[-] lixus98@kbin.social 39 points 1 year ago

There's multiple things to consider, both are great options, but right now I'm liking kbin more for these reasons:

  • Better algorithm, when I go to my homepage I feel that the site is full of new, active content, where people are having discussions.
  • Integration with Mastodon, I like to take a peek from time to time on the Microblog tab.
  • No feed bug. Lemmy has a problem where it would show every single new post on top of the feed (I know this is being fixed)

Overall both Lemmy and kbin are in their infancy and I expect both to get better to a point where choosing between them won't come down to which one of the two have less bugs, and more focused in the features and appearance you want, this ofc will change with the many apps being developed, since they will be vastly different.
I might end up in Lemmy or I might stay on kbin, it depends which one feels more "active" to me.

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Hi @ernest, do you have any plans to defederate kbin from bot communities? This could explode at any moment spamming every single instance that is not protected: https://kbin.social/m/lemmy@lemmy.ml/t/76632/Almost-90-of-the-accounts-on-lemmy-are-now-bot

#fediverse

[-] lixus98@kbin.social 69 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wow, seems like spez is from the same breed as Elon "Thin-skinned" Musk, no surprises there really. I love to imagine how hurt he is because everyone is saying that to him lol.

[-] lixus98@kbin.social 36 points 1 year ago

Same, when I posted on reddit I felt rejected, even if what I said was something unimportant, there was always someone who made you feel like you were wrong for just participating, this is much better.

[-] lixus98@kbin.social 37 points 1 year ago

The greedy always forget their riches came from other people.

[-] lixus98@kbin.social 43 points 1 year ago

Devs (like me) can help, the main issue is hosting the bot somewhere and covering the costs, but I think is a good idea.

[-] lixus98@kbin.social 28 points 1 year ago

Hey kbin users if you want to block this domain just go to https://kbin.social/d/exploding-heads.com and block that domain there.

[-] lixus98@kbin.social 42 points 1 year ago

Ah yes, "please reopen the piracy sub so people can discuss piracy freely 🥺".
My bet is this is an automated message sent to big subreddits.

[-] lixus98@kbin.social 22 points 1 year ago

I hope these people stay there, I like the community that moved to Lemmy/kbin as they are friendly and chill.

[-] lixus98@kbin.social 41 points 1 year ago

Start with these questions: How are you doing? Are you eating well?

[-] lixus98@kbin.social 69 points 1 year ago

We appreciate the transparency and hope everything can be solved without much friction. Keep it up!

[-] lixus98@kbin.social 25 points 1 year ago

Hopefully this will be implemented soon on Lemmy, so people can find the content they want even if the instance is limited.

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Greetings, kbeans! I wanted to inform you that Kbin Link is now available on the Firefox Extension Store. If you're interested, you can find more information about it here: https://github.com/driccio98/kbin-link.

Kbin Link is a browser extension designed to simplify your browsing experience across different online communities. It detects community mentions in the format of "!communityname@lemmy.world" and it recognizes links in the format of "https://lemmy.word/c/memes" across any website and adds a convenient icon at the beginning. This icon allows you to quickly redirect to the corresponding community on Kbin, where you can easily subscribe to it.

Since this is a small project, there may be a few bugs or areas for improvement. If you encounter any issues or have suggestions, please let me know by leaving an issue on the GitHub repository.

Edit: Soon on the chrome store too!

Link to firefox store: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/kbin-link/

Thank you for your support!

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Seems like #kbin is federating again? That's really refreshing to see.

#kbinMeta

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It seems like the "official" Lemmy instance, lemmy.ml, is currently experiencing some technical difficulties. It's been going up and down all morning and it isn't federating new posts.

Seems like they were right when the warned users to signup on other instances, that's why is important to remind people that you invite or you know are thinking to signup to do so on another instance.

While kbin.social has been the primary choice so far, there are other reliable options out there too. One of this instances is fedia.io, Additionally, you can explore more options on the instance listing at kbin.pub.

By spreading out the load among many instances, we can ensure that we don't face disruptions like the one we're experiencing right now.

I'd also like to know your opinions about this.

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Hello! You may have noticed that the majority of posts and threads in your feed on Kbin are from within the platform itself. This is because the admin has activated Cloudflare DDoS protection which basically slows down requests to kbin, to prevent the website from experiencing downtime or becoming slow to respond.

Before implementing this measure, Kbin would often show 500 errors and be sluggish in its performance.
The admin (ernest), has been working on finding solutions.

So hopefully, everything should go back to how it was before, and you will see a lot more posts from the communities you have subscribed to with a bunch of comments from other places.

In my opinion, this also created an interesting situation where you can really see how active kbin is even when the discovery of posts from outside the platform is not functioning as intended.

Rest assured, this is only temporary, and in the meantime, take the opportunity to create and grow communities from within kbin itself!

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This extension helps users subscribed to Lemmy communities by adding an icon before mentions or URLs related to other communities. These mentions can be in the format "!communityname" or through URLs like "https://lemmy.ml/c/memes".

By clicking the icon, users are directed to the kbin URL of that community. However, there's currently a bug preventing it from working on /kbin (ironically), and I've already reported the issue on Git.

I'm in the process of publishing the extension on Firefox and Chrome extension stores, along with making the source code available.

I would appreciate your input on whether you find this extension useful.

Edit: github link: https://github.com/driccio98/kbin-link
Edit 2: For firefox users: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/kbin-link/

Thank you!

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by lixus98@kbin.social to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

The title, I'm curious to know since kbin ≠ lemmy. Can you see magazines and posts on your feeds?
Can you find magazines on your search bar?

Edit: Magazines are to kbin what communities are to Lemmy.
Also keep in mind that the communities on kbin are much smaller.

Edit 2: For example, if you look for this community https://kbin.social/m/EASportsFC on your search bar like @EASportsFC@kbin.social does it appear?

[-] lixus98@kbin.social 23 points 1 year ago

Seeing that thread made me get over leaving reddit, I do have to thank spez for that

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