I’m using kbin as a Reddit replacement. I had only just really started using Reddit when the Great Blackout happened, so it was easy enough for me to switch over the kbin instead. I use Mastodon as my twitter replacement, since I’ve been on it for longer, and I like keeping different kinds of content separate. Federation is great, but I like using Mastodon for Mastodon and Kbin for kbin/lemmy.

The only real issue I have using kbin is how rough it is around the edges - for example, block is an absolute mess, and works less like a block and more like the worst possible version of mute, and people have been able to get around moderation by blocking magazine mods. Hopefully a complete overhaul of block is in the works.

I’m definitely looking forward to when apps start getting released.

Like Reddit. Doomscrolling through, having conversations, sharing memes and oddities. Feels nice, though, a little like older forums in the sense of community that forms.

Similar opinions as for lemmy tbh, it’s basically an inferior reddit for now. Fewer active members, fewer tools, features and customization options, worse stability and performance. The idea is sound but the implementation is far from ideal, but it works well enough for now.

And before everyone goes for my jugular, yeah I know. FOSS, early development, few people working on it, new experimental tech, etc etc. That doesn’t help with any of the actual issues or widespread adoption though.

Integration with mastodon is a neat idea but nobody really uses it, if it even works. Some posts are visible from there but most aren’t, some communities have like a dozen people checking microblogs but most people have no idea that it exists… or it’s unusable if it’s a generic hashtag like gaming, full of foreign submissions because language filtering doesn’t work, and breaking conversations because it can only render first-level reply.

So I dunno. I hope it takes off and gets better but it will be quite a while until that happens I think.

Kbin, like Reddit, is more about following topics and conversations rather than people. I have a Mastodon account but I never really got into following people and posting whatever on my account - I vastly prefer the forum-like nature of browing by topic, responding to interesting conversations, etc.

I think somewhere in KbinStyles you may be able to find a script which places the comments above the replies, but honestly I kind of like the way the comment box at the bottom encourages you to at least skim the existing replies first.

Reddit, since I never got into twitter. Also I don’t think kbin currently has a way to just see microblog posts by people you’re following, you end up seeing all the content from the hashtags of the magazines you’re subscribed to. I think that would need to be separated to allow for twitter-like usage.

Kbin/Lemmy is on it’s way to become the same thinly veiled „everything MUST be political“ Reddit culture hub as the original and because of that insufferable behaviour I didn’t use Reddit in the first place. Very dissapointing, so I might not use it much longer.

Mainly interact with threads rather than the microblog for something to scroll and occasionally comment. Been pretty good for that especially as I further refine my subscribed feed. I’ll pop into microblog every once in awhile if I’ve run out of new content, but rarely post/interact there.

I never really got into Twitter, and even though I do have an account, I don’t really get that much out of mastodon either. For that reason, I tend to use Kbin for mostly community threads, but also the microblogs as well. I’m not interested enough to care where/how my microblog feed exists, and with kbin it just happens to be right there, so I’m a little more inclined to peak from time to time.

I’m more invested in using the site as a user aggregated feed with other subjects in interest in thrown in the mix. Probably more like Reddit in that instance but with seemingly more well thought out human comments, less bots and less cringy “and my axe” style bullshit.

I intended to use #Kbin primarily as a replacement for #Reddit. Content and engagement can be a bit sparse sometimes, so I decided I would try to help by creating and moderating two magazines I have an interest in. Promoting engagement through thread discussions has actually proved more challenging than I thought. I’ve actually found more success engaging with the #fediverse through #microblogging.

I’m currently using microblogging as a means to document my Japanese studies. I’ve found some people I can practice with, along with a few that are supportive of my efforts. It’s not the primary reason I’m doing so, but it is a nice form of positive reinforcement. Though I do wish I could get others to also participate, I do not believe that’s something I can force. Honestly, I’m also pretty okay if people don’t really participate because it’s been a useful tool for myself and I might have the opportunity to aid those who simply wish to lurk. I also think there’s more I could be doing to flesh out these magazines, but I’m okay with taking things steadily and I enjoy where they’re at now.

I was really getting sick of all the negativity on Reddit. It feels like about 80% of posts are shitting on someone for some reason that I don’t really care about. Feels like a bunch of bitchy teenage girls all trying to rain on each others parade. I hope they all choke on their own social vomit.

So glad there seems to be NONE of that energy here. I hope it never arrives.

Other random thoughts/observations:
I appreciate that kbin/fediverse is more mature and academic.

I like Star Trek much more than Star Wars and see plenty of ST and no SW here.

While I appreciate that Reddit has more smaller and special interest communities because of it’s size, I like that kbin is smaller. I think it will be a little sad to see it get big.

I plan to stay here for a while. I may host a mag or two eventually. I have ideas for improvements but as a non app user it seems pretty good so far.

Also, thanks to Ernest (sp?) and others who keep the lights on and motors running. You make it all possible.