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...

Show threadkersplooshJun 18, 2023

I think of kbin as a web interface that combines Lemmy and Mastodon.

kbin Magazines = Lemmy communities

kbin Threads = individual posts in Lemmy communities

Kbin Microblogs = Mastodon toots

Show threadTimestaticJun 18, 2023
I thought there were also dedicated Kbin magazines that aren't on lemmy
Show threadkersplooshJun 18, 2023
kbin.social is effectively a Lemmy instance as far as magazines/communities go. Lemmy users can join and post in kbin magazines. kbin users can do the same with Lemmy communities. If kbin used the term "communities" instead of "magazines" it would be much less confusing.
Show threadSoupOfTheDayJun 18, 2023

I’d say we can try to normalize terminology, but that would fuck up coding/urls, right?

Disclaimer: I know shit about coding.

Show threadOtome-chan
under the hood it's all "activitypub" and works identically. it's only the end-user gui that has things named differently.
Jun 18, 2023 at 4:49amWeb