What scares me more than the fact that this guy exists are how many people chose to and continue to support him

Pandora's Box is already opened, unfortunately. The Streisand Effect is only going to make this worse.

One of my favorite things about /kbin is that it utilizes threads and microblogs. In my experience thus far, users here seem rather shy. I don't hold it against anyone though, because I totally understand.

Federating content from the likes of Mastodon is very helpful for having discussions trickle in from the fediverse. I think it's also really helpful for establishing an ongoing daily discussion space so the thread feed isn't as cluttered. IMO, there's more potential beyond that, too (Think: drawing everyday for a month, photography-based posting/challenges while using tags for content organization, language-learning exercises, the list goes on...).The combination of threads with microblogs has shown me the power that lies behind content federation. As a result, /kbin is by far my favorite of the fediverse platforms so far.

I still have some minor issues with how it currently works. Currently, I believe the name of a magazine causes hashtags with the exact same string to federate content to that magazine. The magazine that matches the desired hashtag also takes priority, even when the hashtag isn't assigned in the magazine's settings. An issue with this is that if any subsequent magazines try to federate content using that hashtag, it won't be able to do so.

It seems as though microblogs can only federate content to either the magazine that matches the hashtag in question, or the magazine that uses the hashtag first. There's also an issue where a microblog that uses multiple hashtags will only federate content to the magazine with the first available tag. E.g. if someone writes an unused tag for the first, followed by #kbinmeta, then #fediverse third, the post would only go to the kbinmeta microblog section. It would be lovely for microblogs to be federated, or even mirrored across magazines (as in child comments/replies) that implement the same tag. Hopefully, this could also be done without adding excessive overhead to Ernest/the server. Perhaps even offer the ability to have a magazine choose to refuse federating tags that match the magazine's name.

There are also some minor issues with moderation federation, but I don't exactly want to specify here, because I'm worried it could be used maliciously.

That being said, I can't wait to see how /kbin will mature.

Even though this is a nice development, I'm pretty disappointed in the resources directed at Linux support. I'm considering dropping Proton soon.

Are you shore?

I've taken care of it. 🙂

This does not spark joy.

I'd imagine this will also be very problematic for non-celebrities from all sorts of backgrounds as well. The harassment potential is very concerning.

I'm okay just finding a niche community that aligns more with my perspective. Even if it didn't dent Reddit's numbers like many has hoped, more people have joined here much more quickly than I would've thought. While it also may be a hindrance to some, I think it's quite fascinating being a part of a rapidly expanding community going through growing pains. I have no idea how this will pan out, but I'm glad I'm here for the ride.

I hope you're not refusing to clean the cat's litter box because neglect is a form of abuse. I feel sorry for the cat.

Happy to hear you're getting some time in for yourself. The constant updates have been a joy, but downtime is important too.

Congrats on pushing out the update! Liking what I see so far. Can't wait to see what else is in store.

edit: I mentioned this in a separate thread, but I was wondering if we'll also be getting a changelog from yourself or another user? The posts have been very nice to have, but I wouldn't want to impose an unnecessarily large workload onto a single person.

kbin has this -- the feature is called collections. https://kbin.social/magazines/collections

you can make public ones that others can follow, or private ones to make curated feeds for yourself.

AMD has served me well since I've started actively using Linux.

This joke made me subscribe to the magazine, well done

Do you have any favorites that have significantly improved your instance experience?

• @kbinDevlog -- transparency and continuous updates were probably the biggest thing for me. Thank you @Ernest.
• Transfer of abandoned magazines
• Request for magazine moderator
• #Collections
• Improved account and magazine deletion
• Anti-spam protections
• #Crosspost function

Regarding Collections: I'm wondering if it might be useful to allow transfer ownership of collections as well? Probably low priority, but this could be useful if:

• The owner becomes inactive

1. A #kbin magazine or #lemmy community becomes problematic + has inactive moderators
2. Other magazines/communities become more/less relevant over time, thus the collection needing adjustments

Re 1:

• Could be mitigated on kbin magazines due to magazine ownership transfers, however, may pose an issue on federated magazines from lemmy
• Also could be mitigated by the creation of a new collection, hence probably low priority

Re 2:

• Could be low priority in regard to certain magazines/communities becoming inactive over time, however, the chance to miss out on discussions and threads should possibly be considered
• However, this is also mitigated by also creating new collections -- I just think people generally like to avoid migrating when followings settle in.

Transferring collection ownership could also be excessive/unnecessary? Thoughts? Does the status of an official collection change automatically based on the user count?

Also regarding collections: After following a collection -- going to a collection's page and attempting to unfollow is described as "delete". This may give off the wrong impression to unfamiliar users. Perhaps "unfollow", or "unfavorite" may be better suited? I also wonder if it may be more appropriate to have favorited collections appear at the top of the collections view so users can quickly find the collections they follow in order to avoid being buried by the popular ones. This could also potentially be solved by giving subscribed collections its own tab in the navbar next to magazines? Is that perhaps too many tabs in the navbar?

Anyways, thank you so much Ernest. I know some people were unhappy about /kbin's development progress for awhile, but I'm really glad I stuck with it. Despite the challenges that came your way, watching you get back into the swing of things and /kbin's growth has been a joy to be a part of. The consistent communication and having our feedback be heard is also a big plus. As always, looking forward to what else is on the way.

Edit: Also, really glad to hear you're prioritizing sustainability, balance, and a strong foundation for the future. I hope you're able to get the support you're looking for, so you can give this project the time and effort you think it deserves. It's clear you care a lot about this project.

This is awesome, OP. I've crossposted this to @linguistics to give you a little more visibility. Cheers.

The only thing I wish was 1 click less is viewing images/videos.

When you want to check out an image/video post, there's a little icon to the left of the comments underneath the title of the post. You can click on that to view the image/video without needing to open the thread. :)

Cheers, happy to help. The energy in this post is heartwarming as well. Thank you for the update, as well as your hard work.

Just one person's opinion here--I'd say post if you feel inclined to. People willing to post at all, let alone post original content are in short supply. That said, nice piece, and I hope to see more.