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Lemmy and Kbin: The Best Reddit Alternatives? (www.pcmag.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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A writeup in PCMag!

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[–] 188 points 3 years ago (24 children)

I can’t get into calling subs “magazines”. Communities is much better.

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  • [–] 49 points 3 years ago (17 children)

    Just call them "clips." /s Seriously though, the aesthetic of Kbin is its best feature, but the concept behind the threads seems. I dunno. Weird. Lemmy feels janky and basic, like old Reddit. 💗

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  • [–] 37 points 3 years ago (12 children)

    Coming off years of old.reddit.com, Lemmy felt like major bloat :) I'm used to it now though, definitely nothing compared to regular Reddit.

    And, yeah, the jank is 💗

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  • [–] 41 points 3 years ago (7 children)

    Just a heads up, https://old.Lemmy.world now exists! (It should feel much better!)

    Also, if you used Apollo for Reddit, Voyager (https://vger.app) exists for Lemmy and it feels right at home!

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Also for Apollo users… wefwef. I added the web app to my Home Screen and it feels like nothings changed.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    *cough* https://mlmym.org *cough*

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

    Pretty cool, but I assume I wouldn't be able to get my Subscribed RSS feed to work over there? There's a login that ask for my username and password :/ No chance I'm actually trying that, does that actually work? I'm on SDFs lemmy, is it asking for those credentials? And, if so, who in the world thought that was a good idea in 2023?

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    I'd argue that kbin's UI is no longer a standout feature. Beautiful custom frontends for Lemmy like Alexandrite have been popping up left and right.

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  • [+] 45 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (4 children)
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  • [–] 16 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    "Bin" in the UK is where they put garbage, so I don't know if that's the best idea.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    Same. This is just bizarre to me. Paper magazines aren’t as common in the world today as they used to be, but neither are they some ancient thing that has passed out of history, allowing the word to be used for pure metaphorical value. Maybe some people are young enough for it to be so, but certainly not me.

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