CROSSPOST to a helpful beginners guide to Kbin (the link takes you to a different Kbin instance). Sorry if I did this wrong, I have no idea if there is a proper way to crosspost. Please let me know if there is.
I have a question. I clicked the link to kilioa and read the faq. When I wanted to upvote it, it asked me to login. But I’m already logged in here on kbin.social. Am I going to need to create an account on every instance of kbin? That feels way too cumbersome.
Hey! And no, you don't need to create a login to each instance to upvote/comment.
I'll copy paste my previous answer on another thread in a moment:
Edit: here it is:
Hey, that's not an article by me, just crossposting it here :) and the link takes you to a different Kbin instance (not kbin.social), but since kbin is part of the fediverse (and so is kilioa), you can actually find the same post on kbin.social and upvote it here. Heres the link to post on kbin.social: https://kbin.social/m/kbinMeta/t/11493/A-small-FAQ-to-hopefully-help-new-users-to-kbin
I know this is fediverse stuff is confusing, but you'll get the hang of it as you explore, no worries!
The reason why I posted the link to the original thread on kbin instance kilioa.org instead of the kbin.social one is due to this whole federation thing being a bit broken right now (temporary measures to help the developer of kbin deal with loads of new traffic on this site), so the updated/edited kilioa.org thread "did not yet arrive" to kbin.social.
The same post on here, kbin.social, is the "original" post from kilioa.org. Usually this whole federation-thing makes sure that when the OP updates the post on their instance, it will be updated here too. They are kind of "mirrored". But yeah sadly right now the federation is bit broken temporarily. I wanted everyone to see the updated version which was posted originally on kilioa.org.
Hope I explained it clearly enough, this whole fediverse took me awhile to understand too.
Thank you for being so welcoming. I know large influxes of new users can disrupt small communities. I appreciate how inviting and helpful everyone has been. :)
I'd be curious about that too. And agreed, love this platform and really looking forward to the developer making all the changes and features he has mentioned in different threads!
Also noticed how some of the niche subreddits have migrated to fediverse. I think we'll be fine.
As I explore this platform I like it more and more. It has great potential and the decentralization and integration rock. If more people join this I might ditch reddit altogether even if they concede.
Hey @tchambers (do pings notify the user?) would it be possible to sticky this crosspost? I've been trying to redirect people to here for help but the amount of comments from people who are lost is quite overwhelming.
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