A pleasant surprise, too. Lemmy is massive, but kbin seems to be gaining anyway, despite being in its infancy and lacking an app. I wonder if it’s partially due to the fact signing up isn’t so daunting for beginners. That was what got me here, and I have to say I’m really glad I reconsidered my initial choices
A Reddit mod that spearheaded Reddit migration first promoted Lemmy and then changed his promotion to kbin upon learning some questionable human rights issues with Lemmy. I’m only giving a synopsis of what they said and they had a large write up with links to a variety of sources that I did not look into. I’m just reporting what the mod spearheading this effort said.
The Lemmy developer and Lemmy.ml owner, Dessalines, is a Marxist-Leninist who is banning anyone critical of China and Russia. I was banned because he denies the Xinjiang genocide is occurring and I questioned him. He’s been careful to remove any mention of his political views from the signup process. So my first discovery of the cult-like community he has cultivated was in a meta post where all the users were speaking about how amazing and democratic China is, and how the West is evil. I feel more people need to understand that they are fucking nutjobs in Lemmy.ml.
I am on both, admittedly. Hard to say which one I prefer so far, but I really wish kbin had an iOS app. Lemmy has mlem, but I still have to use the site in a browser to do much of anything right now
That’s what I did and, honestly, it’s a better use experience than Mlem. I started with Lemmy, but the amount of pro-China content floating around was off-putting.
My only concern with KBin is getting enough instances up to support the population.
I’ve heard from a few that the documentation needs some clarification, so at the moment spinning up a new instance is tricky. Once that gets cleared up, I know there’s definitely interest out there for creating new kbin instances. Hopefully before the 30th and the next potential phase of Rexxit.
A pleasant surprise, too. Lemmy is massive, but kbin seems to be gaining anyway, despite being in its infancy and lacking an app. I wonder if it’s partially due to the fact signing up isn’t so daunting for beginners. That was what got me here, and I have to say I’m really glad I reconsidered my initial choices
I literally found out about kbin 2 days ago from a post on reddit. I only found out about the fediverse 2 days ago actually.
A Reddit mod that spearheaded Reddit migration first promoted Lemmy and then changed his promotion to kbin upon learning some questionable human rights issues with Lemmy. I’m only giving a synopsis of what they said and they had a large write up with links to a variety of sources that I did not look into. I’m just reporting what the mod spearheading this effort said.
what mod? i root for kbin
r/[deleted]; their redditmigration and other subs are all deleted too.
The Lemmy developer and Lemmy.ml owner, Dessalines, is a Marxist-Leninist who is banning anyone critical of China and Russia. I was banned because he denies the Xinjiang genocide is occurring and I questioned him. He’s been careful to remove any mention of his political views from the signup process. So my first discovery of the cult-like community he has cultivated was in a meta post where all the users were speaking about how amazing and democratic China is, and how the West is evil. I feel more people need to understand that they are fucking nutjobs in Lemmy.ml.
Yes, that was what the mod said changes their mind to have everyone switch to kbin.
I am on both, admittedly. Hard to say which one I prefer so far, but I really wish kbin had an iOS app. Lemmy has mlem, but I still have to use the site in a browser to do much of anything right now
Yes, Christian needs to make something for here. Apollo for kbin
If you haven’t already, you can install the website as a PWA, which isn’t too bad.
That’s what I did and, honestly, it’s a better use experience than Mlem. I started with Lemmy, but the amount of pro-China content floating around was off-putting.
My only concern with KBin is getting enough instances up to support the population.
I’ve heard from a few that the documentation needs some clarification, so at the moment spinning up a new instance is tricky. Once that gets cleared up, I know there’s definitely interest out there for creating new kbin instances. Hopefully before the 30th and the next potential phase of Rexxit.