Whoever ends up doing so should set up the interface so that Lemmy posts are blue and kbin posts green, that way Lemmy users can downvote us and call us poor.
You could hack that into most lemmy clients right now, with either a manual kbin list or one automatically populated by querying the instances api directly.
I recommend forking liftoff and calling it lMessage, l for liftoff or lemmy, and message because now you can message all those pesky kbin users that they should bin their kbin and join a real instance
I have been logging into kbin every day for a month trying to delete my account, but to this day, I can still log in…
Connect for Lemmy, connects them all
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kuroneko.lemmy_connect
How do you like connect? I’ve been using Jerboa but wouldn’t mind checking some others apps out
personally it is kinda superior to Jerboa, since it has a feature that is my favourite: keyword filter, but also i can browse instances that can be defederated from each other, all the fediverse in one app: could even browse hexbear.net (which is not federated with anyone yet), kbin.social, …all on the app (and can browse instances as a guest without an account, which makes things way eaiser. unlimited block list. no bugs. it was suggested to me and i keep suggesting it for others since i didnt regret using it.
How do you browse instances sa guest?
there is a button next to the sign in button called ‘guest’. type ur desired instance and press. u can’t reply or bookmark posts thou.
That’s cool, thanks.
I went from Jerboa, then Connect for a while, then Liftoff, and now I sometimes use Thunder.
Liftoff is currently my most used app though.
In case you aren’t using the Thunder nightly releases, big Thunder major release soon :)
Oh nice!
I’ve tried a bunch, including Jerboa and Connect. Thunder is by far my favourite
maybe make a pros and cons chart and post it
yea each person has some certain favourite features that aren’t common on all apps.
Yeah I left Kbin for this purpose.
I’m still trying to hold on to kbin but lemmy is just so much more accessible. I’m super stoked for the Artemis app but it’s just taking way too long
Same
Lenny’s API is really approachable and Kbins is still WIP
I don’t think I’d bother with a kbin app anyway - I’m fine with the way it is already.
I honestly don’t really get why people use Lemmy. Kbin has a much better interface and is way less buggy. The PWA acts as a great app so I’m really kind of flummoxed. Also the users are cooler.
The clunky interface, the relative differences from reddit, the confusing organization, the less than ideal splitting between blog/thread/magazine that makes navigating it have an extra learning curve, the lack of any apps that aren’t just a pwa that has the same flaws as the site, the fact that there’s really only one server for kbin that’s used, the list goes on.
And I like kbin, I hope it thrives and becomes popular enough that nobody ever has to consider a corporate run site again because there’s multiple federated options.
But, just being real, lemmy is simpler and easier to use, and it’s closer to the way reddit worked. Kbin is trying to be more than a link aggregator and forum. That’s great! If that’s what you’re looking for, it’s even better. But most of the r/efugees were and are looking for something familiar and comfortable. With kbin not having an API, app developers weren’t jumping into it (other than hariette, and she’s kick ass) so the r/efugees that were at least partially leaving reddit because of the attack on apps had no devs busting their ass to get out good ones.
There’s no apps for kbin that are open use. PWAs are meh to begin with, but at least the lemmy UI via PWA matches reddit close enough that the learning curve is trivial. The kbin ui has to be navigated with the split functions in mind, and that’s not fun when what you’re really wanting is to keep doing what you were doing before spez fucked things up.
And that’s what it comes down to. The surge of new users to the fediverse aren’t here because of the virtues of the services. They’re/we’re here because reddit isn’t acceptable now. Lemmy is just closer to what we had
If only kbin had an API…
I was thinking of making my first attempt at an android app a kbin app because of the lack of options, but their documentation (while done really well so far) isn’t fleshed out yet.
Lemmy’s Documentation is very confusing to me as someone still learning to program (does it get better when you are more experienced???), but it’s definitely a lot more fleshed out, so that’s why I’m attempting to make just another Lemmy client looool
Personally can’t wait for Artemis to come out by the description it sounds very much like an 3rd Party App that I would love to death
Hey can I ask which features you’re most drawn to? I’m really stoked that Infinity announced but I’m always down for new app experiences.
For me it’s mostly just that it supports kbin and the design because I never got to use Apollo as an android user, and it’s supposed to be at least extremely similar design wise (from what I’ve heard)
in minecraft
Working hard on it! Can’t wait for API to go live to make it widely available.
I wrote an API adapter layer to be able to support both kbin and lemmy in the app. Want to open source that as a package, so hopefully more apps can easily add support for both 🤞
Absolute legend!
Do you have a Patreon, Ko-Fi, or donate link?
This post mentions a Ko-Fi donation link.
Thank you very much for the hard work!
I heard Tildes discourages app development because they think apps go against the purpose of the site.
Isn’t that what the RIF dev is making?
Yes! He linked to the post over on tildes prior to shutting down RIF.
Wish he’d make it for lemmy
I honestly don’t really get why people use Lemmy. Kbin has a much better interface and is way less buggy. The PWA acts as a great app so I’m really kind of flummoxed. Also the users are cooler.
Lemmy -> Kbin federation wasn’t (isn’t?) working that great, and considering 90% of content on KBin’s front page is lemmy content anyway…
Also there’s like two dozen apps for Lemmy now including several in the app stores
Plus stuff like https://old.thelemmy.club
It wasn’t working for two days at the beginning of the migration, besides that it actually works better than lemmy to lemmy, from what I’ve noticed.
Yeah, most content comes from lemmy, because that’s where most people are, it just doesn’t really make sense beyond going to where the people already are, and not actually comparing the systems.
I guess that’s why y’all chose the lemming as your mascot :p
Did they delete the other comment or is the bug not on their end? Cause I only see one currently.
I mean that’s the first time that has happened to me and I’m fairly sure that one was actually on me swiping back.
Like Lemmy’s bugs have been pretty freaking serious. Biggest kbin one since I’ve gotten here was it logged you out too soon, and that wasn’t even a bug someone had just pushed a feature that got rolled back.
Just teasing :)
Yeah, they’re both honestly pretty rough to use. kbin for example wouldn’t show comments with any content blockers on for iOS, which makes it a pretty nonstarter for me. I personally don’t think either have really nailed interface, either.
They must have fixed that before I got here. The internet without ad blockers is an unusable dystopian cesspool.
Oh absolutely. I run a network-wide adblocker (pi-hole) and still also adblock stuff on all my clients.
What do you mean about content blockers?
Things like Adblock on iOS
I have never experienced that
I can’t wait to be unhinged on kbin as well <3 .
There is nothing to do because kbin hasn’t released a working api yet
I don’t understand the people who want apps.
I’m not looking for an argument - you do you. But I don’t understand your desire to install things.
kbin user cope
(/s)
There are plenty of rough edges that apps are able to buff out that a browser cannot.
I use plenty of things in a browser, but if I’m gonna scroll something daily… I want that image viewer with tap slide zoom. I want that specific folder that the app saves shit to instead of just “downloads”. etc. etc.
I don’t understand the people who don’t want apps.
I’m not looking for an argument -you do you. But I don’t understand your desire to not install things.
Having a dedicated app is just more convenient in most cases. And apps generally offer more features and QoL improvements compared to a site. After using memmy for about a month I can’t use the official site, especially on mobile.
I have enough issues with being a chronic tab hoarder without having another website that will inevitably be open on multiple tabs over time. Is this a me problem? Probably 😁
Also for websites you use a lot, it’s nice to have a dedicated app for it. I don’t want an app for ever single website but a well built app tailored to work on the system in a seamless native way is fantastic.
It’s a you problem, but not really a unique one. I scroll through Lenny on desktop, open everything that seems interesting in a background tab and half the time I never even switch to them. With Memmy, I either look into a post right away or keep scrolling. I’ve just gotten used to that way of browsing because most sites don’t take you back to where you were before but generate new random content. Reddit is especially bad at this. Apps do a pretty good job at going back to exactly where you were before without reloading the site.
I feel the exact way but in reverse lmao. Who be using websites these days 🤣
It’s not 3rd party app developers fault that kbin didn’t have any stable api yet. Now that they fast track the api development, I think we can expect more 3rd party apps coming soon.
