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Monola19, in What's your idea of relaxation/a relaxing time?
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Ahhh that sounds so nice ☺️ I’m a homebody so I recharge best at home, on my couch and the AC high so I can bundle under blankets while reading a book!

Friend,
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Sounds super cosy! Do you tend to read relaxing books? There are so many thrillers and exciting page turners which are great but I'd like to read something very calming, if such a thing exists.

Monola19,
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One of my favorite cozy reads is howls moving castle by Dianne Wynne Jones and that series as a whole. If you’ve seen the movie, the book has enough differences that it’s completely worth a read.

Myriadblue, in Now that you've used Lemmy and /kbin which do you prefer and why?

I'm preferring lemmy. That's mostly due to how nicely the Jerboa app works.

DirkMcCallahan, in Now that you've used Lemmy and /kbin which do you prefer and why?

I really dig kbin's interface, so much that I haven't really explored Lemmy too much. My main issue with Lemmy is that the threaded indenting is so minuscule that it might as well not even be there.

megane-kun, in Now that you've used Lemmy and /kbin which do you prefer and why?
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I've been using Lemmy since a couple of weeks ago, but I've made an account here to see what the fuzz is all about.

To be honest, I've already configured my desktop Lemmy experience to my liking so my view will be biased. On the other hand, I am finding the default UI here to be close to what I want to begin with.

What I find confusing, however, is all the extra stuff that Lemmy doesn't have. I already use Mastodon for microblogging, so I doubt I'd be using the microblogging aspect of Kbin.

V699,

I use the micro blogging feature inside magazines where I'm asking for help that doesn't require a link to anything. It acts like a standard forum in that mode

megane-kun,
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I see, thanks! Let me see if I got you correctly. You can use the microblogging features of kbin to make text-only posts on magazines, right?

Actually, now that I've thought about it, you can just make microblog post on your Kbin profile, right? I guess that'd then be Kbin's equivalent of "posting to your own profile" back in Reddit (not that I've ever used that feature tho. lol!).

V699,

All kbin microblog posts have to be to a magazine. The "profile" magazine is called "random"

lixus98, in Now that you've used Lemmy and /kbin which do you prefer and why?
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There's multiple things to consider, both are great options, but right now I'm liking kbin more for these reasons:

  • Better algorithm, when I go to my homepage I feel that the site is full of new, active content, where people are having discussions.
  • Integration with Mastodon, I like to take a peek from time to time on the Microblog tab.
  • No feed bug. Lemmy has a problem where it would show every single new post on top of the feed (I know this is being fixed)

Overall both Lemmy and kbin are in their infancy and I expect both to get better to a point where choosing between them won't come down to which one of the two have less bugs, and more focused in the features and appearance you want, this ofc will change with the many apps being developed, since they will be vastly different.
I might end up in Lemmy or I might stay on kbin, it depends which one feels more "active" to me.

readbeanicecream, in Now that you've used Lemmy and /kbin which do you prefer and why?
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kbin for the win! Part lemmy, part mastodon. I can follow users on bookworm and mastodon. What's not to love. Add peertube and rss support and I never have to leave!

The mobile experience is not perfect, but it is improving and I hear there are apps on the horizon.

literallyacat, in Now that you've used Lemmy and /kbin which do you prefer and why?
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Started using Lemmy first but ended up staying with kbin. I just prefer the UI, even though it's still a bit rough.

llamatador, in Now that you've used Lemmy and /kbin which do you prefer and why?

Lemmy needs just one click on an image and it enlarges the image just below the post. Kbin requires 3 clicks to see an enlarged image. Maybe this is a settings issue, and I am all ears on how to make kbin work like lemmy. But, for me, as of now, lemmy wins with this feature.

jackmon,

I agree that is annoying, but that's got to be an easy change for the devs.

llamatador,

Yeah, seems like an easy fix. I guess I have to figure out how to do a feature request.

functor, (edited )

There is a button to preview/expand media, it's the image/film icon just to the left of the "N comments" button.

AzureDusk10,

THANK YOU. I didn’t even see it. I was expecting the same behaviour as Reddit and didn’t even think to look for that icon.

zerot,

Sadly that button does not seem to exist in the mobile webpage view

Naminreb,

True. I just decided to always show/preview media and let the thumbnails go. It’s been good so far.

SanityFM,

It may indeed be a settings thing, but if I click on the icon to the left of the number of posts, it enlarges the image for me.

cloaker,

Click the little image icon and it'll enlarge it for you.

be_excellent_to_each_other,
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Lemmy needs just one click on an image and it enlarges the image just below the post. Kbin requires 3 clicks to see an enlarged image.

If you are on desktop, just click this icon. May work the same on mobile, I haven't used it on mobile yet.

https://i.imgur.com/degvkLj.png

timothy_120, in Now that you've used Lemmy and /kbin which do you prefer and why?
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For sure Kbin. I keep trying Lemmy from time to time but between the UI and the inconsistent sorting algorithms over there I have chosen to stay here!

can,

Agreed. Luckily the algorithm bug is being fixed in the next release.

timothy_120,
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Oh cool! The more improvements the better!

iAmTheTot, in Now that you've used Lemmy and /kbin which do you prefer and why?
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Kbin is my preference but it's not perfect yet. I have a few nitpicks but it's still the best I've used so far.

chris, in I just found out that the people onboard the Titan submarine are dead. Is OceanGate in trouble?
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“…We’re going to make another submersible just like this one. Except we’ll use an XBox controller and the trips are going to cost $500,000 (so we can offset some of our expenses). Will that be check or credit card?…”

sammydee, in What country do you recommend for visiting?

Depends on what you're looking for and what languages you speak.

Beautiful scenery: Sweden, Switzerland, Canada

Japan and Korea are both lovely and fun. Only speaking English is a challenge but not insurmountable. I got around and had fun in both.

(Source: me, US based, travelled internationally a lot for business.)

Devi, in I just found out that the people onboard the Titan submarine are dead. Is OceanGate in trouble?

Probably. They got people to sign a waiver so they're probably partially covered, but there will no doubt be some law suits occuring and a lot of money going from both sides to pay for them.

I'm thinking the company is done for.

NotInTheFace,
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Even without law suits, their credibility as a company will be destroyed. Can't imagine anyone paying to go into one of their subs again.

Flaky_Fish69,
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even without credibility... I doubt very much that OceanGate has the liability insurance to cover the millions of dollars blown on the recovery effort. Not for a submarine that was never certified by a 3rd party, was never not-experimental (and was experimental to get around safety regulations...)

In fact, I would be very surprised that OceanGate had liability insurance, considering the risks involved. and that the only assurance the sub was in fact in good order is a giant "trust me, bro".

RiikkaTheIcePrincess,
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was never not-experimental

Is that why it had "five crew" and not "a pilot and four passengers?" 'Cause "passengers" would imply commercial use but this is crosses fingers a totally legit prototype with a "crew" of "mission specialists" simply "testing" it or some such?

Flaky_Fish69,
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probably

but like if you've got people renting a submersible for science... Like the Triton sub... those are crew and not passengers.

you know... if I paid $250k for a ride... I'd expect seats. and maybe something other than a bottle to piss in. possibly more than a curtain so my shits don't get smelled by... everyone...

jimmyjazx,

I would insist everyone poo before we leave

Flaky_Fish69,
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You can insist…

But I’m definitely going to shit myself when the giant squid tries to grab some submersible tail…

wackypants, in Now that you've used Lemmy and /kbin which do you prefer and why?
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Going to have to say Kbin, considering that every attempt to log in to one of the big Lemmy servers just results in an endlessly spinning circle.

can,

There's no way for it to tell you if the username is already taken at the moment so that could be an issue. Could also be you need to click an email?

34,

Have you ever been able to login? I had the same issue with Lemmy World and it was because I forgot to verify my email address, it doesn't tell you the issue you just get an endless spinning circle.

theinspectorst, in Now that you've used Lemmy and /kbin which do you prefer and why?
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I think Kbin, but the lack of an easy to navigate list of subscribed magazines has made me rethink a few times. On Lemmy, it's easier to get to a list of what communities you're subscribed to and the 'local' feed option can be quite useful too (e.g. on feddit.uk I can more easily use this to browse the UK content).

Double_A,

This. I miss the list of things I'm subscribed to that reminds me to check in on some of those communities from time to time.

Naminreb,

You can find that in your profile.

Open your profile, and at least in mobile, there’s a menu showing you your active posts, threads….and subscriptions is towards the end.

I use it for the same reason you describe here.

Hope it helps.

theinspectorst,
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You can, but it takes several clicks and a bit of scrolling, and that only gets you to a non-alphabetical list that is inexplicably cut over multiple pages. It's making it unnecessarily difficult.

On Lemmy, they have a button at the top of the screen titled 'Subscribed', and if you click it you get a drop-down with all your subscribed communities alphabetically organised right there.

oxyeth,

You can go to https://kbin.social/u/YOUR_USERNAME/subscriptions to see your subscriptions. Replace with your own username and bookmark the URL and you can easily get to your subscriptions.

McBinary,
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If you're using a browser, try this userscript. It adds a wonderful list on the side bar.

Jezebelley,
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I use that on my laptop browser. Awesome script.

Rhaedas,
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Wow, thanks for the link. The default interface is why I've tended to use kbin since getting an account for both, but finding user scripts like this for kbin to fine tune things is why I'm staying unless Lemmy changes a lot.

Hanabie,
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I like and use both. There's no reason to just pick one and stick with it.

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