This is not an attempt to convert Lemmy users, nor is it a slight on Lemmy. I’m sure there are plenty of reasons why Lemmy works better for some, and I love the fact that we not only have multiple choices, but multiple choices that allow us to interact with each other regardless! It’s amazing. Lemmy is great, no shade.
With that said…
Why YSK: I see a lot of users posting frequent questions about Lemmy that are currently answered by kbin.
For example:
- The ability to block a whole domain, or subscribe to one
- The ability to subscribe to individual users
- A built-in search tool to find communities all over fedi (kbin, Lemmy, Mastodon groups, etc.) with an indication of how active they are
- Mitigation for the “tracking pixel” issue
I find that almost every day, I see Lemmy users asking about features and I think, “well, kbin does that.” I think it would be worthwhile for more users to check into both platforms and decide which might be best for them.
I tried Kbin, I just don’t like their UI as much, plus no good Android clients that I know of, and I find things like upvotes vs. boosts really strange and confusing, its just completely unnecessary imo.
@hariette is working on Artemis, currently in closed beta.
I saw that, but isn’t it closed source? That’s a deal breaker for me.
https://kbin.social/m/ArtemisApp/t/121025
Not open source right now, but is intended to be open source in the future, likely after development is sufficiently advanced. I’m in that closed beta, and have seen how hariette works and responds to people, I’ve seen enough to have enough trust in her, especially when the only real thing that could be gotten from me is a complex one-use password.
Oh, then yeah, seems promising, when it comes out, I’ll definitely try it.
I hear that. There are some good-looking Android apps in the works, but nothing yet. Also, ftr, the upvotes vs posts thing is now synced up with Lemmy.