Having #reddit host (and therefore own) the conversation space on any subject is ridiculous. But the way #Lemmy & #kbin work presents the same problem. Basically they are not really decentralized etc. But if there were no communities/magazines, if hashtags only served that sorting function, and we instead merged the best parts of those conversation tools with the decentralized feed of #mastodon etc, we'd have something better than the closed corporate silos could ever provide. #fediverse
@wjmaggos "hopefully server admins police their members" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here, what if they don't? It doesn't even have to be something explicitly illegal or rule-breaking in order for that content to not be desired in a community, or it can be a private instance with opposing views.
You can't enforce what people use hashtags for, and you can't expect everyone to individually block every offending member or instance.
It is still early enough in the #redditmigration that #lemmy or #kbin can easily be replaced if something superior comes along. So if #piefed or #sublinks can develop their consumer facing products better and faster then they will inevitably get the community support. And since sublinks uses the existing Lemmy API it might have the best chance to do so.
You never know, the current Lemmy devs might be pushed aside tomorrow, anything could happen.
@ecksearoh the even better prospect is that with all these platforms with group threads with voting systems, there will be even better standard tooling, transferability, apps, and discovery ecosystems that work across all the federating platforms.
It’s crazy how much of the comments about #Subllinks on the threadiverse are mad that the author is using #Java or just complaining that they chose to build another implementation.
Most of it seems to be #Lemmy users who think that #kbin, #mbin, #piefed, etc don’t exist and no other federated link aggregator should exist.
i'm still on #kbin for the #fedivoyage. One major confusiong aspect is the difference between boosting and faving: These seem to be two different things and only one works as "upvote" as reddit does – but it's not clear which one... Most sources on kbin say boost=upvote, but the explanations are confusing. Most sources outside kbin say the opposite. :/
Summing up, I'm really confused by #kbin. I think #lemmy is easier to use, but I imagine that if you are using it a lot, the confusing kbin features start to make sense and be really useful. #fedivoyage
If you’re interested in checking out a #fediverse-based alternative to Reddit, come check out infosec.pub! It hosts a number of communities including one I’ve stood up for #cybersecurity / #infosec!
@AssaultPepper@ed209 Yeah I loved Reddit back when and honestly would still get a lot of use out of it if I were to drag myself back there. I’m attempting a principled stand and trying to build something useful on the Fediverse. So as Ty said, I’m attempting to dedicate myself to this side and turn it into something more. Some communities (e.g. cybersecurity) are better poised to achieve this in shorter order. Smaller, more niche communities def have a harder grind to do it.
@shellsharks@AssaultPepper I 100% agree with the 'be the change'. But also that some of us still have to fall back to the Red Site to fill in the gaps. If it wasn't for r/Narcolepsy I would probably just delete my account.
Second, I made my first userscript: Improved Channel Select Menu! This is my first time making something with #JavaScript—a good bit of the code is based of raltsm4k's Floating Subs List—but I'm really happy with it! Earlier today, I released version 0.2.0 which adds a settings button and some new features. If you have any feedback, please share here.
I did made another magazine on another KBin instance, but I don't seem to make it work when i pasted the community handle on my main instance. Sure, it worked on my Mastodon, but on my home KBin instance, it doesnt show that community. I'm gone wrong.
Could someone recommend a working and well-maintained #kbin or #mbin instance to me? I deleted my Lemmy account because of reasons and I thought kbin looked pretty nice, so I signed up to kbin.cafe only to realise that the last few federated posts are from 2+ weeks ago, lol.
We're one week into 2024, do you know what that means? Time to clean up your #SNS “following” especially here in the #Fediverse.
Check the “dormant” accounts if you can unfollow them.
Check which accounts “moved”. Follow their new account, then unfollow their old account.
And maybe there are other accounts that you haven't interacted with in the past few months; and their content is no longer something that you are interested, you can unfollow them too.
If you still want to see their content, you can encourage them to use #hashtags and you follow those hashtags. Or, join a federated “group” like those powered by #Mbin#Kbin#Friendica#Chirp and #Lemmy.
Of course, depending on the fediverse platform your instance is using, there are probably better features to the content of users without seeing their content that is not of interest to you. A good example, #Firefish / #Catodon / #IceShrimp can do that through the “Antenna” feature.
Take some time to do this, and start your 2024 fediverse better than 2023.