Obviously this will be a biased post becasue I’m asking on lemmy, but I wanted to hear opinions, since I find kbin’s interface to be really awkward and all over the place

  • Zarxrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    If you want to use a 3rd party app on your phone to browse, then Lemmy is the only choice.

    I tried Kbin before I tried Lemmy, and I didn’t really like the interface of Kbin much. I’m not really sure what else Kbin has going for it other than the interface. With Lemmy there are actually multiple different interfaces you can use. So as someone who likes choice, Lemmy is the one for me.

      • habanhero@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        I prefer Lemmy but it’s down every once

        Use an instance other than Lemmy.world. It’s facing some growing pains as it’s the most popular instance and one that new users tend to default to. Smaller instances won’t have the same issues.

  • IronRain@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    I started off with Kbin, and it was great because it was initially more straightforward with a more sensible UI. But since they didn’t release an API quickly enough, apps like Voyager came in, so I’ve switched to Lemmy.

    It also looks like the UI/UX hasn’t changed much when I logged into Kbin, so it feels significantly more stagnant. And once Sync for Lemmy hits the Play Store, I’m probably going to stick with it.

  • –Phase–@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    2·
    2 years ago

    I also found Kbin’s interface fairly awkward and all over the place. Lemmy’s Reddit-style interface is more to my preference personally. If you’re concerned about missing out on content from Kbin communities as I was when I first migrated, you can easily subscribe to Kbin magazines through the Lemmy Explorer, that way you’ll still be able to see stuff from Kbin without having to deal with Kbin’s UI.

      • –Phase–@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        Oh, I know what the issue there is. Apparently because Kbin is based on an older version of the ActivityPub protocol, when Kbin magazines are synced into Lemmy, posts from before the magazine was synced don’t show up. The only posts that show up on Lemmy are ones made after the magazine is synced, unlike the way it works between Lemmy instances where everything is synced all at once. I’m not sure if there’s anything the Lemmy devs can do to fix this. It might take Kbin switching to the latest version of the ActivityPub protocol for this to stop being an issue, but I’m unsure if the Kbin devs are willing to do that. They seem to be focusing on getting their API out right now.