((Figured this belonged in here, not sure why this place isn't showing up as an option for new posts))
My Kbin rambling thoughts...
Ok, thought it was time to post this.
I've been running a testing group over at fedia.io so I could see if'n Kbin was for me, and I'm really happy, definitely prefer it over Lemmy.
Inline images work fine, I host images on IMGBB, and they give you cut and paste code for images, all I had to do was switch to HTML instead of BBCode, and Bob's your uncle, unlike Lemmy and it's markup language where I'd have to code in the images m'self.
Not sure how well it works with Mastodon, I did test follow one of my Mastodons, but considering how often Fedia throws up 500 errors, along with the fact that there doesn't seem to be a way to view only subscribed microblogs, I've been unable to test this
Links parse and thumbnail fine, no work on my part.
So, why does this matter? Well, right now I have my own Mastodon instance, and it looks like Kbin will make a very good replacement for that, from the memes and short content that I post to my personal account to the link sharing on Taurnation which can now become a community, this will definitely be a better fit. It might also replace my Friendica, as long content like this works fine too. Just have to wait for iKnox to start offering Kbin, I've already volunteered to be a guinea pig.
So, what would make it perfect?
An RSS reader, Friendica has this, and I find it great to be able to subscribe to news and comics just like following anyone else on the Fediverse.
A post queue system, good for flood control, easier to use than scheduling posts.
Tag memory, right now it's not remembering tags I've used from one post to the next
A few features I need for this to be the perfect replacement for everything I'm doing.
What happens if'n I follow a non-Kbin/non-Lemmy account, like a Mastodon? Where do I see content from that, will it show up as a thread? Or a magazine? Or...?
Right now I'm having log in problems, along with it showing no content, however if'n I click on communities, the list shows up for a fraction of a second while the page is loading, and then I'm presented a blank page.
I've turned off a few extensions, whitelisted the tab in No Script, and even started in troubleshooting mode, but it hasn't made any difference.
@shakcked I've had it on both, though on the computer I was able to get it to work by duplicating the tab, but that hasn't worked on Android. Android I'm trying out a few clients, I had problems with Lemmur and Jerboz so I found a few more to try. On the computer I have to use Epiphany to use Lemmy