Looks like KBin has an edge over Lemmy now in terms of monthly active users.

It’s obviously a pretty silly thing, and is not in any way indicative of which project is “better” or more “long-term viable” or anything — instances of both federate with one another, and with the rest of fedi, so it’s all one happy family.

That said, it’s notable. KBin is a relative newcomer to the “Reddit-like fedi instance” game, and also does not have the tankie baggage.

Anyway, the more, the merrier!

KBin: https://the-federation.info/platform/184

Lemmy: https://the-federation.info/platform/73

Discussion on fedi: https://mstdn.social/@rysiek/110527049024028986

  • Towerism@beehaw.orgEnglish
    14·
    2 years ago

    Personally, I’m loyal to Beehaw. I like the culture that it is trying to grow. But I like how I can subscribe to things outside of beehaw as long the instance has federation enabled.

    • dystop@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      I don’t like that beehaw doesn’t allow community creation (or nsfw).

      Is kbin also part of the fediverse? Can you interact with kbin from lemmy, and how is it different?

      • yogurtwrong@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Use other instances then? Afaik beehaw is more of a family friendly place and not for nsfw. lemmy.world allows both community creation and nsfw

      • Towerism@beehaw.orgEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        kbin is different software but is part of the fediverse since it follows the ActivityPub protocol. Therefore you can interact with kbin from any lemmy instance as long as they allow communication with each other.

        EDIT: To add to that, although I have signed up at Beehaw, I have subscribed to many communities of other lemmy instances, and several magazines from kbin through the Beehaw lemmy instance.