I’m a bit confused with my options here. I am looking at Reddit alternatives and see a lot of people flocking to lemmy but it seemed like kbin was the more centrist option?

Apparently lemmy was set up by a tankie and has some CCP propaganda and other problematic background?

https://mstdn.social/@feditips/106835057054633379

I have accounts with both and definitely seems like kbin is struggling compared to lemmy but that could just be because lemmy is better established? What are people’s thoughts?

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    Apparently they had a falling out or something because there a similar post by the tankie including screenshots and proof that the dude that posted the above is lying.

    I don’t wanna start my experience by listening to someone else to be honest so I will decide for myself what is better for me.

    And up until now lemmy has had a better experience for me than kbin social. Additionally I think kbin isn’t open to signups anymore from what people are saying.

    I have been using lemmy for more than a week now and have also talked with the dev/admin both regarding communities and on GitHub for a pull request I did. The experience was good and for now I will be staying here.

    I also don’t like the look of kbin and the ux for now.

    I have an account in mastodon, kbin, tildes, raddle and lemmy and out of all, lemmy seemed to work the best for me, for now.

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      Yep definitely agree lemmy is the better experience. Kbin doesn’t even have an app on Android. The nice thing is I can use either I guess, that’s the benefit of the fediverse.

      I guess I will just watch this space and see how things go

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      I love this comment because I didn’t make an account on mastodon, kbin, tildes, or raddle. But I blindly assumed Lemmy was the way and this dude is confirming that.

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      I agree. It’s nice to get feedback but in the end your experience with something will probably be the major reason for your decision.

      With regards to the political stuff… idk. I understand where people are coming from, I really do, but my stay here hasn’t been tainted by political stuff from either side. I’ll try to judge them by their actions. They’ve been very objective as far as I can see so I have nothing against them.

      Lemmy works for me primarily because of Jerboa.