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Now that you've used Lemmy and /kbin which do you prefer and why? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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?

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (5 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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