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  • Whoever ends up doing so should set up the interface so that Lemmy posts are blue and kbin posts green, that way Lemmy users can downvote us and call us poor.

    • You could hack that into most lemmy clients right now, with either a manual kbin list or one automatically populated by querying the instances api directly.

      I recommend forking liftoff and calling it lMessage, l for liftoff or lemmy, and message because now you can message all those pesky kbin users that they should bin their kbin and join a real instance

  • I don't think I'd bother with a kbin app anyway - I'm fine with the way it is already.

  • If the API gets released, I might look into developing a desktop/mobile app. All relatively low-level, no electron app bullshit

  • I don't understand the people who want apps.

    I'm not looking for an argument - you do you. But I don't understand your desire to install things.

    • There are plenty of rough edges that apps are able to buff out that a browser cannot.

      I use plenty of things in a browser, but if I'm gonna scroll something daily... I want that image viewer with tap slide zoom. I want that specific folder that the app saves shit to instead of just "downloads". etc. etc.

    • I don’t understand the people who don’t want apps.

      I’m not looking for an argument -you do you. But I don’t understand your desire to not install things.

    • I have enough issues with being a chronic tab hoarder without having another website that will inevitably be open on multiple tabs over time. Is this a me problem? Probably 😁

      Also for websites you use a lot, it’s nice to have a dedicated app for it. I don’t want an app for ever single website but a well built app tailored to work on the system in a seamless native way is fantastic.

      • It’s a you problem, but not really a unique one. I scroll through Lenny on desktop, open everything that seems interesting in a background tab and half the time I never even switch to them. With Memmy, I either look into a post right away or keep scrolling. I’ve just gotten used to that way of browsing because most sites don’t take you back to where you were before but generate new random content. Reddit is especially bad at this. Apps do a pretty good job at going back to exactly where you were before without reloading the site.

    • kbin user cope

      (/s)

    • Having a dedicated app is just more convenient in most cases. And apps generally offer more features and QoL improvements compared to a site. After using memmy for about a month I can’t use the official site, especially on mobile.

    • I feel the exact way but in reverse lmao. Who be using websites these days 🤣

  • I honestly don’t really get why people use Lemmy. Kbin has a much better interface and is way less buggy. The PWA acts as a great app so I’m really kind of flummoxed. Also the users are cooler.

    • The clunky interface, the relative differences from reddit, the confusing organization, the less than ideal splitting between blog/thread/magazine that makes navigating it have an extra learning curve, the lack of any apps that aren't just a pwa that has the same flaws as the site, the fact that there's really only one server for kbin that's used, the list goes on.

      And I like kbin, I hope it thrives and becomes popular enough that nobody ever has to consider a corporate run site again because there's multiple federated options.

      But, just being real, lemmy is simpler and easier to use, and it's closer to the way reddit worked. Kbin is trying to be more than a link aggregator and forum. That's great! If that's what you're looking for, it's even better. But most of the r/efugees were and are looking for something familiar and comfortable. With kbin not having an API, app developers weren't jumping into it (other than hariette, and she's kick ass) so the r/efugees that were at least partially leaving reddit because of the attack on apps had no devs busting their ass to get out good ones.

      There's no apps for kbin that are open use. PWAs are meh to begin with, but at least the lemmy UI via PWA matches reddit close enough that the learning curve is trivial. The kbin ui has to be navigated with the split functions in mind, and that's not fun when what you're really wanting is to keep doing what you were doing before spez fucked things up.

      And that's what it comes down to. The surge of new users to the fediverse aren't here because of the virtues of the services. They're/we're here because reddit isn't acceptable now. Lemmy is just closer to what we had

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