And saw a bunch of posts about the third party apps closing down, and lots of negativity about that whole fiasco.

… And I realized I hadn’t been there for a week… And frankly didn’t miss it. I am really loving the beehaw (and Lemmy as a whole) community. Thanks for being open, welcoming, responsive, engaging, and just generally nice people. I’m happy to be here. :)

  • mobiuscoffeeEnglish
    13·
    2 年前

    When I was feeling overwhelmed by all the cumbersome clicks that come with getting used to lemmy, I found kbin to be a better way to just explore what’s across all instances.

    https://kbin.social/

    It’s a different project but can access and interact with everything on lemmy.

    • Evkob (they/them)@lemmy.caEnglish
      5·
      2 年前

      It’s so cool to be able to use different front-ends to access the same content. I personally prefer Lemmy’s software, but it’s refreshing to have a choice in how we interact with a content platform.

      • Gork@beehaw.orgEnglish
        4·
        2 年前

        It’s the social media equivalent of KDE and Gnome.

        With KDE being kbin in this analogy because they both have the letter k in it. Logic.

        • Evkob (they/them)@lemmy.caEnglish
          5·
          2 年前

          I love that! Honestly the whole reddit fiasco has been a huge push for me to switch to open-source platforms. I’m now on Invidious instead of Youtube, here instead of reddit, and I downloaded the LibRedirect addon to redirect me to open-source alternatives whenever available.

          I already run Linux Mint on my laptop, so right now the last big holdout is my desktop running the reviOS version of Windows 11, and my phone which I need to get around to rooting.

          • Gork@beehaw.orgEnglish
            3·
            2 年前

            That’s great! I think we’re at a stage of the Internet where companies are grasping ever tighter. But as Princess Leia said, “The more you tighten your grip, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.”

      • mobiuscoffeeEnglish
        4·
        2 年前

        I’ve ended up liking the lemmy interface more, but it was definitely way too overwhelming at first. Kbin helped me understand how content is spread out across instances in a much more obvious way.

        That then let me know which communities I should sub to in order to make my lemmy account more what I wanted and expected.

        • Evkob (they/them)@lemmy.caEnglish
          3·
          2 年前

          I’m definitely a nerd who loves to tinker with tech-y stuff so I just spent an entire day playing around, but yeah kbin has a bunch of potential in regards to making onboarding smoother.

    • CheshireSnake@lemmy.oneEnglish
      4·
      2 年前

      Is there a mobile app for kbin.social? I’d like to use that too since that’s where I browse on my PC, but Jerboa doesn’t seem to support it.

      • mobiuscoffeeEnglish
        4·
        2 年前

        I’m not sure! I stopped using kbin after getting more comfortable with how lemmy works.

        I think I remember something about a very early build for an app, but I’m not sure. You should make a thread and ask!