leraje, 1 year ago

• Like Reddit, KBin and Lemmy are 'link aggregators’
• This means, in subject driven Communities (sub-reddits), people post links or images or their thoughts and others comment on them
• Reddit is software that’s installed in one central location (server). This means it is owned and controlled by one single commercial entity.
• Kbin and Lemmy are both software that are installed in multiple locations (servers), owned and controlled by multiple people and can be installed by anyone. This means no one can ever own or control the entirety of Lemmy.
• Reddit, KBin and Lemmy can be accessed by users via websites or apps.
• Reddit is centralised. If it disappeared tomorrow, it would be completely gone.
• KBin and Lemmy are federated. If one instance (server) disappeared tomorrow, all the others would be unaffected and carry on as normal.
• All instances of KBin and Lemmy can talk to all other instances of KBin and Lemmy, as long as they are federated.
• Rule breaking and/or toxic instances/servers can be defederated by other servers/instances.
• Reddit, KBin and Lemmy are all free to use. However, with Reddit you must contend with invasive privacy and advertising. The way to support KBin and Lemmy is to donate to the development team and the server/instance your account is on.