They’re both built on ActivityPub and look very similar, but Kbin is talked about like an alternative to Lemmy instead of an instance of it. Is it a fork? Why is it better or worse?

  • dukes00@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I think Kbin is a shortened version of ‘karabin’ (polish for carbine/rifle) - the name of the polish instance

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      1 year ago

      Kbin is a shortened version of ‘karabin’ (polish for carbine/rifle

      That would explain the magazine nomenclature.
      Edit: Ernest clarified here. Karab.in was just a play on words. Kbin is actually referencing Linux terminology.