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Difference between kbin and lemmy (feddit.de)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Lately I often read about kbin.social being similar to lemmy but more accessible. So I created an account there to check it out. My experience so far is a little mixed. From kbin I can access all Lemmy posts, although I find the interface less intuitive to join new communities. So from the kbin side it feels like an other Lemmy instance.

But when searching for kbin from this Lemmy Account, I do not find much. I feel like I am missing some basic concept, that makes it pretty clear. Why this is such a one way experience.

So now I am wondering: How does this work, what are the difference, what do both sites have in common?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, the design of the individual posts in the feed is nice. Are you using kbin on desktop? Because on mobile I only get the random feeds, when I search. And at least so far I find it a little confusing, where the random stuff starts and the search results end. But I think that will get better over time.

So far I am only using Lemmy, but maybe this is also a nice entry point for the other services.

What are the differences concerning privacy, you are talking about? Aren’t they using the same Lemmy infrastructure?

[+] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Also, Lemmys devs have pretty radical political views and I don’t want to support sites that don’t care about human rights

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Lemmy isn’t a site, it’s a piece of server-software. The software is written by a couple of people with bad political opinions, who also run a popular site using that software, Lemmy.ml.

You can skip using Lemmy.ml and just use another server using this software. The software itself isn’t magically poisoned or anything!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That seems a rather simple statement to throw out there without backing it up..are we supposed to just repeat information like parrots now? Or is there information out there I haven't been made aware of?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

From what I understand, one of the core devs (Dessalines) is a Marxist-Lenninist; they later founded the second Lemmy instance, Lemmygrad.ml.

Recently, there was some discussion on Lemmy.ml’s (the first and official-ish instance) policy of banning any crticisms of China’s government (e.g., even mentioning the Uyghur genocide) on their own servers.

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

Hmm..... I see the points being made. Thanks for supplying actual information. I think it's a bit too soon to see how this will play out, and people are quite malleable, so this will be interesting to watch develop.

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

Whatever country you are in, they don't actually care about human rights. It's all driven by greed and power.