Hello from Lemmy! How’s life there over on the other side on Kbin?

3 years ago by tauonite to c/AskKbin

avividtale 69 points 3 years ago

@tauonite
I'm liking it a lot! Love that we can shout over the fence to our neighbors. :)

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tauonite 32 points 3 years ago

Right now it's shouting over the fence to talk between Kbin and Lemmy, it's a bit clunky and buggy. Hopefully that fence can over time lower and be completely removed as the code gets better and better. Looking forward to having a great time with you guys!

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cloaker 22 points 3 years ago

True, but a lot works well. I can browse subs through the front page or sub really easily on KBin. I'm not a fan of how every federated sub says owned by @ernest though.

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avividtale 3 points 3 years ago

I'm still learning the ropes. I agree a lot works well, but I'm always happy for things to become easier and more accessible. I love the idea that as people find their different niches across platforms and servers that work well for them, it's still possible to maintain that connectivity.

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cloaker 1 point 3 years ago

Absolutely want things to improve and such. Ernest is crazy the work he does.

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CoderKat 2 points 3 years ago

I'm also hoping it becomes clearer soon where a post is located. Currently kbin just says the short community name (without the domain) and for self posts ("articles"), it says the link is on whatever domain you're currently on (eg, kbin.social). That's like how Reddit self posts did it and it's technically correct since you're viewing the post on the current site, but it's misleading and confusing given that the original post is on a different instance.

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AtomicPurple 1 point 3 years ago

I keep posting this everywhere, but the Kbin enhancement script has an option to fix that.

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heimchen 6 points 3 years ago

With jerboa(android mobile app) everything seems to work fine.

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DumBirb 2 points 3 years ago

I'm still confused how this works. I can barely tell the difference between what comes from lemmy vs kbin. It seems like its all just mixed together in my feed. Does it only matter if I try to post or comment on something from lemmy?

Also, is there a way to subscribe or unsubscribe from other things in the fediverse? Or is it all just automatically linked at the instance level and I don't do anything at the account level?

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CoderKat 2 points 3 years ago

In general, no, it makes no difference. You can subscribe and block subs identically to local subs.

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datavoid 1 point 3 years ago

All fun and games until meta shows up and everyone goes back inside

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avividtale 1 point 3 years ago

I really wish meta would just leave the fediverse alone. I have plenty of friends who use those systems, but I am able to connect with them elsewhere.

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Saberkaze 39 points 3 years ago

Fediverse life is prospering and I already feel like my doom scrolling days are behind me :)

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cloaker 16 points 3 years ago

Mine are just re-beginning

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ginerel 36 points 3 years ago

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ReCursing 9 points 3 years ago

Oh yeah, that reminds me, I gotta go walk the robot dog

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sik0fewl 4 points 3 years ago

I can't wait until we live in a future where robot dogs can walk themselves.

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Joe 5 points 3 years ago

That's lemmygrad if they could just try one more time

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spicy_biscuits 4 points 3 years ago

We livin in 3023 here on the fediverse

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ginerel 2 points 3 years ago

We got flying cars

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walderan 1 point 3 years ago

I know this image is the go-to mock up for an idealized future, but the more I look at it the sillier it gets.

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governa 30 points 3 years ago

@tauonite hello from mastodon 👋 message received!

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DamnCatOnMyDesk 15 points 3 years ago

@governa @tauonite It never ceases to amaze me that all these wildly different Fediverse platforms can seamlessly communicate like this.

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governa 7 points 3 years ago

@DamnCatOnMyDesk @tauonite it's wonderful isn't it? almost magical :ablobcatrainbow: :fediverse:
reminds me of Nokia's iconic tagline: "connecting people".

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cloaker 5 points 3 years ago

How do you (easily) browse KBin from Mastodon?

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DamnCatOnMyDesk 5 points 3 years ago

@cloaker @tauonite @governa Unfortunately it's not currently easy to do that on Mastodon since we're limited to hashtag and account name searches. The best we can do is follow communities which appear as group accounts on Mastodon.

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LegendofDragoon 24 points 3 years ago

Life has been good since the federation spun back up. I love that our little community isn't restricted to just the content we produce on our own.

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Liontigerwings 21 points 3 years ago

We've got hookers and beer over here. What do you have?

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freebrick 18 points 3 years ago

I think they have access to our federated hookers and federated beers.

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Nepenthe 19 points 3 years ago

Not bad, not bad. Taking a break from designing a little crochet dice bag I'm gifting someone. Really shouldn't be bragging about literally a bag, but multicolored swirly patterns require the most basic math skills and math is hard when you've got terminal brain damage

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sab 4 points 3 years ago

As a knitter, making anything with only one needle seems like rocket science.

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Nepenthe 2 points 3 years ago

Right? I started out knitting and I have to say it's kinda more fun for me. It's very zen, even though knitting patterns tend to be more complex. But it's harder to shape things that way and to make features quite as defined, so WAY more stuffed animals, etc. are crochet and that's what I wanted to make. I was forced to learn. I did not choose this life.

99% of either one is just muscle memory. It's frustrating and I'm not gonna pretend like my first crochet project didn't end in 3 do-overs and at least one frustrated crying fit. But it's really a question of sheer stubbornness while you get the motions down

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sab 2 points 3 years ago

I keep making mittens, and then I just try to figure out which of my friends they might fit after I'm done. Would love to make something big like a sweater, but I just know my first try is not going to fit snugly on a single person on earth, and it's too much of an investment to start making one when I know it's going to be a disaster.

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Nepenthe 2 points 3 years ago

There are sizing options with sweater patterns, aren't there? Granted, I own both XS and L shirts and they fit the same, so that's infuriating.

I think you should have more faith in yourself. Cliché, obviously, but powering through having made a mess of it is the best way to grow your skillset, and unraveling it to figure out wtf you did wrong is free. As long as you subject yourself to the time sink that is having to make and measure swatches when you're tackling stuff like shirts, I think it'll come out fine. The worst shall be the purling.

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ReCursing 2 points 3 years ago

Ooh would love to see the bag when its done! A friend crochets and has made some really cool stuff

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Nepenthe 2 points 3 years ago

It's still going to be a couple days, I think. I'm caught between a couple ideas and the indecision is really driving me nuts. But I promise I'll keep you in mind when it's done :D

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regal 15 points 3 years ago

Now that things have settled down a bit, the mobile site for kbin is pretty quick and there's a lot of new content. I'm sure the updates will keep coming and it should be interesting to see how it develops over the next months.

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Naminreb 3 points 3 years ago

I pinned the mobile site to my homepage in the iPhone, and it feels like an actual app.

The icon is on the spot that was vacated by Reddit, which has now moved to the container where FB, Instagram and Twitter went to die. Twitter is actually not even there anymore.

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wave_walnut 14 points 3 years ago

I feel like I'm 10 years younger.

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dominoko 14 points 3 years ago

Not gonna lie, it's pretty awesome over here.

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ReCursing 13 points 3 years ago

Yeah I like it here. How's Lemmy? What, to you, makes Lemmy preferable to Kbin?

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tal 16 points 3 years ago

Lemmy makes its image previews proportional rather than squashing them into a square, as kbin presently does, for one.

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ReCursing 9 points 3 years ago

Well that's a thing! I had noticed that but not thought much on it. i imagine Earnest has that on his todo list already, but there's a lot on there!

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tal 6 points 3 years ago

Heh. Last I looked there were 49 open PRs for him to review. I dunno if he's going to have a chance to actually code himself if he has to also be reviewing all the patches people are sending him.

I also saw something recently saying that he handed off the server admin work to someone.

EDIT: Apparently he's not the only one reviewing.

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ReCursing 2 points 3 years ago

Yeah, man's got his work cut out!

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Perry 4 points 3 years ago

What's funnier is that Kbin squashes them into a square and then seem to stretch that square into some strange almost 3:2 landscape format.

I tried to add some custom CSS with Tampermonkey to fix the thumbnails, and was extremely confused until I realised what was happening.

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SnowboardBum 2 points 3 years ago

Can't collapse comments on kbin, either.

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minimar 1 point 3 years ago

Hiding read posts!

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InLikeClint 12 points 3 years ago

The best part about leaving reddit behind was that I could start over with a different username. My name over there was so negative and it didn't truly reflect who I am today...thanks to LSD.

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sab 11 points 3 years ago

Hopefully over here we'll care a bit less about reputation points as well. The system for it is currently broken in kbin, and I can't say it's a great loss.

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VulcanSphere 11 points 3 years ago

It's awesome to be able to comment and interact across instances

The Beauty of Fediverse!

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masterspace 4 points 3 years ago

Do comments go across instances? I can see that posts can but I'm still not clear on whether comments sections for federated posts are separate or merged or what

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VulcanSphere 4 points 3 years ago

Comments are posted across instances, although sometimes it will be delayed in sync (especially when there is a lot of traffic).

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T156 2 points 3 years ago

Yes, they do. Although it can take a few minutes if the instances are busy.

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McBinary 9 points 3 years ago

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Steampunk 6 points 3 years ago

Nice to see you

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chillicampari 6 points 3 years ago

@tauonite Hello and nice to see you! I couldn't look here much the last few days but it seems like we are federating again which is great!

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TerabyteRex 6 points 3 years ago

kbin works great. i couldnt get signed up for lemmy

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Ultra980 6 points 3 years ago

It's pretty cool.

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MeowKittyWow 5 points 3 years ago

It's good. I'm on a lemmy instance too, not sure which I prefer, but so far more active here. I appreciate that it doesn't really matter which I use.

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readbeanicecream 5 points 3 years ago

Life is good, so far.

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polaroid 4 points 3 years ago

Chill as usual.

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JWBananas 4 points 3 years ago

Hello from the other siiiiiide.
Our sorting algo is diiiiiivine.
Content is more varied,
Not shuffled poorly.
The front page looks better,
Doesn't scroll rapidly.
... That's all I've got.

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artisanrox 4 points 3 years ago

Fabulous.

The future is federated. 💪🌎

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SeatBeeSate 4 points 3 years ago

It's good over here! Our news sorting actually works!

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LimeStone 4 points 3 years ago

Sorting on lemmy.world has been fixed since yesterday from what I can tell.

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oryx 2 points 3 years ago

Yup. It was really annoying for a few days this week, with sorting by new being my only option to see anything new. Active and hot were all two or three day old posts. Now active and hot work perfectly fine and it's so much better to browse again!

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T156 4 points 3 years ago

This isn't my Kbin account, but I honestly prefer Kbin's interface. Lemmy's is shiny, but it also has a few problems that can be a little annoying when trying to use Lemmy on a computer.

It also works on my older tablet without imploding like Lemmy's does, which is a nice bonus.

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tal 2 points 3 years ago

I'm on kbin too, but my understanding is that the next Lemmy release is going to stop the auto refresh that keeps the interface moving while trying to use it, which I would guess is one of the "little annoying" UI issues and probably also produces some of the load.

I mean, my guess is that the low-hanging fruit, the really in-your-face stuff that take a tweak or two, is gonna get hammered out pretty quickly on both software packages. Hell, if it doesn't, I'll throw some PRs in myself.

It's things like scaling issues at the ActivityPub level or something like that that I'm more wondering about. Some of that may be harder, because as the Fediverse keeps growing, I suspect that scaling issues will show up.

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HidingCat 4 points 3 years ago

Really liking it so far. Federation isn't perfect but I'd say me being able to see this is at least a small win?

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MasterMediasRes 3 points 3 years ago

Can’t explain it, but signed up for both and kbin just feels…nice?

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mrnotoriousman 3 points 3 years ago

I'm enjoying it, but I wish kbin had a dark mode. As more users start coming over from reddit, etc. and producing content, it should get even better.

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digitallyfree 8 points 3 years ago

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mrnotoriousman 1 point 3 years ago

Dude thanks so much! I was scouring the limited settings pages and was like where the heck is dark mode lol

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spicy_biscuits 3 points 3 years ago

It's going pretty good mayne! She's crashing a lot, but that's understandable due to the drastic uptick in userbase. Day 1 on kbin was great, got high hopes for day 2 ✌️

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LostCause 3 points 3 years ago

Having a good time. Lemmy was giving me too many errors, but if they improve it I may switch more to posting from that account again.

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Liontigerwings 2 points 3 years ago

I kinda liked that, but I can't easily see fresh post on Lemmy. Their frontpage seems to either be too stale with 6 day old content or too new with 0 comments. Combine that with the bug that keeps loading new content as you scroll and it drive you nuts.

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tauonite 2 points 3 years ago

Hoping for 0.18 to be released soon as that fixes the new content bug!

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Beep22 2 points 3 years ago

I’m still stumbling around bumping into things. But someone kindly explained how to pin the site to my phone - it’s sitting next to Apollo, for now - and things are starting to feel better. I spent an embarrassingly long time looking for the back button before realising swype worked.

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megsmagik 2 points 3 years ago

I love this federation thing, it’s so cool!

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Suedeltica 1 point 3 years ago

Not bad, thanks! Dog is sleeping on my lap, pinning down my scrolling and tapping hand with his little chin, but I’m managing. How’s stuff over in Lemmyville?

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adonis 1 point 3 years ago

I wish they'd merge identically named communities, or allow mods to select specific communities to merge into each other.

i.e. subscribing to /m/technology, they should automatically federate lammy.ml/c/technology ... or a mod of /m/askkbin can choose to federate /c/asklemmy, etc... that would be awesome

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