For Reddit alternatives on the Fediverse, I prefer #kbin over #Lemmy. Here's why:
Navigation: The top navbar on /kbin seems clear and precise, while Lemmy seems noisy
Posts: There's clear separation in /kbin with boxes, while Lemmy posts are not segmented and therefore bleed into each other.
Discoverability: Even though /kbin is used by drastically fewer people than Lemmy, it seems easier to find people across the Fediverse who discuss topics
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Both do a thing that Mastodon also does, which is to not underline links - it makes them harder to see, degrades user experience for - well, everyone, but especially low vision users & people with certain cognitive/perceptual issues. (E.g. I find it challenging when I have a migraine, which is often, or when my eyesight is glitchy - also often.)
@0x1C3B00DA Hey, I see you. There was a delay today due to issues with two instances we're federated with. I intentionally didn't increase the server parameters to see how it would handle the load.
You can post to the magazine using this method by handle or simply by using the #magazine_name or one of the tags assigned to the magazine. That way, the thread won't be bumped by the group.
Currently, group announcements are also disabled, I need to test it better. I'll be dealing with federation soon, I still need to finish a few current tasks.
Trying out #kbin (https://kbin.social). It's a link aggregator like #lemmy/reddit/lobsters but also has microblogging support. Lets see if federation works
I've often said that we need a Fediverse alternative to Reddit. I tried #lemmyBB but it doesn't seem to get much attention and is still very bare-bones.
Someone pointed me to #kbin (developed by @ernest). It looks great for early stages. I recommend everyone who wants to build a Reddit-type community join.
@Montag I'm glad you made it here. I'm not able to do much on my own, but together we can build a better internet for all of us. Community is everything. I just want to get this snowball rolling.
@ernest Exactly - community is what matters. Reddit's problem (aside from a horrible app) is its users and administration.
I really like the concept. I want a single resource with separate message boards for my various interests. Somewhere that I can interract with others, but also find useful information from old discussions.
The more I use different #fediverse apps, the more I feel that we are on the edge of a different future, in the early stages of something that we haven't seen before.
In the last few months, I've used #Mastodon, #Misskey, #Calckey, #Funkwhale, #lemmy, #Peertube, #Bookwyrm and #Pixelfed. Soon, I'm going to try an install of #kbin. In the not too distant future, we will see #GreatApe bringing more options for video chat to the Fediverse. There are countless more platforms that I haven't had a chance to try.
The network formed by the interconnections between those apps is the Fediverse; a Federated Universe. Federated, because everything out there is connected with everything else, in one giant network. What I am truly beginning to appreciate is just how real that vision is, and just how disruptive to our future it's going to be. More than a truism, these the fediverse platforms really will allow us to see and interact with nearly anything else out there.
The platform we use no longer determines the information we can access; it doesn't build walls around us. Instead, what out choice of platform determines, is how we interact with information, rather than determining what information we are able interact with in the first place. The walls in the walled garden haven't so much been torn down, as simply never built.
I can write a blog post, and someone on Mastodon can reply to it. I can make a group post on lemmy, and someone from Calckey can reply to it. I can see an awesome photo on Pixelfed, bring it in to #Akkoma and boost it for everyone else to see. And then anyone who sees it can interact with it.
The cross platform interactions are still imperfect. Standards are still being developed, code is still being written and features are still being defined, but the future is right here, we are on the cusp of something new and amazing.
Of course, this is all old news to someone who has been part of the fediverse for years now, but it feels different now. The momentum is here, we are seeing a shift and I think once we cross that precipice, once we have normalised the cross channel interactions we are starting to develop, it's going to be very hard to go back.