FediTips has moved!Jun 12, 2023

There's a Fediverse alternative to #Reddit called #Kbin. More info at https://kbin.pub

Still VERY new, not many servers yet, two so far in English:

https://fedia.io
https://kbin.social

No app yet, use it through these sites. Subreddits are called "Magazines". You can interact with magazines from other servers.

Coders help Kbin at https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core, non-coders donate at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kbin

(Sorry to people bored of this, had many requests to put info in one place)

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Show threadMatzkopfJun 12, 2023
@feditips What is peoples' oppinion about Lemmy? Both seem to be viable alternatives right now, not sure about cross plattform federation between the two though.
Show threadMortSinyxJun 13, 2023
I think Lemmy is currently more matured, but try both it and Kbin, @matzkopf, and decide for thyself. @feditips doesn’t seem to enjoy that the former’s developers are communists, but the point of free software and interoperable services is for that to not matter. I mean, William Shockley was a big 🏇 but that shouldn’t stop us from using transistors.
William Shockley - Wikipedia

Show threadFediTips has moved!Jun 13, 2023

@cnx @matzkopf

My objections to Lemmy are nothing to do with communism or politics or anything like that.

My objection to them is their attitude to human rights. Human rights are why I joined the Fediverse and why I run my accounts and sites to help more people onto the Fediverse.

If someone is doing something against human rights, that is a huge red flag for me.

It's not about the code, it's about giving people in charge of the code influence and power.

Show threadMortSinyxJun 13, 2023
Point taken, @feditips, but also Lemmy the software does not violate human rights AFAICT? Cc: @matzkopf
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@cnx @matzkopf

Using a FOSS project and encouraging its use provides the project leaders more funding, more power, more visibility.

Eugen was interviewed on CNN etc because so many people use Mastodon.

It would be disturbing to see Lemmy devs being given this level of influence.

Show threadMortSinyx

@feditips, that’s a stand I don’t agree with, yet a valid one. I’d rather people don’t politically idolize projects’ heads though, I am well aware that we humen are not highly rational beings. I wonder how large of an influence can be, ref. Bill Shockley.

Nothing wrong with funding useful technology however. Cc: @matzkopf

Jun 13, 2023 at 9:56amWeb
Show threadFediTips has moved!Jun 13, 2023

@cnx @matzkopf

Thanks for the thoughtful replies.

Perhaps on this issue we will agree to disagree, but I appreciate the dialogue. Apologies for my caps on the earlier post, I'll edit it.