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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

So, is this lemmy? I just signed up for kbin wasn’t sure if this is lemmy and I can use this to reach other instances. Also an Apollo refugee.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

Yep, you've made it to Lemmy. The lemmy.ml server, specifically.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Kbin isnt actually lemmy as far as i know, its a different project, but they can interact with each other thanks to the protocol of ActivityPub.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Could someone explain kbin for me? Is it like a different instance the way lemmy.ml or beehaw is? Or is it a different thing altogether?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I'm new here too, but this is my understanding of kbin: Lemmy is like the fediverse reddit. Mastodon is like the fediverse twitter. There's a fediverse facebook alternative (can't remember the name). Image hosts, video hosts etc.

kbin talks them all and can be your central hub. Imagine facebook, reddit and twitter etc all merged their websites. But you have a single fediverse identity.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Correct, they interoperate. Though in my humble opinion kbin has a lot of features I hope Lemmy gets to soon.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah, as others have mentioned, kbin ≠ Lemmy, but because of the magic of the fediverse, they talk to each other. But I like kbin better since it also interoperates with Mastodon, Calckey, etc as well. Easier than Lemmy at any rate.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Hey, I'm the [email protected] mod. Come check out the sidebar, I have links to other resources that might help you find and navigate lemmy/the fediverse