Going to be a big moment in internet history, how we decide to handle this will shape how the internet is used and content is consumed for the next decade
I get it's like an aggregate of sites, but is it like it's own network kind of thing, where each site pulls from each other, or more like each site is a home, with windows to see into the other homes? and is it exclusive to just social media, or are there other uses for it?
I feel like I just got the hang of it, so here let me try:
Imagine you live in a city (the internet). There are a bunch of good samaritans who have built massive houses (instances like kbin.social, mastodon.social, Lemmy.world, peertube etc.) that can host tons of people and also give you the construction plan for the houses, so you can choose to make your own kbin.bustanutella if you want to. Just because you're in a different house than your friends doesn't mean you can't communicate or interact with them. You don't even need to be a member of the same house to interact with them or any posts from their home. All that needs to happen is that both your house and your friends house need to agree to open their windows to each other, which is pretty standard as instances usually federate with each other freely unless an instance does something bad (spam, violating ToS, etc.)
So now, when your friend takes a shit on the floor of his house (makes a post), you get to see it and interact with it from the comfort of your own home. To interact with your friends, you would go to your own home and look through the window (login on your instance and search for the community URL or friend URL)
From all the use cases so far, it does seem like it is social media right now, but I don't see why it can't expand to other areas once adopted by enough people.
As a reddit migrator myself, I ended up here because it seems like the best open source version of reddit. But I have a few bugs and problems that I can't find a solution:...
You can change it under the gear icon on the right side of the page (it's located toward the top of the page, right under your user name) , and change the endless scrolling toggle to on
I see that you can change your feed to only what you’re subscribed to, but I’m pretty used to checking specific subreddits on reddit on the favorites page for Apollo — can’t seem to find a way to do the same with kbin...
Welcome Reddit refugees! With Reddit subs going dark, I figured it'd be nice to have somewhere we can go for football/soccer related links and discussions....
I'm not sure I understand why "Threads" and "Microblogs" are separate entities in kbin. From my understanding, "Threads" are like Reddit's link/image posts and "Microblogs" are like text posts. Why are these only viewable in separate tabs? It seems like a bad thing to completely separate certain content from the same Magazine and make it unable to view everything at once. Am I misunderstanding something?
@bleuy007 From what i understand a post is a tweet that goes out to other sites across the fediverse as a text post, a thread goes out as a link that you share on the other sites.
On here posts are kinda like the "daily discussion" threads on subreddits.
I remember reading a similar question regarding mastodon and the answer was that the code is open source, every instance, server, community can download a copy of it and customize their experience. The Kbin admin or anyone else does not own all the servers that host the vast number of instances. So even if they were to sell the already open source code, or threaten to pull the plug on the project, the code is available for everyone to just continue like nothing happened, and for the community to take over and develop it how they see fit.
Users would login using the instance they created their account on. For example you’d go to Gmail.com to access your Gmail account. The great part about fediverse is that once they are logged in over there they will be able to see all posts from communities they are subscribed to.
For people who want to view without logging in, they can just go to any instance’s landing page, doesn’t have to be the .social one, it should ideally show mostly the same front page if all the same instances are federated with it.
I get that most of the magazines right now have been created on .social, which is why it’s more important that new users be directed to other instances so magazines can be formed across various instances.
Love it here on this flagship server for #Kbin, but question: maybe we should find two other well-run, well-hosted servers to recommend to #Reddit users tomorrow and the next few days to avoid a crush of traffic on this one?...
We should ideally not reccomend a server and instead direct them to the launch page so that they can pick their own instance. This will allow us to balance the influx as well as put in safeguards against any instance owner ever pulling a u/spez
William Saliba to sign new four-year contract at Arsenal; 22-year-old has been first-team regular for Mikel Artetas side after spending previous two seasons on loan with Marseille and Nice; Salibas existing deal had barely 12 months remaining
How to Kill a Decentralised Network (such as the Fediverse) (ploum.net)
cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/719121...
The Denver Nuggets win Game 5 of the NBA Finals and the first NBA Championship in franchise history!!!
Congrats Denver!!! 🎉🥳🎉
ELI5 the Fediverse
I get it's like an aggregate of sites, but is it like it's own network kind of thing, where each site pulls from each other, or more like each site is a home, with windows to see into the other homes? and is it exclusive to just social media, or are there other uses for it?
[Tips] Here are some shortcuts for your old reddit habits
Your list of subs, in a grid make sure you set it to private...
Please, I need help to understand the interface of kbin
As a reddit migrator myself, I ended up here because it seems like the best open source version of reddit. But I have a few bugs and problems that I can't find a solution:...
Is there a way to view the LIST of magazines i’m subscribed to on kbin?
I see that you can change your feed to only what you’re subscribed to, but I’m pretty used to checking specific subreddits on reddit on the favorites page for Apollo — can’t seem to find a way to do the same with kbin...
Arsenal expect Reiss Nelson to sign new long term deal this week. Agreement in principle reached on four year contract with option for further season. ⚪️🔴 #AFC He received bids from Italian, French and also English clubs. (twitter.com)
Nothing new from Romano as usual
Can we make a habit around here to post directly the tweet/comment/article instead of posting a screenshot to it
I'm sorry to post this here, this might be the wrong place so please redirect me to a more appropriate magazine....
Welcome to /m/soccer!
Welcome Reddit refugees! With Reddit subs going dark, I figured it'd be nice to have somewhere we can go for football/soccer related links and discussions....
What would happen if kbin's admin (ernest), or any other admin of a server( by that I mean Mastodon, Lemmy, not an instance of kbin) one day decided he's going to pull a spez?
For kbin in particular, what would happen to an instance's Magazines(subreddits), the communities would just go poof?...
Question: best #kbin server to recommend to users tomorrow?
Love it here on this flagship server for #Kbin, but question: maybe we should find two other well-run, well-hosted servers to recommend to #Reddit users tomorrow and the next few days to avoid a crush of traffic on this one?...
Two missing features in kbin: Collapse comments and quick preview of images/videos
While using kbin, I realized that I keep going back to a Lemmy instance because it lacks two important features Lemmy (and Reddit) have:...
William Saliba agrees new Arsenal contract in principle: Defender to pen new four-year deal at Emirates (www.skysports.com)
William Saliba to sign new four-year contract at Arsenal; 22-year-old has been first-team regular for Mikel Artetas side after spending previous two seasons on loan with Marseille and Nice; Salibas existing deal had barely 12 months remaining