At the moment the flagship instance is getting hammered. Especially since the /r/KBinMigration subreddit got banned and that hit the news sites. Using it now it seems plenty quick though it's running behind DDoS protection so the federation isn't working so well.
I don't think I'm alone in being more than a little skeptical of this. I'm here because the fediverse is an alternative to centralized corporate social media that still retains many of the benefits of the centralized platforms (i.e., i don't have to log on to 50 different forums). Meta is the polar opposite of the principles that make the fediverse attractive
could someone explain me how to subscribe to magasine that are not on kbin. I'm on kbin.social and when I clic on a link that is on Lemmy I can't subscribe, I need to log into Lemmy.
This is so annoying and doesn't provide a good user experience. Normal users just want easy access and one community platform. At least reddit does that well. Normal people won't sign up this if it's so weird to be across multiple sites and using those "codes". Why don't they just make it easy..
I can't say for sure about kbin because I'm a Lemmy user, but you can try copying the link (https://sh.itjust.works/c/funny) and pasting it into the search of your instance (kbin.social).
It’s a good list! But can these be linked in a way that anyone in any instance can click it navigate through? Rather than having to manually change the links each time or go back to the instance search tools and do that one at a time?
"Embrace, Extend, Extinguish" yet again, I'm guessing? Defederate them. Nothing good comes out of Big Tech occupying FOSS technologies to turn a profit.
@Andreas There is no evidence that is a real thing. Either the technology wasn't profitable for the big tech company, like XMPP, or big tech uses it in everything, like RSS, but normies just don't like to use it. If Meta join and then close itself into a silo it's the fediverse's fault.
Why would it be the fediverse's fault to not welcome Meta? They're the company behind the most privacy-invasive social media that currently exists. They would most certainly abuse federation to mine user data, push ads and fill the federated network with spambots like email networks. Then introduce a spam filter for their platform to force everyone else to use the Meta platform or remain on the bot-infested fediverse. Just nip it in the bud and reject corporate takeover attempts on the fediverse.
@Andreas The answer is that if it's worth it for Meta to pull out it means the fediverse isn't successfull at the things it needs to be successfull at. Email the closest equivalent which is a success, and it will never make sense for a email provider to pull out, which is what the fediverse needs to achieve.
You and I have different definitions of success for the fediverse. To me, a successful fediverse (I'm specifically referring to federated social media, not communication in general) is one with a healthy number of human users providing high-quality contributions. It doesn't have to kill and replace centralized social media or become extremely profitable. Leave corporate social media around so the spambots and people who prefer to be force-fed advertising and rage bait can stay there.
A decentralized communication protocol like Nostr would definitely be nice to see for instant messaging, but that's not social media.
Noble goal, but "most people" don't want to be empowered. If they're led somewhere by Meta and stay with Meta, they're still under Meta's control. The average Gmail user is not empowered and free from Google just because email is a decentralized protocol.
That's right. You have to be aware of this, when registering on Beehaw or Lemmy.one. If you want to create a community on Lemmy, make sure, that your instance has Create community option on top bar.
Hey thanks for this! I’m new to this Fediverse stuff and it’s a lot to absorb, so this post is super helpful. I just subscribed to a bunch of communities. Trying to recreate my old (now deleted) Reddit home feed, if you will. xD
Yea . I went from Reddit to Lemmy to Kbin in the space of a day. Trying to find a good fediverse alt for Reddit.
Also its really funny seeing "Cup Of Tea" used since I run Cupoftea.social on Mastodon
I've signed up for both. It took me 2 days of frequent attempts to for my sign up button click to finally go through. It was just getting stuck there with the circle spinning. However, kbin was near instant. I also have greater success when posting to kbin. However, I'm still trying out both.
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