Looks like KBin has an edge over Lemmy now in terms of monthly active users.

It’s obviously a pretty silly thing, and is not in any way indicative of which project is “better” or more “long-term viable” or anything — instances of both federate with one another, and with the rest of fedi, so it’s all one happy family.

That said, it’s notable. KBin is a relative newcomer to the “Reddit-like fedi instance” game, and also does not have the tankie baggage.

Anyway, the more, the merrier!

KBin: https://the-federation.info/platform/184

Lemmy: https://the-federation.info/platform/73

Discussion on fedi: https://mstdn.social/@rysiek/110527049024028986

  • PeaPanties@lemmy.mlEnglish
    34·
    2 years ago

    The lack of app for KBin kills it for me.

    I have a account with KBin and I may use it as well if there’s an app

      • QuarterSwede@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        2 years ago

        God, what I would give for Apollo to rip the Reddit API guts out and refit with Lemmy’s. He open sourced it so I’m sure someone will.

          • CoffeeBot@lemmy.caEnglish
            2·
            2 years ago

            Server backend stuff was to contradict the Reddit CEOs claims about Apollo being inefficient on the API.

        • jonne@infosec.pubEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          Would be hilarious if all the third party reddit clients updated at the same time to connect to a completely new board.

    • spamfajitas@beehaw.orgEnglish
      6·
      2 years ago

      On Android, you can add it to your home screen and it functions kind of like an app… it could definitely benefit from a native app, though.

      • LUHG@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        Nobody is going to fly with mobile browser these days. It’s App or die in this regard.

        The biggest social media sites have apps. It’s suicide. Heck, the reason these sites are having the mass infux is because Reddits app sucks. If it was amazing nobody would of really cared and the spez drama wouldn’t have happened.

        Just my 2c.

    • spoonful@beehaw.orgEnglish
      1·
      2 years ago

      Checkout Hermit on Android. It’s an app that turns web applications into standalone apps with a bunch of great features like adblocking, scripting, frameless mode etc. I use it for Beehaw as well.