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Vibe check: What are your impressions and experiences of Lemmy, Kbin, Mbin, and Beehaw? (kbin.run)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by NaClKnight@kbin.run to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Exactly what the title says.

What has your experience been on any of those platforms? Which captures more of your time? Why?

I'm relatively new here but I've read a little on the reddit-like platforms. I (mostly) understand what's a fork of what or what some of the technical differences are, but I'm curious about the vibes and communities.

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[–] otter@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Beehaw is still Lemmy (unless anything has changed recently), but the instance is run a particular way. There should be a link somewhere about their philosophy and what the differences are.

In terms of vibe / community, I would think that there are more differences between the individual instances than the software that they run. That's something which is easier to get an idea of as you use it more.

When I was starting out, Kbin didn't have as much third party support, so there wasn't a good way to use it on mobile. That may have changed since then

[–] NaClKnight@kbin.run 2 points 6 months ago

Yeah, i think that's a very helpful distinction. Something like Beehaw or Hexbear is defined more by its rules than its software.

I added Bee as a fourth item because people described it as a separate item/entity/community/experience than the others. Its limited federation somewhat corroberates this sentiment IMO.