I’ve been trying to make people aware of Lemmy on discord and Mastodon, but it’s always met with resistance citing “the devs are pro authoritarianism tankies.” Kbin seems to be picking up steam because of the developer baggage.

Do you feel like this negative perception will hamstring Lemmy’s growth?

  • Andonome@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    2 years ago

    Kbin is new, the distinctions between Magazine and micro-blogging creates an extra barrier to understand the system, the few instances are straining under the load, and it’s very much in beta.

    New users won’t be terribly forgiving, so I feel like Lemmy’s the better option.

    I never understood why questionable views from software devs might be a problem.

    • It’s not a corporation, so you’re not financially supporting tankies.
    • Lots of devs don’t share your values, because everyone has different values.

    It’s not like I can only use software made by people who don’t eat meat, and everyone’s doctors are partially informed by science performed by the Nazis.

    I have no idea what kind of world these people think they’re living in, as if everything were developed with shared values, and a pure conscience, until Lemmy came along.

    • Someology@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      Is “Magazine” just a community/subreddit/forum? I took a quick look at Kbin and found the terminology odd. I would have expected something called a “magazine” to combine communities or something, but I couldn’t otherwise find any communities on Kbin.

      • dominoko@vlemmy.netEnglish
        4·
        2 years ago

        Yes, a magazine is just a community or subreddit. I prefer the UI of Kbin but the terminology takes some getting used to. There’s also regular posts and microblogs.

      • justaveg@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        It is. A magazine is essentially a subreddit. I too found kbin a bit confusing at first but it’s not so bad once you get used to it. One thing I really don’t like about kbin is all of your up/downvotes, boosts, magazines you’re subscribed to, etc. are exposed for everyone to see.

        • Someology@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          Thanks for the info. I had a closer look at Kbin today, and it wasn’t apparent how visible which things were. Finding info over there is also a challenge, because all documentation/help articles are pretty much aimed at admins setting up servers, which I’m not ready to do.

      • Andonome@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        I’m still checking it out, though the services are all up and down, so I don’t have a full handle on it yet.