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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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[–] 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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