SoupOfTheDayJun 18, 2023

Is Kbin lemmy? I’m so confused!

Kbin is the first Reddit alternative I looked at and i liked the UI so I stuck with it. I kind of assumed everything would be kbin. I thought I understood things. I thought it was kbin and lemmy separate but they federated and so I’d be able to access lemmy stuff from kbin. Which I guess is true. But now I’m confused. I look...

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Is Kbin lemmy? I’m so confused! - nostupidquestions - kbin.social

Kbin is the first Reddit alternative I looked at and i liked the UI so I stuck with it. I kind of assumed everything would be kbin. I thought I understood things. I thought it was kbin and lemmy separate but they federated and so I’d be able to access lemmy stuff from kbin. Which I guess is true. But now I’m confused. I look...

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Afaik Lemmy is a protocol used by a bunch of servers; lemmy.world, shitjustworks, lemmy.ml, etc. They're all (well, mostly) connected to each other, and each hosts various communities that any member can access. You can access it all through kbin, though kbin is different from lemmy. For example, this community is on lemmy.world, and you posted it here from kbin. I saw it and responded from kbin.

"All" gives you all the content your home server has access to.

I hope that's helpful. I'm still learning myself.

Jun 18, 2023 at 3:29amWeb
Show threadSoupOfTheDayJun 18, 2023
So you’re using kbin, but sub’d to the m/c hosted on lemmy.world, and responded to it via your kbin account? Right?
Show threadatypicaloddityJun 18, 2023
Yeah, I'm viewing and responding to this from kbin.social right now
Show threadVulcanSphereJun 18, 2023
Yup, that's correct.
Show threadDatsourdoJun 18, 2023
The protocol they have in common is ActivityPub, the same thing used by Mastodon, Calckey, etc..
Show threadgeoffervescentJun 18, 2023

Clarification: the protocol is ActivityPub.

Lemmy is open source software built on the protocol. (Kbin and others are different sofware but also built on Activity Pub)

Instances, Lemmy.world, and Sh.itjust.works are clones of Lemmy running independently but federated.