Also the mobile site has a baffling UI that I think is completely unusable. I can't even understand how to navigate it so unless you let me use the proper site this is a non starter.
Something I noticed is that, on mobile, the kbin logo in the upper left corner opens the menu next to it instead of going back to the main page. You have to hit the house icon in the menu. It isn't obvious that you are in a menu when that happens.
I noticed the same thing just now, this is my first time using it on mobile. Not a big deal whatsoever, but my brain basically ignored the house icon for a minute. Still really liking the experience so far though!
Thanks for keep things running well. Is the DDOS mitigation confirmed to be causing federation issues or is it speculation at this point? How does Mastodon deal with it?
Edit: Are you able to create a rule to bypass the check for logged in users?
I know I can't find any kbin.social posts from my mastodon instance. DDoS protections break federation because typically they can't differentiate server to server traffic from malicious.
Can you point me to documentation to deploy kbin natively on linux? I know there's a well documented docker installation guide, but I was looking for something native to Linux. I've successfully got postmill going until I realized it's not (yet?) part of the the fediverse. postmill and kbin share very similar UI and I wanted to try out the deployment of kbin for evaluation before eventually(hopefully) rolling an instance out
Thanks for the update, it’s very welcome as a new user!
Have you published anywhere a something like a vision statement or a roadmap that would help me understand how kbin differs from Lemmy and how those differences might will change in the future?
Ahh, is this why I keep getting asked to prove I'm human? I wasn't sure if that was because my VPN was doing something goofy or if the site's just getting hammered with new users (like myself).
Yeah I started getting those captchas after the DDoS protection got switched on, using a VPN on both. Have had the same thing on a few sites using a VPN, minor cost for the whole site not getting knocked out though.
New arrival and (probably like many others) I want to understand: how is kbin like reddit? Specifically, how does one create or find or participate in sub-kbins. I want to find/create/read/comment on the topic of, say, "off grid" or "CDR" or "astronomy". I'll get back to the topic of funding support later . . . ;)
This is confusing to people familiar with Reddit, because on Reddit a thread is a top-level comment on a post. Here, it seems that there are three distinct objects: Threads, microblogs (posts?) and comments (threads).
I'd agree with all of these, especially the list of subscribed magazines. I often like to just scroll a particular topic, so being able to get to it easily would be great. Personally, I'd like to see some configuration options on the sidebar - I can see the use for the random magazines/threads panels, but would much rather have my subscriptions there.
Another enhancement I'd like to see is separating out the "Auto media preview" option between feeds and posts. I want to see media when I open a post without having to expand it with the little icon, but showing the media in feeds can often make the feed a little chaotic. Another option here might be to limit the size of the media preview in the feed, obscuring it after so many pixels with a "click to see more" option.
One that some might not agree with, but I'd like to see an option for - open external links in a new tab. I find that I lose my place in a feed if I have to click back after visiting a link, or I accidentally shut the tab down after reading. I do like the infinite scroll option though, much appreciated compared to Lemmy's UI.
But overall it feels like a lot more polished experience than Lemmy currently.
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