I’m a Reddit refugee trying out all the alternatives I can find to see which sticks. I guess Kbin is part of the same Fediverse as we’re in here, but it seems more isolated and people on Reddit are pushing it hard. As a result I’ve been seeing significantly higher engagement levels there than here, despite it not having a mobile app and a confusing interface.
Today, it will barely load and I can’t log in without getting an error. It’s so painfully slow, maybe because it has ddos protection enabled, but it’s with every page load. I’m finding it too frustrating to use, but somehow more active than what I’m seeing here where the front page of All often has posts with zero comments and only a handful of votes.
How are other refugees managing the Reddit alternatives?
I actually prefer the interface here, and I’m using the gerboa mobile app so everything is snappy. I’m just trying to assess where the consensus platform will be, because I think the most important thing about a platform like this is the user base.
Today I’ve been enjoying squabbles.io which is not part of the fediverse but has a much cleaner and simpler design that seems to be drawing people in. Right now it doesn’t have downvoting, but it still seems more like Reddit and the energy there is very excited and positive. I recommend checking it out.
But I’m also enjoying Lemmy and I have a hard time imagining the community is going to embrace an alternative that isn’t open source and decentralized so my money is on the fediverse.