This question is especially for people who have joined in the last week. Have you used other fediverse platforms or is this your first time really using one? What do you think of it so far? Are you aware that you can comment on Lemmy posts with a Mastodon account?

  • Jonamerica @midwest.socialEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Kbin and Lemmy are software that you can run on a server to host a public (or private) instance. Kbin is newer and there aren’t a lot of servers hosting it, but I expect it to grow quickly.

    Lemmy is very similar to Reddit where you can post in a community (subreddit) and have threaded comments. You can subscribe to those communities and see the posts in one place.

    Kbin offers this same functionality, and because it works with the fediverse, you can use your Kbin account to join communities on Lemmy servers. In Kbin, these are called threads. Kbin also have a microblogging feature, like Matodon, so you can follow Mastodon users there in a Twitter-like format if you’re interested in that. Lastly, Kbin combines Threads and microblogging into “Magazines” about a specific topic, allowing people to interact in whichever format they like most.