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

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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] 1 points 2 years ago

Lemmy. I really worry that any karma system will lead to lower-quality communities faster, because of the incentives it creates to gamify it. I appreciate that the Lemmy devs have intentionally stayed away from having a karma system at all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I haven't created a Lemmy account, and I probably won't. I chose Kbin primarily because it's written in PHP which gives me the best opportunity to contribute, since I know the language. Haven't done much of that yet, but I am watching development and it's very active. Lots of community involvement and people trying to help. Ernest is overwhelmed but steadily working on scaling up the entire operation (infrastructure, organization, processes, etc.) with help from some great people.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I used kbin during the blackout but I've been liking the ui of lemmy a bit better.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I like Kbin's UI and feel more than Lemmy's though I haven't used either for very long

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