BananaTrifleViolinJun 22, 2023

Why is Kbin seemingly growing considerably slower than Lemmy?

I'm a bit confused at the explosive growth of Lemmy and the slower growth of Kbin. Do the stats reflect the reality or is there a problem with the data being fed back to the various stat hubs?... #kbin

https://kbin.social/m/kbin/t/76190

Why is Kbin seemingly growing considerably slower than Lemmy? - kbin - kbin.social

I'm a bit confused at the explosive growth of Lemmy and the slower growth of Kbin. Do the stats reflect the reality or is there a problem with the data being fed back to the various stat hubs?...

Show threadPilirinJun 22, 2023
kbin wasn't federated yet when we jumped. as far as i'm aware i made my kbin account like 6 hours after federation, because i did that as soon as i heard that there was a different UI
Show threadzerozaku
What does being federated does?
Jun 22, 2023 at 4:28pmWeb
Show threadBooksJun 22, 2023

Someone with way more knowledge about this subject than I can correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I gathered it's good to think of these things like this:

Instances (kbing, lemmy, mastadon,etc) are like Cities. They can function interdependently but do better by being connected (federated) to other cities. If, for example you are like me, and despise a certain city, your city can choose not to connect with that city, but doing so means your citizens won't be able to see/do anything with that city.