Difference between kbin and lemmy?

juneten@kbin.social to Reddit Migration@kbin.social – 3 points –

Why do you use one over the other? Also, what's the deal with Calckey?

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i made a lemmy account before i found out about kbin, and i'm so glad i found kbin. lemmy worked alright, but it seemed like a very unfinished product. the UI gave me the same feeling that the "new" reddit design does (overly mobile-oriented), which is why i'm so so so happy that kbin's UI seems to be overly desktop-focused.

bonus points for kbin (and i don't know if these are intentional or just coincidences that i'm overthinking):

  • comment scores are subtly pushed to the right of the box, which seems like a great anti-bandwagoning design choice. this way, the immediate focus is on the content of the comment instead of an arbitrary score based on what everyone else thinks of it. less voting prejudice!
  • you gotta scroll all the way to the bottom (i think? or maybe i just don't know how to use the site) to get to the "add comment" input field. maybe this will make people read more of the ongoing talk before contributing with their own points

anyway, happy to be here! let's make it an amazing place

I'm only using this on mobile but yeah same thoughts, only things I want to change that I like about reddit are unlimited scrolling, search by magazine, post or user and collapsing comment tress but this is all in time, also I want to hide user avatars.

There's other quality of life improvements such as speed, how media is handled but mainly these will change with time and money, I donated $5 and will donate more as I see progression but I think @ernest is really on to something here, much better than lemmy and if the population can grow we can get some nice communities on here and be something similar to but better than reddit.

Infinite scrolling can be enabled in the settings! On mobile:

  1. Press the kbin logo with the burger meny symbol to the top left
  2. Click on the cog symbol on the right hand side
  3. Under general, enable infinite scroll
  4. Profit? I don't know, I prefer the internet slow and old school, so I haven't actually tested it myself :)