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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by rysiek@szmer.info to c/technology@beehaw.org

Looks like KBin has an edge over Lemmy now in terms of monthly active users.

It's obviously a pretty silly thing, and is not in any way indicative of which project is "better" or more "long-term viable" or anything — instances of both federate with one another, and with the rest of fedi, so it's all one happy family.

That said, it's notable. KBin is a relative newcomer to the "Reddit-like fedi instance" game, and also does not have the tankie baggage.

Anyway, the more, the merrier!

KBin: https://the-federation.info/platform/184

Lemmy: https://the-federation.info/platform/73

Discussion on fedi: https://mstdn.social/@rysiek/110527049024028986

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[-] PeaPanties@lemmy.ml 31 points 2 years ago

The lack of app for KBin kills it for me.

I have a account with KBin and I may use it as well if there's an app

[-] spamfajitas@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago

On Android, you can add it to your home screen and it functions kind of like an app... it could definitely benefit from a native app, though.

[-] LUHG_HANI@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Nobody is going to fly with mobile browser these days. It's App or die in this regard.

The biggest social media sites have apps. It's suicide. Heck, the reason these sites are having the mass infux is because Reddits app sucks. If it was amazing nobody would of really cared and the spez drama wouldn't have happened.

Just my 2c.

[-] YuzuDrink@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago
[-] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

God, what I would give for Apollo to rip the Reddit API guts out and refit with Lemmy’s. He open sourced it so I’m sure someone will.

[-] Dalinar@lemmy.nz 5 points 2 years ago

Didn't he open source the server backend? Not the app

[-] CoffeeBot@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

Server backend stuff was to contradict the Reddit CEOs claims about Apollo being inefficient on the API.

[-] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Not sure honestly.

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 1 points 2 years ago

Would be hilarious if all the third party reddit clients updated at the same time to connect to a completely new board.

[-] ladodger34@infosec.pub 4 points 2 years ago

You can do the whole ‘add to home screen’ and it sort of functions like an app in iOS.

[-] ContentSpy@fedia.io 4 points 2 years ago

Yeah an official app would be great.

[-] cnnrduncan@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago

Even a fork of Jerboa or something could be a start!

[-] spoonful@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Checkout Hermit on Android. It's an app that turns web applications into standalone apps with a bunch of great features like adblocking, scripting, frameless mode etc. I use it for Beehaw as well.

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