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

I am torn. Lemmy feels slimmer and easier to use with a wider variety of apps. Kbin has an advantage of being an "all-in-one" solution for the Fediverse with a better UI.

That said I use Mastodon for microblogging, so Kbin having that built in only clutters the site in my particular use case. While Kbin has a better UI it's also more drab in color and harder to navigate. Kbin also has this karma/points system which feels odd. It skews into the negative VERY easily and is displayed on your profile. I prefer Lemmy's upvote/downvote system but doesn't have a permanent karma/points system.

I've been reading Lemmy is growing much faster than Kbin, but then I hear that "it's all bots" and not real growth.

Where do you stand on this? Where do you think you'll find yourself when this all shakes out?

reitoei,

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    relative_iterator,
    @relative_iterator@kbin.social avatar

    I’m on iOS and have the site added to my homepage as an app. There’s no way to refresh so I’m constantly falling into this trap 😩

    Freehours9,
    @Freehours9@kbin.social avatar

    I show the top bar and just tap “subscribed” or whatever to refresh.

    hawdini,
    @hawdini@kbin.social avatar

    That's the solution I've ended up going with too. Hoping to get my hands on the iOS Beta of Artemis soon, though.

    nevernevermore,

    The "home button" being hidden behind the hamburger menu and the fact that I can't collapse comment threads are my only 2 QoL issues, otherwise it all works great for a product that's only like 6 weeks old lol

    There's just a polish to this site that Lemmy instances don't have

    TimeSquirrel,
    @TimeSquirrel@kbin.social avatar

    It would also be nice to have a "context" button on comments in your profile so you can quickly see your comment surrounded by the comments you were interacting with, like Reddit did. Right now I'm having to go back to the original thread and find my comment to see the sub-thread it was part of and remember what it was we were talking about.

    Also having trouble seeing comment reply notifications from instances outside of kbin. They don't show up at all and I am unable to see if people are replying to them. Have to go back to the original thread again.

    thereisalamp,
    @thereisalamp@kbin.social avatar

    This is really the only fair I'm struggling with, wick access to the thread content before replying is important. I'm trying to avoid commenting on similar threads atm so I don't accidentally include something from a different thread

    brianlenz,

    I like kbin, but I'm not in love with the mobile UI, so I'm really just wanting to get a nice app.

    shipoopi,

    I heard Sync for Lemmy will have kbin support at some point after the main launch

    riktor,
    @riktor@kbin.social avatar

    This is how I feel. I tried both but ended up gravitating to kbin. Once you spend some time familiarizing yourself with the features and UI, it is pretty pleasant to explore.

    blightbow,
    @blightbow@kbin.social avatar

    In the meantime, you can use the gear icon and enable compact mode if you want to do less scrolling. The icon is hidden below all posts on mobile unfortunately.

    Friend,
    @Friend@kbin.social avatar

    Kbin all day. Reminds me of old forums so it's got the nostalgia appeal.

    theinspectorst,
    @theinspectorst@kbin.social avatar

    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,
    @theinspectorst@kbin.social avatar

    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,
    @McBinary@kbin.social avatar

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

    Jezebelley,
    @Jezebelley@kbin.social avatar

    I use that on my laptop browser. Awesome script.

    Rhaedas,
    @Rhaedas@kbin.social avatar

    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,
    @Hanabie@kbin.social avatar

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

    wackypants,
    @wackypants@kbin.social avatar

    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.

    iAmTheTot,
    @iAmTheTot@kbin.social avatar

    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.

    timothy_120,
    @timothy_120@kbin.social avatar

    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,
    @timothy_120@kbin.social avatar

    Oh cool! The more improvements the better!

    llamatador,

    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,
    @be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social avatar

    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

    literallyacat,
    @literallyacat@kbin.social avatar

    Started using Lemmy first but ended up staying with kbin. I just prefer the UI, even though it's still a bit rough.

    readbeanicecream,
    @readbeanicecream@kbin.social avatar

    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.

    lixus98,
    @lixus98@kbin.social avatar

    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.

    megane-kun,
    @megane-kun@kbin.social avatar

    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,
    @megane-kun@kbin.social avatar

    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"

    DirkMcCallahan,

    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.

    Myriadblue,

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

    justooon,
    @justooon@kbin.social avatar

    Ultimately Kbin, but I'd love for there to be a "collapse child comments" button like reddit and lemmy

    1019throw,

    Yea. I've been hoping between both. Once all of these apps come out, I will likely settle on one over the other.

    jester,
    @jester@kbin.social avatar

    Same here. Im primarily a mobile user, so at this point my preferences are based on who has the better mobile UI. Looking forward to see these apps get more stable and steady!

    1019throw,

    I used sync for reddit a long time, then switched to Boost. I'll likely use Sync once it's developed here unless something blows me away before then. I'll also donate or pay for good apps to support them.

    cutitdown,

    There are some user scripts that add it!

    https://kbin.social/m/kbinStyles/t/50628/Improved-Collapsible-Comments-Script-that-lets-you-collapse-replies-by

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