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rideranton,
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kbin's API is coming soon! I've finished up all of the endpoints required for a useful API, so it will enter review soon! The PR is here

This will allow apps like @artemisapp to interact more effectively with kbin!

hariette,
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already got my own test instance with the changes running. THIS IS SUCH A KILLER KBIN FEATURE! You the boss!

franktaber,
@franktaber@mas.to avatar

@rideranton I am hopeful that I can follow kbin discussions from mastodon soon.

ernest, (edited )
ernest avatar

Hi, in this and probably the next week, I will be working on these tasks:

Today, I will be slightly less available as I am in the final stages of taking care of all the formalities, and I also had to handle a few personal matters. Starting tomorrow, I will be back at full capacity again. When this succeeds, in the next releases, I will focus more on frontend and accessibility.

ernest,
ernest avatar

We're experiencing massive delays on the queues today. We're actively working on a solution, and I think we're getting really close. Just wanted to let you know ;)

EROLoLICON,
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@ash I'll respond for him since I think he's really busy.
I'll quote him: "The name "kbin" comes from the Linux "/sbin" directory"
It's from a discussion he had in another thread which he personally linked to another user in the past:
https://karab.in/m/fediverse/p/217281/The-reason-for-the-strange-naming-and-uncomfortable-images-on#post-comment-311421

ash,

@EROLoLICON @ernest Super, thank you!! Forgive me for making u repeat him but I appreciate it :))

Preserve that page for posterity !!! 😝🩷

ernest,
ernest avatar

Oh man, it's the first time in my life I'm going to a meeting with friends with a laptop in my backpack. Give me a call if you need a server restart or smth ;-)

Osvaldoilustrador,
Osvaldoilustrador avatar

@ernest Yooo, I hope you have a good time, Ernest! =D

ada,
@ada@blahaj.zone avatar

I've had a few days playing around with kbin now, and I really can't say enough good things about it!

It's still very early beta, but it aggregates groups from friendica, gup.pe and chirp and handles them in a smart interface. It also has dedicated reddit like groups (called magazines) that are cross compatible with lemmy. And best of all, you can set up Calckey like antenna for each magazine. This means that not only can you see content explicitly posted to the magazine, but there is a separate tab for content automatically aggregated from the wider fediverse

I've already created a bunch of magazines simply because there aren't many there yet, but I look forward to handing them over to other people once the userbase grows

@ernest, what an amazing platform you're developing!

@kbinmeta

whiny9130,

How do @ernest and @nutomic coordinate the specs for Lemmy & Kbin to be able to talk to each other?

ernest,
ernest avatar

@whiny9130 I just responded to that in another thread :)

ernest,
ernest avatar

Now I really have to go to sleep.

tchambers,

@ernest

You earned it. Thank you for your service!

haubles,
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@ernest sweet dreams 🤗 you rock, Ernest!

ernest,
ernest avatar

Alright, it was a long night for me. But I'm going to bed fully satisfied. It seems like I've uncovered most of the issues that were only visible at this scale. I temporarily fixed critical things, and in two days, a update will be released that will preevnt such troubles for some time.

mAXorz,
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@ernest you’re the best! 💪

ernest,
ernest avatar

Hi @maegul, I just wanted to let you know. It's not perfect yet, but it's something I'll be working on in the coming months after the first release. Thanks for pointing it out, it's a relatively simple change, but it makes a significant difference in the overall experience.

https://kbin.social/sub/active
https://kbin.social/sub/microblog/active
https://kbin.social/sub/comments/active

Teppic,
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@ernest Woah, this makes a heck of a difference. That's powerful!
I love the way that kbin gives you far more options to sort the Microblog feed than, say, Mastodon.

Most popular posts (by people I'm subscribed to) from the last week. Go. Boom!

I love it!

ernest,
ernest avatar

@ContentConsumer9999 That is indeed the plan, but I want to do it properly on the new codebase.

unofficial_kbin_guide,

The Unofficial Guide to /kbin updated with better navigation and added images to the home page!
https://kbin.social/m/unofficial_kbin_guide/t/431615

melroy,
@melroy@mastodon.melroy.org avatar

@unofficial_kbin_guide for the most part we can actually copy and paste this guide to the official wiki page we have. 😉

unofficial_kbin_guide,

@melroy I am glad you like it!

ernest,
ernest avatar

Hey, I'll try to handle the abandoned magazines / transfers as quickly as possible. However, I need to automate this process because there are too many requests.

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@ernest Hello. After your done with this process, have you considered making a magazine called /m/kbinRequests where people can apply to takeover abandoned magazines? Thank you for your work.

cjerrington,
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@ernest I guess the other question, what determines an abandoned magazine? Will there be contact to the current owner to make a final decision?

ppptan,
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I don't know if it's possible to change now, but magazines being case-sensitive seems like a recipe for disaster

HarkMahlberg,
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Joeyfingis,

@ppptan yikes yeah that's gonna be a problem

rideranton, (edited )
rideranton avatar

I've submitted the second to last PR for review! This PR adds thread and thread comment retrieval, creation, deletion, editing, voting, reporting, and moderation functionality to the API! The last PR will be very similar to this one, except for microblogs!

Didn't you have the API 'complete' like 2 months ago?

Yes, but it did not have any tests written to verify that it worked. These PRs have been resolving that issue so that there can be at least some guarantees that the API works when it gets onto kbin.social and others

(Also, please remember to buy @ernest a coffee if you are able, he's been burning the candle at both ends to support kbin.social and deal with personal business)

ernest,
ernest avatar

We have a slight delay in the queues, but I need to balance smooth website performance and federations for now.

southsamurai,
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You do what you gotta do, homie. You're out there killin it

szczur,
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@ernest keep up a good work, mate.

DreamerOfImprobableDreams,
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This is the first time in years I've had trouble logging off of social media not because I'm too addicted to stop, but because I'm genuinely having fun. I'd almost forgotten what that felt like.

StableStackOfBricks,

@DreamerOfImprobableDreams I think at this point Im just really interested to see the new ways people are interacting and sharing info. I also love this evolution of people just posting to everyone in ways that aren't spammy or garbage!

Otome-chan,
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@DreamerOfImprobableDreams it's okay to have fun on the internet :)

Ozycaevias, (edited )
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How do Badges work? I setup some on /m/Utah and have tried adding them to threads, but there doesn't seem to be any sort of drop-down or autocomplete for them. And I don't see them show up anywhere on the thread pages.

What do Badges even do? I assumed they were like Flairs on Reddit, but now I have no idea.

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