cross-posted from: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/4735963
Learned about this fork from a post about a potential shutdown of Fedia.io, a Kbin instance.
https://lemmy.world/post/6797580
As you can see in the comments, https://kbin.run/ already moved to Mbin.
Interesting to see if that can help with the development of new features compared to kbin being managed mostly by the main developer.
I wouldn’t necessarily agree on that, but Lemmy is a more mature code-base which is a boon for sure in Lemmy’s favour. Kbin’s only been in development since Janaury 2021, with the canonical instance being as new as June 2023. Meanwhile Lemmy’s been in development since February 2019, with the canonical instance opening up in May 2019.
Even if you check the last week of commits;
Kbin's had 1
while Lemmy's had 1.2 per day
To be upfront with my biases though, I prefer Lemmy just for the UI and UX. I find Kbin difficult and slow to navigate in comparison, and frankly, I find many of the least tolerable people on Lemmy to be from Kbin. Obviously this doesn’t include you, but my perception nevertheless influences my biases.