issue. I think the main issue is our respective user bases are just too small, and we need more users. Perhaps a chicken/egg kind of problem?

      p.s., You post great content!

      • stopthatgirl7
        2•1 year ago

        Rough around the edges is, like I said, an issue for me specifically, not the biggest issue. Since I post a lot, I’ve also had to block a fair number of people, which is how I’ve learned block is such a mess. And there have been posting bugs I’ve run into that still haven’t gotten fixed and require workarounds. So I’m hitting a lot of the rough patches that folks that just browse or occasionally comment might not.

        p.s., You post great content!

        Thank you; I try!