No. Kbin, Lemmy, and Mastodon all use the same protocol and can communicate with each other, they just have different UI styles.
However, Lemmy (Reddit-like) doesn’t have a UI for microblogging (Twitter-like), while Mastodon (Twitter-like) doesn’t have a UI for comment threads (Reddit-like).
Only Kbin seems to have the option to use both styles of UI at the same time.
There are less Kbin instances available because Kbin is a little less mature and it’s a lot harder to setup, but the devs seem to be working on improving that.
And so is it accurate to say kbin is its own protocol which can be used to aggregate and interact with mastodon and lemmy posts?
No. Kbin, Lemmy, and Mastodon all use the same protocol and can communicate with each other, they just have different UI styles.
However, Lemmy (Reddit-like) doesn’t have a UI for microblogging (Twitter-like), while Mastodon (Twitter-like) doesn’t have a UI for comment threads (Reddit-like).
Only Kbin seems to have the option to use both styles of UI at the same time.
There are less Kbin instances available because Kbin is a little less mature and it’s a lot harder to setup, but the devs seem to be working on improving that.
accurate, no not at all
… but as an extreme simplification that ignores the work of the kbin devs… you could kiiiiinda think of it like that?