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What are some kbin or Lemmy alternatives to common Reddit subs?

I'll certainly miss r/unexpected, r/guitarlearning, r/damnthatsinteresting, r/historymemes and many more

Hopefully this can turn into a useful thread for everyone looking to replace Reddit with a close enough experience, and maybe even a better one once it gains traction

Here are some I have found:

  • m/TodayILearned
  • m/showerthoughts
  • m/mechanicalkeyboards
  • Memes@lemmy.ml
  • Gaming@beehaw.org
  • Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml
  • Rust Programming@lemmy.ml
  • Technology@beehaw.org
cura,
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@jonah curated a short list Looking for cool communities?

EnglishMobster, (edited )
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Up top, if you hit "Magazines" it gives you a list of magazines on Kbin, sorted by subscriber count. You can find recreations of common Reddit communities here. There's also a search function to look for a particular magazine. These are the ones you mentioned:

As for other suggestions, I'm a bit biased. I moderated /r/Disneyland on Reddit, and I've recreated it here on Kbin alongside some of the original mod team: @Disneyland (mobile link). I didn't moderate /r/modeltrains... but I saw there wasn't any model train communities on here, so I decided to create @modeltrains (mobile link).

As far as things I don't moderate, here's a bunch of cool communities I've found here on Kbin. Note that Kbin magazines are case-sensitive (something I'd wish they'd change):

If you see something in here you like but there's no content in it - content comes from users like you!

Be the change you wish to see. Contribute something - anything - to get the community going. If everyone pitches in soon enough communities will start thriving.

sickcodebruh,

Is there a quick explanation for why mobile links are necessary? I browse entirely from my phone and have noticed that @ links don’t work unless I press and hold to open in a new tab. Perhaps some sort of JS-powered preloading behavior that’s intended to trigger on hover prior to click?

EnglishMobster,
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I'm not sure. I've seen people use /m/ as well (so /m/modeltrains for example) but I'm not sure if that works either. It seems inconsistent.

cyberian_khatru,
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At the moment, you need to manually add the hyperlink when linking magazines. It's in the list of issues for the project.

JoshHolme,

You mentioned Federation is off. Why’s that?

HeartyBeast,
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To reduce the load on a small server suddenly inundated with users. I'm surprised Earnest managed to keep it working at all, to be honest

Nougat,

I think it's because of the overwhelming increase in traffic and server load. I saw a sidebar where the person operating kbin has managed to get all the new accounts approved, but is trying to add server capacity. Stormy seas, batten down the hatches.

EnglishMobster,
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Cloudflare is currently enabled to help balance the traffic while the site is under heavy load. A side effect of that is that federation can be blocked by Cloudflare since the federation protocol is interpreted as a bot AFAIK.

xylan,

It's not exactly.off.but at the moment cloudflare ddos protection is turned on to keep the site stable and that's restricting traffic from other sites enough to effectively break federation.

HeartyBeast,
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I've created @unintentionalASMR if anyone is interested - a whole 3 videos on there at the moment :)

hempster,
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For some reason, as soon as I click @unexpected or any other magazine in your post for that matter, I get 404 redirected to https://kbin.social/u/@unexpected It should be https://kbin.social/m/unexpected@lemmy.ml

EnglishMobster, (edited )
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Yeah, it seems to be different behavior on mobile and desktop which is weird. It is a lot of work to make so many mobile links, but I will go through and do it at some point...

EDIT: 15 minutes later, it's done. ;)

onceuponaban,
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Strangely enough I'm on desktop and get the same issue, so I need to use the "mobile" links as well or right click and open in a new tab.

zzzthelastuser,

Note that Kbin magazines are case-sensitive

No. Fucking. Way!?! The site is doomed to fail if they don't fix it soon while reddit is still down and users are interested in alternatives.

Fatalchemist,
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Seems many things are case sensitive. I believe usernames are, as well. Not sure if it's a fediverse standard or what, though. I'm not going to call doom on the site for that. It's still better than reddit.

BootlegHermit,

Regarding the "wallpapers" community... I get why they have the rules they do... but the rules aren't very conducive to sharing wallpapers like we normally would. Looks like it's trying to get all OC posts, rather than sharing neat ones we find across the web.

For context as of today (June 13th) they have "You must own or have the right to share any wallpapers you post. Include the source in a comment. Posts without a source will be deleted. Copyright violations will result in a ban." as a rule.

EnglishMobster,
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Fair enough - admittedly that's on me for not reading their rules. ;)

fsck-y,

I believe the rules are similar to how you’re hoping it would be.

From what I understand you can post OC or something free to share from somewhere online. If it’s not OC then you can post but need to link a source. If it’s copyrighted material not meant to be shared then it’s not allowed.

Romdeau4,
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Once federation is turned back on, will the magazine list show the federated magazines and their subscriber count too? Or is that list local to this instance only?

Ignacio,
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It only shows the subscribers that belong to this instance. But yes, every federated magazine will be shown.

reflex, (edited )
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Maybe this doesn't matter, but if magazines are unique between instances, how will we know if we are patronizing the most active magazine? E.g., Lemmy has, I dunno, @factorio, and Kbin has @factorio, is there an easy way to tell which one is more active?

Further, I saw a diagram floating around that suggested that magazines between different instances of Kbin are also unique. E.g., @factorio @kbin.social is unique from @factorio @fedia.io? Isn't that the same fragmentation as accessing different forums?

Wouldn't mind an ELI5.

Ignacio,
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The only way to tell which is more active is by seeing when posts where published, how much posts there are...

About fragmentation, I've a good example. Let's suppose that there are two instances, beehaw.org and lemmygrad.ml. Both of them has a community about China. The first one, you can post anything about China. The second one, nothing against Chinese government. Every server has their own rules, some are more extrict and some are more free. It depends.

Larvitar,
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@EnglishMobster most of those links just go to 404

Edit: nevermind, if I open them in a new tab they work, weird

@unexpected @guitar @damnthatsinteresting @historymemes @Disneyland @modeltrains @memes @ELI5 @DnD @pathfinder2e @Futurology @worldnews @pokemon @factorio @Satisfactory @LEGO @Starwars @starwarsmemes @showerthoughts @TodayILearned @oddlysatisfying @Cats @3DPrinting @functionalprint @MildlyInfuriating @mildlyinteresting @interestingasfuck @LifeProTips @Funny @Disney @VintageDisney @OldSchoolCool @vexillology @vexillologycirclejerk @lotr @steam @photoshopbattles @CatastrophicFailure @wholesome @politics @crusaderkings @boardgames @wallpapers @TikTokCringe @anarchychess @iByteABit @DnDMemes @Gifs

zzzthelastuser,

@EnglishMobster most of those links just go to 404

Edit: nevermind, if I open them in a new tab they work, weird

Same here! Weird

Fatalchemist,
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I'm thankful for these comments because I had the same issue and opening in new tabs worked.

eatmoregreenfood,
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Can you add
Http://kbin.social/m/tvsuggestions

TwistedFox,

Seems like if you click on it directly, kbin reformats overrides the link and looks for a user profile (https://kbin.social/u/@unexpected@lemmy.ml) whereas if you open it in a new tab, it correctly navigates to the magazine (https://kbin.social/m/unexpected@lemmy.ml). Probably something in the kbin markdown itself.

MewMew,

Idk where to ask this, so asking here, what is the next step after the two day blackout? Will subreddits stay dark if reddit refuses to make any changes?

exohuman,
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Some will stay dark and some will not. It all depends on the subreddit.

lbc1357,

Some have gone to indefinite blackouts, while others say they’re coming back online.

EnglishMobster,
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A list of subreddits remaining dark indefinitely is being made.

There's a few hundred of them, including big ones like /r/aww and /r/videos. There's also popular ones like /r/perfectlycutscremes, /r/lotrmemes, /r/murderedbywords, /r/Nintendo, /r/Hearthstone, etc. There will be a full list soon.

Many other subs are watching to see what the majority opinion is before making a move.

One subreddit has been taken out of the protest, /r/AdviceAnimals. The head mod got removed by Reddit admins and the remaining mods re-opened the sub, deleting all the protest posts. It's unclear what prompted this, and whether it was something Reddit admins did at the request of the other mods or not.

MewMew,

Any idea if the mods are keeping contact with each other and planning to move to a common platform?

EnglishMobster, (edited )
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Many mods participating in the protest are talking to each other in a shared Discord ran by the protest organizers.

We had some talks last week about making a shared platform. At the end of the day, there are a few problems:

  • Nobody can agree on a platform. No platform meets the needs of a community 100% of the time, and a lot of the mods are refusing to back down. Kbin was eliminated because none of the mods were able to make an instance and the API for existing instances is only returning error codes. Tildes was eliminated because it wasn't designed to be run by anyone other than Deimos. People don't like the politics of Lemmy and don't want to indirectly support them by using their tech. Squabbles is closed-source and just another Reddit waiting to happen. Making our own thing will take months in the best-case.

  • It's unclear where funding will come from. We could pool our resources to an extent, but these subs have millions of users. Kbin is struggling with 22k users. Even if we assume that only 30% of users make the jump - a sub of 1 million users would have 300k join the new site. There is no place out there that could reasonably sustain such a load.

  • It's hard to meet the needs of every community. NSFW folks wanna be included too - that limits where the server can be hosted, and makes us legally liable for all kinds of anti-pornography laws all over the world. People want a wiki and an API and AutoMod etc.

It's very complicated. The more talks we have the more obvious it is to me that we will never reach consensus. It sucks but that's the truth.

naunan,

It will just end up in people going back to reddit after the protest... But maybe it can be a long term goal to switch to another platform like kbin. But i really doubt it will work.

BlackCoffee, (edited )
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Yup.

The problem is that people are searching for an instant 1on1 replacement for Reddit.

Well it isn't there (yet), nor will anything like it come to existence anymore in the way Reddits structure is now.

Edit;
I see that the EthFinance peeps are setting up and instance and I can actually access it already.

JasSmith, (edited )

Reddit changed their policy yesterday with this post.

We also want to reiterate that we respect your decisions to do what’s best for your community, and will do what we can to ensure you're safe while doing so. However, we do expect that these decisions have been made through consensus, and not via unilateral action. We ask that you strive to ensure that your moderator team is aligned on community decision-making – regardless of what decisions are being made. If you believe that your community or another community is being subject to decisions made by a sole moderator without buy-in from the broader mod team, you can let us know via the Moderator Code of Conduct form above.

It's old fashioned union busting tactics. Try to foment internal discord and break the strike. Until yesterday, the head mod was king and could do whatever they wanted. Administrators have upheld this standard for literally 15 years. Interesting how radically it changed yesterday.

BlackCoffee,
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What a load of horse manure from reddit.

So if there are communities who are much in favor to blacking out indefinitely and 1 mod decides otherwise because "reasons" does that mean that they will remove the mod to make sure that the community and mod team can actually black out?

I know the answer of course.

Skray,
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Reddit doesn't care who mods a sub, just as long as the sub is up and they can have activity. They'll give it to whoever has a pulse and asks for it.

onceuponaban,
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And given how many mod account are actually active, they seem to be flexible on that first requirement.

Otome-chan,
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can confirm. been a mod on reddit for a long time and it was always very clear that head mod decided how things went, and there was a hierarchy of mods. now it seems they just decided to throw that out the window?

Fatalchemist,
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Well of course. Now that other mods likely requested action to be done, reddit saw a perfect opportunity to lessen the blow of the blackout by diminishing the lead mod's role.

I see more and more reasons to not go back even if api pricing changes.

Also, side note: I am surprised at how big that subreddit still is. Sucks for the head mod to have the rules changed on them.

kurgal,

Working on /m/Artificia. A magazine for artificial intelligence related contents. Come join me in building this community together.

I also run

calixte,

I just created /m/silksong for any discussions about Hollow Knight: Silksong!

VulcanSphere, (edited )
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Vulcan is managing several magazines, mostly anime/manga and motorsport

KnittingTrekker,
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There is also:
/m/maliciouscompliance
/m/revenge

Otome-chan,
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I'm the mod over at /r/GirlGames and created @GirlGames here on kbin :)

gryffindor,
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Very cool! Glad to see more people make it over and create magazines

CodeInvasion,

I've created /m/financialindependence for the Financial Independence / Retire Early (FI/RE) community. A great place to discuss investment strategies to build wealth for early retirement, and where's I started when learning to invest several years ago.

screwballll,
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/m/cscareerquestions

Datsourdo,
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I made /m/baking (food, not weed)

minnieo,
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what about baking weed INTO food?

Datsourdo,
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Yeah, I suppose that fits!

jinno,

I'm hoping that /m/OnePiece can grow into a pretty big and active crew, despite Oda being on hiatus this month.

Sammich,
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I started /m/onepiecespoilers for the inevitable withdrawals.

cjerrington,
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I'm running the following:

I have a an interest in these two topics and write about them on my website too. Even on the Reddit, I had good input in from those groups as well.

I've also seen a few others floating around on lemmy instances.

crossmr,

I'd actually started @SoILearned as an alternative to TodayILearned before noticing someone recreated that one here. There were a number of fact subs like that on Reddit, but it's a good idea to have rules and standards for it otherwise the submissions turn into a bit of a mess.

missingno,
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I'm running /m/splatoon, /m/fgc, and /m/mahjong. Not too much there yet but I hope to see more activity!

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