Ok so Kbin and Lemmy are two different softwares. My server, lemm.ee, runs on the Lemmy software and yours, kbin.social runs on Kbin. On Lemmy, discussion groups are called “communities” and on Kbin they’re basically the same thing but are called “magazines”.
Luckily with my Lemmy account I can still subscribe to Kbin magazines like the one we’re chatting in right now, and you can subscribe to Lemmy communities, and they’ll show up in our respective feeds along with everything else.
I can only speak to how things look from the Lemmy side for obvious reasons, but if I hover over your username it shows me that you’re Discotheque@kbin.social
Most of the time it doesn’t matter which platform the person you’re talking to is actually using, but obviously when we get into discussion of platform-specific features like this it makes sense to check and avoid giving anyone info for the wrong platform of the two.
Hope that makes sense, it sounds longwinded and confusing when you type it out but it’s pretty easy to get used to :)
Lemmy is a server application that, like kbin, communicates through something called ActivityPub to all other federated servers. When People refer to Lemmy they are refering to an server (instance or node) running the Lemmy software. There are multiple looks for Lemmy called front-ends, which is the fancy term for another piece of software that can interact with a Lemmy server application.
To roll everything up:
(Lemmy Website/kbin Website) communicates with one (Lemmy Server/kbin Server) which communicates using ActivityPub to a known (list of multiple servers running Lemmy or Kbin or Mastodon and more)
On Lemmy servers this list is accessible through https://lemmy.server.example/instances.
PS: I’m currently replying to you from a lovely lemmy instance on the server discuss.tchncs.de
I know it’s not the best answer ever, but fyi we do have this on Lemmy so if it’s a super important feature to you there’s always that option.
No worries, it’s a valid suggestion!
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Ok so Kbin and Lemmy are two different softwares. My server, lemm.ee, runs on the Lemmy software and yours, kbin.social runs on Kbin. On Lemmy, discussion groups are called “communities” and on Kbin they’re basically the same thing but are called “magazines”.
Luckily with my Lemmy account I can still subscribe to Kbin magazines like the one we’re chatting in right now, and you can subscribe to Lemmy communities, and they’ll show up in our respective feeds along with everything else.
I can only speak to how things look from the Lemmy side for obvious reasons, but if I hover over your username it shows me that you’re Discotheque@kbin.social
Most of the time it doesn’t matter which platform the person you’re talking to is actually using, but obviously when we get into discussion of platform-specific features like this it makes sense to check and avoid giving anyone info for the wrong platform of the two.
Hope that makes sense, it sounds longwinded and confusing when you type it out but it’s pretty easy to get used to :)
(also welcome!)
Lemmy and Kbin are separate pieces of software. Kbin instances integrate with Lemmy instances.
To see where people are posting from, click there name to go to their profile and look at the portion after the @ sign.
Hey, no problems!
Lemmy is a
serverapplication that, like kbin, communicates through something calledActivityPubto all otherfederatedservers. When People refer toLemmythey are refering to an server (instanceornode) running the Lemmy software. There are multiple looks for Lemmy calledfront-ends, which is the fancy term for another piece of software that can interact with a Lemmyserverapplication.To roll everything up:
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Lemmy Website/kbin Website) communicates with one (Lemmy Server/kbin Server) which communicates usingActivityPubto a known (list of multiple servers runningLemmyorKbinorMastodonand more)On
Lemmy serversthis list is accessible throughhttps://lemmy.server.example/instances.PS: I’m currently replying to you from a lovely lemmy instance on the server discuss.tchncs.de