/kbin - a few quick announcements

Good morning! :) Today I want to focus mainly on reviewing the pull requests you've submitted. There are many great things there that will help improve the kbin experience. That's amazing, thank you! I'm also in the final stages of sorting out the infrastructure-related formalities. Soon, the situation with the website's functionality should stabilize, and the traffic from the fediverse will gradually be restored. I've decided to delegate some tasks as I can no longer oversee everything at this stage. There are many offers of help for which I'm very grateful, and I haven't had a chance to respond to some of them yet because I only just saw them - a lot is happening, really.

As I mentioned before, new possibilities have emerged that I couldn't have imagined before. All of this is thanks to your support; you are incredible, and I thank you. That's why it's crucial for me to ensure transparency in everything we do and provide regular reports. I want to share as much information behind the scenes as possible. That's why it may seem like it's taking a long time, but I truly want to make the most of every cent.

Now, onto the bad news. I messed up.

The workload overwhelmed me, and I couldn't read all your messages. I will diligently work my way through them, but I need time.

The registration system is far from perfect, so from time to time, I manually verify and activate accounts whose activation links didn't arrive. Please check again later if you find yourself in such a situation.

The queue for account deletions is stuck. Manual fix is needed, which will be difficult until the infrastructure is moved. I have recorded all 230 account deleiton requests, and each one will definitely be deleted, but I also need time for that. I apologize for this. If someone wants their account to be immediately deleted, please send an email through the contact form starting with "DELETE MY ACCOUNT" - it will be easier for me to filter it out, and I will delete the account manually.

That's all from me. I'm going back to stirring the cauldron. Thank you for all the messages and kind words. Thank you for being here. Have a nice day!

Khalic,

Thank you so much for the work you’re doing, and take it easy, a burnout is no laughing matter

shoozi,
shoozi avatar

Thank you for creating this amazing project and enriching us all with it. Transparency to this extent is unusual and I think many will highly credit you with that.

cassetti,

Anyone else having a problem with notifications? I receive zero notifications about any post or comment I make here if someone comments on it. Dunno why but I only know people commented if I find my post or refresh it later....... is this a setting I'm missing?

ernest,
ernest avatar

@cassetti Currently, only notifications with user mentions seem to be working. I will try to fix that today.

cassetti,

@ernest phew ok thank you - I thought I was going crazy hahaha Keep up the amazing work

dominoko,
dominoko avatar

There is a setting for notifications. Click on your name, go to settings and scroll down. Make sure everything is checked.

1984,
1984 avatar

Thank you for all the hard work. Keep it up!

Moops,

Thank you for all your work. You're building a great place.

LollerCorleone,
LollerCorleone avatar

You are doing a great job! Thank you!

robcee,
robcee avatar

Thanks Ernest. You've made something amazing and are doing a fantastic job keeping everything running. Much appreciated. I definitely plan to contribute.

Anon2971,
Anon2971 avatar

Now, onto the bad news. I messed up. The workload overwhelmed me, and I couldn't read all your messages. I will diligently work my way through them, but I need time.

That is not a mess up, man! Like you said, you're overwhelmed. Your small project has now been flooded with thousands of users wanting to find a Reddit alternative. You're only one dude. There's only so much you can do.

IMO you're doing a great job so far. Do what you can. I'm happy to be patient and see how this place grows naturally over time. It's exciting to be a part of. We're with you. I'll be donating shortly.

theinspectorst,
theinspectorst avatar

Thank you for sharing this! Can I ask if you can put any context around 'soon' and 'gradually' in these statements?

Soon, the situation with the website's functionality should stabilize, and the traffic from the fediverse will gradually be restored

I originally signed up for another instance (intending to be helpful by not overloading this one!) but the huge growth of kbin.social and lack of interoperability means that if I'm not here, I'm not really getting much value out of kbin.

Really appreciate your work here, but any expectations management you can do around when interoperability will resume (hours, days, weeks, months?) would be hugely helpful for me deciding which instance I should settle down in.

ernest,
ernest avatar

@theinspectorst Hey, I hope it will stabilize in the next few hours, but knowing reality, it could take a few days. In certain matters, I simply have to wait. Once it happens, bringing the full functionality back to the fediverse will probably also take a few days. I suspect that due to CF, some instances may temporarily block us, and I will have to reach out to their administrators. I'm using these words because it's really difficullt for me to estimate anything on my own.

theinspectorst,
theinspectorst avatar

Thanks for taking the time to reply to this amid all the other things keeping you busy - even that amount of clarity is very helpful! Keep up the great work.

IrritatedSysAdmin,

You're doing a remarkable job @ernest - Thank you for your hard work.

MyGodItsFull0fStars,

Thanks for all the effort you have put into this project! I really hope it will take off and be the fun place Reddit used to be.

One question, is there a specific place for entering suggestions for features/improvement?

Ungoldy_Hour,

Everything is looking good so far, hopefully the community will grow and more people will migrate.

Yoshizuki,
Yoshizuki avatar

First of all, thank you for your hard work !

Did you compute the global monthly cost of Kbin? You'll have to maintain revenues on a regular basis. I don't think that the oneshot 'Buy me a coffee' is the best option for this. Did you consider Patreon or an alternative?

cloaker,

Can't wait for Federation! Good work on keeping this place up, it's amazing

sailsperson,
sailsperson avatar

I've been thinking of contributing for several years now, but never had an actual opportunity to do so for the software that I feel confident enough about. There's always Linux, but I'm far from being able to make a meaningful contribution there.

Hopefully I find some time to learn more about the tech kbin (and perhaps other fediverse platforms) uses and finally put my skills to use in open-source.

Knowing that there's something I can do sitting in front of my computer and mashing my keyboard that has the potential of making something that I use together with many other people is dizzying, honestly, even if that's just a prospect. Knowing that it can put me into a good light in the development world is even more dizzying.

Man, there's some things I do hate about software, but there's so much to love!

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