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?

  • ernest@kbin.social
    6·
    2 years ago

    I am striving to make the foundations very similar to Lemmy’s, to facilitate potential migration in either direction. The main differences are that /kbin will ultimately be a modular gateway to the entire fediverse. I will tell you more about it a bit later.

    You can search for groups and users in the following way (this will also be improved):
    https://kbin.social/search?q=%40ernest%40szmer.info
    https://kbin.social/search?q=%40wolnyinternet%40szmer.info

    You can also disable federation in the options (sidebar) and only see local posts.

    • Kory@lemmy.ml
      1·
      2 years ago

      I really like what you are building there, but at the moment I often cannot find the communities I’m subscribed to on Lemmy so I tend to jump between those two.