Are there any add ons for Kbin or any existing features within it that would let me filter out posts based on selected keywords? So if I didn't ever want to read any posts that mentioned bitcoin or covid for example, does anyone know of a way to achieve that on kbin? Sort of how RES could do that on reddit.
Would Anyone Be Interested In Joining an un-federated Lemmy instance?
We are NOT federated with the rest of lemmy.
The reason is safety issues when it comes to weirdos posting disgusting crap and it's just chilling on your server.
Our admin team doesn't want that liability.
We're down to earth.
One advantage with no federation, is that we welcome you to post content youve created. Like memes or funny videos.
As long as you're chill, posting in the appropriate community, we're not going to lay the hammer on you. Or take down your post over dumb stuff.
Lastly, you should join our Instance if you feel your values align with ours. It's important to note, the we understand at the end of the day, lemmy is just a hobby.
We don't have a desire to be, we'll, tyrants. People disagree and we get that. Not everyone thinks the same or believes the same things, that's just the truth.
We're just regular people like anybody else and want a place where we can actually be ourselves and not walk on eggshells.
If you feel we might be a fit for you, feel free to sign up or message me with any questions.
Also, we understand the appeal that federation has for some folks. I'm not trying to push the idea that being standalone is better. If that's not for you. We totally get that and hope you find a lemmy server that better suits your needs.
As someone using both kbin and hubzilla, would you mind telling me a little about the differences, and pros and cons from a user perspective? I haven't been able to find a hubzilla instance with open registration, but I'm interested in standing up an instance of either hubzilla or kbin.
Thanks!
Also, can't figure out how to DM or microblog without posting to a magazine, so apologies if this isn't an exact fit for/ askkbin
This isn't an answer to your main question, but /m/random is the collection of things that aren't in an actual magazine, so posting there would essentially be not posting to a magazine.
I can't seem to interact with Mastodon posts from my Kbin account?
I haven't used this platform since the mass migration a few months ago. I thought I would give it another try.
Back then the main reason I chose Kbin over Lemmy was I was under the impression that Kbin would allow me to partake in both Lemmy and Mastodon.That it would combine a Twitter and Reddit experience into one login. Is that not the case? Do I also need a Mastodon account to respond to posts on Mastodon instances?
This Fediverse platform is still as confusing as it was months ago. Likely I just need a little further guidance.
@slybird You should be able to view, post, and interact with Mastodon posts (and posts from similar platforms) by clicking the Microblog tab in the header. If you want to view both Reddit-style threads and microblog posts, click the All Content tab.
Unfortunately, microblogging on Kbin is quite buggy due to poor federation (i.e., connection with other instances like Mastodon sites, Lemmy sites, etc.). The Kbin developer has been working on better infrastructure for handling federation with Lemmy instances, Mastodon instances, other Kbin instances, etc. Hopefully that those improvements fix most of the issues with microblogging, but we'll have to see.
You can follow the progress of Kbin's development over at @kbinDevlog. The dev posts there about every day.
I pay for Spotify for 7 years or so now and i'm so sick of all the ads. After every update there seems to be an: oops, sorry, you have ads now. Podcasts are filled with ads. I was just listening to a podcast where they shoved in 3 ads mid-sentence. How long until musicians put ads in their songs. I'm just so sick of it.
Sorry I’m responding to such an old question, but it seemed like there wasn’t an answer.
So when you make an http request (which you do every time you download a podcast episode), the request includes your IP address as part of the headers; it’s called “remote address,” and it’s a part of every http request that’s made on the internet. In fact, it has to be, as this is how responses are directed back to your device.
Now, this isn’t perfect, but there are code libraries that can take that IP and fetch your location from a GeoIP database. It won’t get your pin-drop location unless you’re connected to Wi-Fi at a place with a known IP, but it can pretty generally figure out what cell tower or broadband ISP you’re connected to; that’ll usually get within 50 miles or so. Easy enough to get your state if you’re in the US, and probably even your city.
So when you request an episode from a podcast using dynamic ad insertion, the server does that lookup, figures out where you’re from, and then chooses ads to insert: local ones if there are any, general ones if not. Then it loads up the local ads into the audio file, hopefully into preselected gaps in the audio. (And honestly, most servers actually pre-cache a bunch of these for big cities where there are a lot of subscribers.) Then they send the podcast, with ads inserted, to your phone.
Sometimes this gets weird; if you download a podcast while on vacation, for instance, or over a VPN (I’m almost always connected to a VPN, so I rarely get any local ads), or if you subscribe through a service that precaches your podcasts before your phone downloads them, so it’s their IP address that starts this process rather than yours. And if it’s really bizarre, you might not get any ads at all; this has happened to me on a few podcasts. They just throw to sponsors and immediately come back. That’s kinda nice.
Hello all! Me and my friend are two girls from Kosovo who will be coming to the island next summer (summer '24) as J1 students. We have already found a job that will sponsor us, but unfortunately they don't provide housing. I'm writing this to ask if any of you know where or how we can find affordable and safe (keep in mind, we are two young students) housing for the duration of the summer season (May through September). Thank you in advance!