JungleGeorgeJun 3, 2023
Danie van der Merwe

If Lemmy is not your cup of tea as an alternative to Reddit, maybe try open-source federated Kbin instead

Yes, Reddit is going through its own API pains right now, and of course it is anyway a centralised social network much like Facebook and Twitter. So the discussion around alternatives has been coming up again.

Lemmy has been around for a while, its technol ...continues

See https://gadgeteer.co.za/if-lemmy-is-not-your-cup-of-tea-as-an-alternative-to-reddit-maybe-try-open-source-federated-kbin-instead/

#alternativeto #Kbin #opensource #reddit #technology

If Lemmy Is Not Your Cup Of Tea As An Alternative To Reddit, Maybe Try Open-source Federated Kbin Instead - GadgeteerZA

Yes, Reddit is going through its own API pains right now, and of course it is anyway a centralised social network much like Facebook and Twitter. So the

GadgeteerZA
Jun 3, 2023 at 2:00pmMake
Show threadDanie van der MerweJun 3, 2023
And it looks like @JungleGeorge24 was already there on #Kbin
Show threadJungle George 🌴🌳🌲🍃Jun 3, 2023
@danie10 somebody said I'm collecting Fediverse accounts like infinity stones, I guess it's true 😅🤣
Show threadDanie van der MerweJun 3, 2023
@JungleGeorge24 yep its an addiction. I'm trying to hold off on Kbin as I already had at Lemmy and Beehaw ;-)
Show threadJungle George 🌴🌳🌲🍃Jun 3, 2023

@danie10 was just reading an interesting blog post about lemmy and kbin

https://www.jayeless.net/2023/06/on-reddit-and-alternatives.html

On Reddit and Its Federated Alternatives - Jayeless.net

As you may have heard, Reddit’s decided to pull a Twitter and start charging an extortionate amount of money for access to their previously-free API, in order to drive third-party clients like Apollo and RIF into extinction. Under Reddit’s proposed pricing, …

Show threadDanie van der MerweJun 3, 2023
@JungleGeorge24 interesting, yes Kbin has some good things going for it. Whilst Beehaw is nicer to be on than Lemmy, it does not allow new subreddits/magazines to be registered, has no downvotes, and does not have the blog concept Kbin has.
Show threadCragsand Jun 3, 2023

@fisco1791 @danie10
A top priority for #kbin imo should be better thumbnail display for images and embedding integrations. ✨️  

Seeing much of the focus is on sharing and voting on content that originates elsewhere from other sites like Twitch, YouTube and more - it need to be fast, viewable, and enjoyable to scroll through.

Right now thumbnails are stretched and cropped which gives a bad viewing experience. A thing to note though, is that mobile #Reddit never ever perfected this and is a glitchy mess to this day on Android browsers unless you use their app.

Show threadHeadPlugJun 10, 2023
@danie10 I'm confused how I can browse magazines from Mastodon? Or post to them?
Show threadDanie van der MerweJun 10, 2023
@HeadPlug Kbin is on ActivityPub so there is federation. I was seeing Mastodon post on the microblogging view in Kbin (not on the Mastodon side). From Mastodon I think you'd have to just follow a Kbin profile, but you'll only see their posts, and not see actual Magazine views of topics. You can't subscribe to the Magazines as far as I know, just profiules with posts.