Testing out kbin's microblog feature with this, hopefully the image is here. Just a screenshot of my seablock save. Since this point, added a basic metallurgy setup with temp green science. Now working on getting some bean fuel going before making a more serious slurry/science setup
@theory So, I'm still sort of figuring it out. On kbin, there are threads and microblogs. Threads post just like regular threads. But microblogs are more twitter-like. I've heard there is mastodon integration, so perhaps this is it.
You can also attach your posts to communities (in this case, I experimented with this lemmy.ml factorio one), so I was curious how it would actually be represented on lemmy.ml. Looks like it is just a normal post. Probably, more thought needs to be put into how the features are connected.
There are so many ways they could have made it viable. Like comically easy. But that was never what they were interested in. The thing that they aren't willing to just come out and say, is that their own app is built to generate advertising revenue. They have absolutely zero interest in fostering a 3rd party community, and the only concessions they are going to make are for things that actually have a chance at saving the spending money (i.e. make sure the free labor they get from moderators stays and make sure other people deal with questions like accessibility).
Look like you are on kbin as well, the top level comment is actually on the bottom of the page. Weird UI choice, hopefully it can be brought to the top
Hello, been using kbin for the past couple hours. Really impressed with a lot of the UI, but running in to a few issues. The one that is sticking out to me is being able to only see posts the magazines that I am subscribed to....
Heard a lot of good things about Krastorio2. Think I might start a save with that.
I agree with the going in blind, although Seablock I've given up a little on that, but will at least give something a solid try before reaching out when something isn't working. SE it's sort of impossible to go in blind with how popular it is. Impossible to interact with the community without seeing a bunch of posts. Pyanodon I'm still pretty much fully blind, and as a result, and as a result, even being at having stable power was an effort.
I literally just joined. I think the major instances should put some sort of "Reddit Refugee Guide". I just joined on kbin, and I'm pretty technical so I'm naturally interested in how things work and figuring it out myself, but I think the vast majority of people won't be, and will just want to know how they can do the basic social media features.
I've never been sentimental about a social media site but it's sad for me to see reddit so clearly killing itself. Pushshift is already banned and Apollo is soon to follow. Reddit will either pivot fully to a mainstream audience or die out. It's just sad for me to see it doing it to itself.
Reddit is not what it was when I joined. Back in the early 2010's reddit really felt like the internet's evolution from forums. Not going to pretend it was the first, but it really did feel like something was special about it. The community aspect was really important back then. All of the sudden, it felt like you could literally build a community around anything, with little effort, and the "Build it and they will come" factor would kick in.
But things have spoiled since then. We have over a decade worth of "Eternal Septembers", and being a redditor turned into "being a redditor" has turned into, we'll it's just another part of social media infrastructure. Pretty much everybody I know who has use the site has basically sectioned themselves off from using the site as a a whole and just have their specific subs that they browse. I'm a programmer so I basically just use it for the programming subs and different games I play like OSRS, Factorio, etc.
And I guess, a last thought, I don't think reddit is going to die from this. I would wager the vast majority of the userbase really doesn't give a shit, and to be honest, that is fine. Like I said, reddit is part of internet social infrastructure at this point. It's probably still going to be useful to prefix google searches with "reddit some product" to find the best human reviews of that product. But for me, I don't really feel the need to keep using it day to day. I'm looking for a community and I can find it elsewhere.
Interesting, I thought kbin was actually a pretty memorable name. It was the only one I could remember off the top of my head (besides lemmy) after a week or so of seeing quite a few posted on reddit
/r/kbinMigration created.... and quickly banned by reddit
I took a quick look while it was up and it was just a user guide, similar to the lemmymigration subreddit
Reddit CEO Admits "we are not profitable" right before upcoming IPO (old.reddit.com)
How do you address the concerns of users who feel that Reddit has become increasingly profit-driven and less focused on community engagement?...
/u/spez finds out (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Summary of Reddit CEO u/spez' responses (old.reddit.com)
They're getting voted into oblivion on the AMA, but u/ChariotWheel is helpfully cut-and-pasting and formatting them here.
Tip to help welcome the exodus: Post and comment to increase engagement
Hi all,...
Here we go, the AMA with /u/spez is live (www.reddit.com)
After five hours fixing a bug only for the unit tests to all fail (slrpnk.net)
Some feedback - Make /sub more prominent.
Hello, been using kbin for the past couple hours. Really impressed with a lot of the UI, but running in to a few issues. The one that is sticking out to me is being able to only see posts the magazines that I am subscribed to....
Update to the progression system coming in Episode 7 Act 1 (twitter.com)
Which mods have you been playing?
Let's get some mod discussion going. Finally launched my first rocket early this year and have discovered the wonderful world of mods....
I just deleted my Reddit account.
Give me a hive five. Beehaw, pardners!
Is anyone else beginning to mourn reddit?
I've never been sentimental about a social media site but it's sad for me to see reddit so clearly killing itself. Pushshift is already banned and Apollo is soon to follow. Reddit will either pivot fully to a mainstream audience or die out. It's just sad for me to see it doing it to itself.
[03.06.23] "If Lemmy is not your cup of tea as an alternative to Reddit, maybe try open-source federated Kbin instead" (gadgeteer.co.za)
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