sgtlighttree

you realize that some instances ARE problematic even if you have access to the entire federated content from it.

Personally I needed reassurance that an instance at least appears to be committed into fighting hate speech, especially as a gay guy

and Kbin presents a front that feels easier to grasp when you're not familiar with the concept of the Fediverse

As a similarly sorta-but-not-super-techie guy, I agree. Kbin nailed the presentation of the Fediverse by introducing a UI and experience that is remarkably similar to Reddit. For that reason alone I hope Kbin comes out as the most successful (or at least viable) alternative.

My only concern is how kbin will connect to the rest of the lemmy instances, some of my favorite subreddits seem to have migrated to different instances, and I think it'll benefit everyone if there was a way to conveniently combine them.

Right now I'm exploring this and lemmy.world, my worry is that kbin seems disconnected from the other lemmy instances, whether that's by design or not, I dunno.

I agree though, kbin has a FANTASTIC interface compared to most of the lemmy instances I've seen. If I had to pick one, I'd stick with kbin for now, but I hope this inspires good UI/UX development in lemmy where all the buzz is. The markdown implementation here is quite different from what I'm used to, but it's nice that it's there.

The only thing missing is a proper app. I haven't tried the PWA yet, but that in itself is promising.