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[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So far this seems like the one. I primarily browsed Reddit using Sync, and Lemmy is where Sync has decided to go.

If there's a really compelling app for Kbin, however, I might give that a try at some point.

[–] CheeseAndCrepes@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I still don’t really understand the difference in Lemmy and Kbin.

[–] s_s@lemmy.one 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Kbin is host for both Lemmy + Mastadon (a federated twitter replacement) where you interact over both with the same login/username.

[–] OCATMBBL@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So, I'm still confused with Instances and how usernames interact with different Instances. I hear there's different content on different Instances, but I'm not sure if I need a new username to log in there, or if I just don't know how to log in using my lemmy.world username.

I hope I'm not too rambly. I'm getting used to the jargon and a little confused.

[–] s_s@lemmy.one 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

An instance is like your email provider.

You can (mostly) email anyone at any email address on any provider, but you still need a username and password to log in to your webmail.

With lemmy, you can read and comment on any community, and respond to any user.

e.g. You are from lemmy.world, this community is hosted on lemmy.world, but I'm from lemmy.one

[–] Tigerfishy@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Brooooooooooooooo

Thank you. I've been letting the instance concept just kind of float by undetected figuring I didn't need to understand it to navigate it I suppose. But I much prefer to understand :) thanks for the concise wording

[–] OCATMBBL@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you! That analogy clicks nicely in my head, so it's very appreciated.

An additional note: if you want to subscribe to a community on a different instance, you need to search for it through your home instance

[–] DietBajaBlast@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

That helps a lot, thanks

[–] CheeseAndCrepes@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Thanks! So I guess the question I have now is why would I not move to Kbin if that means I get two services for one account?

[–] s_s@lemmy.one 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I mean you can do whatever you want. The fediverse is provided as a free service by a bunch of hosts. It not like hosts are offering competing services.

[–] CheeseAndCrepes@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I guess that’s pretty clear. I guess I meant more of what are the advantages of just having one or the other or both.

[–] s_s@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

No idea. I've never used Mastadon or twitter.

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mastodon is also able to interact with Lemmy directly to a limited degree.

It's all ActivityPub, basically, and each platform just has its own different approach to how it handles that data. Mastodon displays them like Twitter posts, Lemmy displays them like Reddit posts with upvotes/downvotes and all, and Kbin has a bit of a hybrid model along with some sort of boost mechanic I don't understand.

[–] Guncle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Mastodon uses the boost button as well. I think it’s similar to an upvote, it just kind of helps the post get more attention. Since kbin is a kind of hybrid of mastodon and Lemmy, it uses both the upvote/downvote buttons and boost button. I’m not sure if boosting Lemmy posts does anything though. I haven’t used kbin or mastodon very much so some of my info may be incorrect.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

I don't know either, but as long as federation works between them, it makes no difference to me. I follow communities on both from one Friendica account. If I decide to self host one day, I'll choose one based on the software stack.

This, to me, is the marvelous power of federation.