/kbin RTR#8 The update of kbin.social and plans for the near future

Today, we managed to update the main instance. Everything should slowly return to normal. Now it's time for things that will be less visible but no less important. Currently, the priority will be interactions with other instances - limiting spam, improving communication in the fediverse (including moderation) in order not to add extra work for other admins. Following that, the release will come along with credits for specific features developed by contributors.

After that, I'll return to my roadmap. I've mentioned many times that kbin was a prototype - I focused more on the experience rather than technical solutions. It will be a time for code refactoring, query optimization, eliminating weak points, which will also help optimize the project's maintenance costs, ensuring its long-term development

Following that, there will be a lot of new features and integrations, about which I will write soon.

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daredevil, (edited )
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Congrats on pushing out the update! Liking what I see so far. Can't wait to see what else is in store.

edit: I mentioned this in a separate thread, but I was wondering if we'll also be getting a changelog from yourself or another user? The posts have been very nice to have, but I wouldn't want to impose an unnecessarily large workload onto a single person.

Pamasich, (edited )
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I looked through the codeberg commits and this is what I could gather:

  • Threads about the same article in multiple magazines are grouped together
  • Users can apply to be mods
  • Abandoned magazines can be taken over
  • Global/instance moderators
  • Accounts can be temporarily suspended
  • Magazine deletion
  • Comment textbox is at the top by default and can be moved
  • Magazine CSS can be disabled
  • Edited posts and comments are marked like on Reddit
  • API
  • Blocked magazines are filtered out of the dropdown when creating a new thread
  • Microblog posts can be pinned
  • Maximum character limits are displayed
  • Show Password button
  • The 'boost' text is colored when active
  • Account deletion button is more clear and obvious
  • Federation page listing defederated instances
    • Seems to not be enabled on kbin.social yet though?
  • Removed the "how to use the editor" button as it wasn't doing anything
  • Users can request their account activation email be resent
  • Users can customize the site's CSS in their settings
  • New option to disable avatars in comments
  • Improved email styling
  • Robots.txt (policy for search engine crawlers and chatgpt)
  • Logged out users cannot initiate federation with new users and magazines anymore
  • 2FA
  • Clearer wording for the direct link copy options
  • edit: New "open original url" option to directly open the url in a new tab rather than just copying the link
  • new: Optional Turbo mode, which changes the site so it has the speed of a single-page web application
daredevil,
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Awesome, thank you so much!

thisismissem,
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@ernest as always, feel free to reach out for help on moderation tooling design.

ernest,
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Thanks, as soon as I get a handle on the current mess, I know where to find you. I also forgot to mention the organization of the moderation team and the introduction of tools that will help breathe life into abandoned magazines. That's in the next few days.

Tarte,
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Thank you for your work!

improving communication in the fediverse

Does this include a solution for sync of upvotes but not downvotes? This regularly leads to kbin falsely displaying the most controversial comments in a thread from Lemmy as the most popular ones.

smoof,

I can't remember, but didn't posts show the link domain preview next to the title? It still shows in the magazine on all the posts, but not in the post itself. It would be nice to have that back.

Nominel,

That's really exciting! Thanks for all your work on the software and kbin.social.

theJWPHTER88,
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I didn't realize the update was already out, but here we are. And some niceties, too, as well as crossposting!?

ernest,
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This is not yet a full-fledged cross-posting mechanism. Rather, it's more like grouping posts - but it will be developed over time.

Talaraine,
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Still my favorite place in the Fediverse. Cheers to everyone contributing =)

donuts,
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Nice! Thanks for all your hard work.

krellor,

Thanks for all of your hard work!

theJWPHTER88,
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Remember, it's not just one diligent guy in all of this, working amidst the speed of time, delivering fine pastry as a patient bakery sibling twin would; it's all of us, in our own miniscule yet meaningful way forward.

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