If Lemmy is not your cup of tea as an alternative to Reddit, maybe try open-source federated Kbin instead
Yes, Reddit is going through its own API pains right now, and of course it is anyway a centralised social network much like Facebook and Twitter. So the discussion around alternatives has been coming up again.
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catching up on the little reddit to lemmy migration thats happening and so cool to see all sorts of people joining the fediverse not even realizing it. that they can be followed and interacted with by the whole fediverse and not just lemmy is the most striking part of this situation though this is like a side note or added feature in a list of "reddit alternatives"
@liaizon I have created accounts on #kbin and #lemmy, and although I have followed both of them with my #calckey and #mastodon accounts and vice versa, I don't feel like I am seeing any of my activities with one on the other.
@liztai getting quieter on the whole, but there's actually a lot of buzz happening on a wider variety of #fediverse platforms. #Calckey and #Misskey have gotten a lot of attention lately, as have #Lemmy and #kbin. #Pixelfed has had some major updates lately too.
So, after Reddit- it looks like it's time to try Lemmy? I haven't joined an instance yet though I've been looking around. Also, is there a way to see all posts from different instances at once? That might be a naive question but I can't really tell from browsing instance views.
For those who are unaware, lemmy and kbin to a lesser extent are in the early stages of a rapid growth in users, similar to the one Mastodon experienced in November last year.
In a move similar to Twitter, Reddit has all but confirmed that 3rd party apps will be locked out with their new API pricing, effectively forcing people to use the official app or nothing.
That has driven a lot of people to look for alternatives. I expect the wave in new users will ebb, but it will surge back again even larger once the 3rd party reddit apps are officially unusable.
I'm hosting and running a Lemmy just for myself, and am having no problem with it. Lemmy is great. But I'm looking to branch out, and see what else exists out there.
I'd like there to be an obvious way to add articles to magazines. Currently I have to somehow realize that I need to do it through the plus sign in the upper right. It's also shared with all magazines, so a surefire way to add articles to the magazine I already have open would be great....
Learned a cool thing about the interaction between #Lemmy and Mastodon. You can follow a Lemmy community on Mastodon and reply to posts and comments with your Mastodon account. Other replies in the community also get boosted by the community account.
It’s getting closer and closer. Soon enough groups from #mastodon, channels from #calckey, magazines from #kbin and forums from #discourse and #flarum will all talk to one another.
Graphics/UI and #ux are one side of the project, UX that is combined with functionality and design is a slightly different story. Looking at the project from the beginning I was wondering about the sense of mixing upvotes and likes. Of course, I know that this from the functionality of federated applications, but also in them...
I've had a few days playing around with kbin now, and I really can't say enough good things about it!
It's still very early beta, but it aggregates groups from friendica, gup.pe and chirp and handles them in a smart interface. It also has dedicated reddit like groups (called magazines) that are cross compatible with lemmy. And best of all, you can set up Calckey like antenna for each magazine. This means that not only can you see content explicitly posted to the magazine, but there is a separate tab for content automatically aggregated from the wider fediverse
I've already created a bunch of magazines simply because there aren't many there yet, but I look forward to handing them over to other people once the userbase grows
@ernest, what an amazing platform you're developing!
Looking for an entry to the Fediverse that's made for a single user. Preferably Reddit/Lemmy-like.
I'm hosting and running a Lemmy just for myself, and am having no problem with it. Lemmy is great. But I'm looking to branch out, and see what else exists out there.
OC Easier way to add articles
I'd like there to be an obvious way to add articles to magazines. Currently I have to somehow realize that I need to do it through the plus sign in the upper right. It's also shared with all magazines, so a surefire way to add articles to the magazine I already have open would be great....
Prova creazione thread da kbin Italian
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Upvote vs like
Graphics/UI and #ux are one side of the project, UX that is combined with functionality and design is a slightly different story. Looking at the project from the beginning I was wondering about the sense of mixing upvotes and likes. Of course, I know that this from the functionality of federated applications, but also in them...
General kbin related magazine?
Apologies, I know this isn't the right magazine (that's actually the problem)....
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