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Reddit Migration

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### About Community Tracking and helping #redditmigration to Kbin and the Fediverse. Say hello to the decentralized and open future. To see latest reeddit blackout info, see here: https://reddark.untone.uk/

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Think about things from the point of view of someone who has never used Reddit or the fediverse, but you've heard about them both from recent news articles and want to see what they are about.

Reddit:- You Google Reddit and your first result is Reddit.com. You click the link and are presented with the front page. You from scroll from a few hours and end up signing up and staying.

Lemmy:- You Google Lemmy and your first result is a wiki article for Lemmy Kilmister... Your second result might be join-lemmy.org, which you're smart enough to realise it's probably more likely what the news is about.

You click join-lemmy.org and are presented with a page of information about the fediverse, links to set up a server and pictures of code...

There is very little chance you're going to investigate further.

If we want the fediverse to replace Reddit then either
A) Lemmy needs to improve its initial impression and Search engine optimization
B) We should be promoting a different platform with a better initial first impression.

I'd recommend kbin personally as it gives the same sort of experience as Reddit from the initial interaction.

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[–] ernest@kbin.social 127 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Yeah, the pace is still crazy, but it's a completely different mental comfort when you're aware that you're not alone ;)

[–] digitallyfree@kbin.social 35 points 1 year ago

We're all with you!

[–] DracolaAdil@kbin.social 18 points 1 year ago

Yup, we are all with you dude!

[–] Varwin@kbin.social 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Java Dev here if there’s anything I can contribute with a couple hours a week!

[–] metaStatic@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] joost@feddit.nl 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

r/ProgrammerHumor.. Oh oops, old habit.

[–] tjhart85@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] metaStatic@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] digitalgadget@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Well that's cool!

[–] Pamasich@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago

kbin is written in PHP, but if you want to contribute, it's opensource on codeberg.

[–] tal@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Kbin is PHP/Symfony, but people are writing tools in various languages, not to mention clients. I haven't looked at the client repositories, but I assume that some, if not all, of the codebases for them are Java.

[–] Rayspekt@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] HappySerf@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Reddit really is here

[–] Doggo@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

Let me know if you need some more coffee!

;)

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