Maybe not such a shitpost but the mere existence of things like Lemmy and kBin is comforting, especially after living through the enshittification of Reddit.
As a little background, I didn’t actively use Reddit for months following the blackout. I still barely stop in over there and if I do I’m never logged in our contributing to the communities there (where I was previously a daily poster/commenter)....
I think a lot of people on lemmy use lemmy/kbin/the threadiverse interchangeably. But yeah, I use kbin, too.
I definitely find myself being much, much more active on Discord since the whole reddit thing went down. It has its issues, and it's not exactly a 1:1 substitution for thread-based forums, but I enjoy the greater sense of community that comes with Discord.
as you could argue any site with a comment section is social media.
I disagree with that. If the main purpose of your site is not interaction, so it cannot be a social media. Lemmy, Reddit, Kbin and other platforms like that has the main purpose share of knowledge and interaction between peers
For example, I may have a blog and this blog has a comment section in my posts. However, despite people can interact with each other in the comment section, the main purpose of my blog is post my own content. The interaction between people is secondary and consequence.
But in Lemmy the main purpose is interact. If not enough people participate, Lemmy dies. There is no other reason to use Lemmy other than interact with people.
@winter i can't see the poll for some reason but using this kbin account which for some reason hasn't been deleted yet i see winter @ translunar.academy
No matter, how you connect to the Fediverse, be if, for example, Misskey, Sharkey, Ice Shrimp, Mastodon, PeerTube, Pixelfed, Kbin, or by other means, the Fediverse instance you're using cost money. In the real world, web hosting, bandwidth, and storage space cost, money. And the more members who use and join your Fediverse instance (server), the more resources and the most it cost.
I earned by badge, by reaching out to my administrator, and helping them by donating. And while if it was not required to make a donation or regular contribution, I like using the Fediverse. It is ad-free and decentralized, meaning, someone like Elon Musk, cannot change things for everyone, everywhere, solely on their latest mood swing. So I made the choice to help fund my corner of the collective social media network, known as the Fediverse.
One thing that would have been nice to know as a newbie on the Fediverse:
The most common misconception, or at least from this side, was that they make it seem as if they all can connect and interact with one another. But this is not the case, as some work one way, some can only like or follow, others don’t get notifications at all when tagged.
So have been testing over the past few weeks and made accounts on: a) Hubzilla b) Friendica c) Mastodon d) Kbin e) Lemmy f) Iceshrimp g) Bonfire h) Peertube i) Funkwhale j) Pixelfed
And just out of curiosity: a) Using Bridgyfed, to test interactivity between the AT protocol of BlueSky and AP protocol of the Fediverse. b) Meta’s Threads for testing with Mastadon. c) Starting to test Nostr with its peer-to-peer network.
TL;DR:
The fediverse holds a lot of promise, but it the ideal level of interconnectivity isn’t there yet. (And yes, not all of them need to be able to connect and interact on the same level of details as with the others, as they are different tools.)
There's a really cool one I used to love called The 13th Floor that used to be active and then one week the mod and his friends disappeared.
After the mod was gone for a month I took over moderation to protect it from spam or deletion, but I have other projects so can't really do it justice. I would love it if it got a new lease on life.
This noob is testing the interconnectivity of the #Fediverse:
The word out there on the Fediverse make it seem as if all the different tools (Mastdn/P-tube/Lemmy/etc.) can interact with one another. But this is not the case, as some work both ways, whilst others only one way, or at all.
De todo el mareo con #Kbin y #Lemmy para grupos en #Mastodon puedo decir que aunque Kbin salga ganando no hay mucho visible desde Mastodon que justifique su uso para agrupar conversaciones de ciertos temas en lugar de usar hashtags.
Por ello activé en los grupos de Kbin que añadan las publicaciones que usen su respectivo hashtag como hilo de su sección de microblog.
Quien prefiera usar cuenta de Kbin en vez de Mastodon tiene cierta ventaja para comunicarse con el fediverso como si fuera #Reddit.
Por seguir la temática del grupo, digamos que quiero organizar una partida con stream de #VRising y que quiero que se emita en https://twitch.tv/detun3d
Made with Blender. If you want to see more (or read details I've written about before) I have other threads but note that most instances I've seen seem to only get one thread or the other (so you may need to look at my threads on Kbin). There's another image (an office plant) in the comments of one too. Nothing really...
I have stopped supporting the Kbin site I had created for Fantasy Grounds Unity and have moved to the TTRPG network. This new site will be used for posting of Fantasy Grounds related information going forward.
I have moved the Fantasy Grounds VTT magazine from Kbin to Lemmy - specifically the ttrpg.network. It seems the Kbin environment I used to house it before has succumbed to bad actors. Please excuse any bad formatting on my part as I get used to the environment.
Migration of Windows Insiders magazine to Mbin
Hello members of the Windows Insiders magazine,...
Migration of Microsoft Edge Insiders magazine to Mbin
Hello members of the Microsoft Edge Insiders magazine,...
Migration of Microsoft Surface magazine to Mbin
Hello members of the Microsoft Surface magazine,...
Migration of Microsoft Edge magazine to Mbin
Hello members of the Microsoft Edge magazine,...
Just knowing Lemmy is here makes me feel better
Maybe not such a shitpost but the mere existence of things like Lemmy and kBin is comforting, especially after living through the enshittification of Reddit.
If Reddit had a soul/conscience, I think it was us, and we're all on Lemmy now...
As a little background, I didn’t actively use Reddit for months following the blackout. I still barely stop in over there and if I do I’m never logged in our contributing to the communities there (where I was previously a daily poster/commenter)....
Do you consider Lemmy/Reddit (and similar platforms) to be social media?
I had this discussion with a friend, and we really couldn’t reach a consensus....
*Best* video for explaining the Fediverse to a total noob?
Suggestions?
What some Lemmy communities that are dead or very low number of new posts that you would like to get more active?
My pick is /c/albumartporn
Tesseract 1.3.0 "Defiant" Released 🎉🎉🎉 (tesseract.dubvee.org)
cross-posted from: dubvee.org/post/1130768...
Kbin /m/fediverse is over 90% spam
Looking at the front page of this forum and many others, leads me to conclude that kbin has a ridiculous spam problem....
OC Yeah I stole the idea from a spam thumbnail, low-poly 3D vertex colors only
Made with Blender. If you want to see more (or read details I've written about before) I have other threads but note that most instances I've seen seem to only get one thread or the other (so you may need to look at my threads on Kbin). There's another image (an office plant) in the comments of one too. Nothing really...
New Home
I have stopped supporting the Kbin site I had created for Fantasy Grounds Unity and have moved to the TTRPG network. This new site will be used for posting of Fantasy Grounds related information going forward.
New Home on TTRPG (ttrpg.network)
I have moved the Fantasy Grounds VTT magazine from Kbin to Lemmy - specifically the ttrpg.network. It seems the Kbin environment I used to house it before has succumbed to bad actors. Please excuse any bad formatting on my part as I get used to the environment.