Lemmy and Kbin: The Best Reddit Alternatives? (www.pcmag.com)

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Love Reddit but tired of what's happening to it? We check out Lemmy and Kbin, two open-source fediverse alternatives that are growing fast.

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[-] Hypx@kbin.social 12 points 1 year ago

Kbin is about 3 months old whereas Lemmy is about 3 years old. Kbin simply wasn't ready for growth, and still has a few major feature shortfalls. Lack of API access is a big one.

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