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What's the benefit of using Kbin over Lemmy? (feddit.nl)

submitted 1 year ago by UnanimousStargazer@feddit.nl to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I see a very small minority of people using Kbin, but I don't understand why.

Is this just a coincidence and did some people choose Kbin over Lemmy or is there a good reason to use Kbin?

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[–] tuto193@lemmy.world 100 points 1 year ago (18 children)

Apart from what has already been said (politics, basic UI) there are a couple more things worth mentioning:

Kbin's interface is muuuch more customizable than lemmy's: browsing form a web browser (desktop or mobile) let's you modify your viewing experience as much as any mobile app for lemmy (but lemmly itself doesn't). From infinite scrolling vs pages to font sizes and such.
kbin allows for (mastodon-like) boosting of posts, which is like a super-upvote that lemmy just doesn't have.
on kbin you can subscribe to mastodon users aka federate with mastodon. Something that lemmy also can't.

Other than that only personal taste matters in the end, and both federate with eachother, so enjoy it from wherever you are.

[–] elkaki@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Also the ability for users to block instances and domain like mastodon has, which is pretty cool.

[–] BadWolf@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m still searching everywhere for the ability to block entire instances in kbin (on mobile). Can you please elaborate on how it is done? I only see magazine pages with the block option.

[–] Naminreb@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

If you click on the menu next to the Kbin logo, at the top there’s a clog and a triangle. The triangle is the federation one.

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