Agreed. Power to anyone who wants surprise porn intermixed with their memes and tech news, but I’d like the choice to keep that separate without blocking all NSFW content.
Hi everyone, You may have noticed a small change on the website. From now on, upvotes work just like on Lemmy - they are equivalent to Mastodon's "favourite." You can boost a post using the button that replaced "favourite." Another change is that you can now rate and boost your own posts. Boosting has a one-time effect - it...
This is amazing and right in line with how I expect the boost/upvote/downvote system to work. Thank you so much, I’ll be mindful to continue boosting the best comments and threads so people keep finding /kbin!
Hi everyone, it seems that we have quite a gathering here, and many of you I haven't had the chance to greet yet :) As some of you may know, /kbin is still in its early stages of development. Every day, improvements and new features are being worked on. Unfortunately, this may result in occasional short downtimes. However, the...
Thank you so much for all your hard work! /kbin is what I needed to make the switch to the Fediverse for link aggregation. I looked at Lemmy a while back and for whatever reason, it wasn’t quite a fit for me. Pulling in Mastodon content automatically and threading it is one of my favorite features. Looking forward to the login timeout and upvote/favorite changes!
I always hear that you want to be in a good space and place before doing a tarot reading - so let’s hear what your favorite way to get into that space is!...
Ooooh, I hadn’t thought about a tray table. That’s a great idea - I read with my bunnies, and as sweet as they are and as much as I love the vibe with them around, they will nibble my cards if I’m not careful. I’ll have to try the meditation too - I’ve been feeling like my readings could use some new energy, so that would be a great way to get my mind thinking in a different way!
I was sooo worried I wasn't going to make it with my rushed final essay but I did it with a 75% mark! Maybe my course staff are just forgiving? I read the feedback and there were a lot of good points where I could have changed or expanded upon things...It doesn't matter now because I'm graduating in a month. IT'S HAPPENING! I...
Nope! Though I do like hearing a good story, haha. I won’t post the answer in case anyone else wants to guess, but if you want to know it’s easily searchable. :)
Nope! That’s a good guess though considering my recent hobbies. I had a pipe burst earlier this year and ever since I’ve been working to repair the damage in my house. My dad has worked on houses my whole life and I’ve learned a ton from him! It’s nice to be able to stretch the insurance check a bit by doing the hard work on my own.
I have a leak in my roof though, and I’m not looking forward to the quote for that because my roof is old and apparently not well ventilated, so I’ve got moss in my shingles now. That’s something I can’t do on my own.
I’m an Apollo-only user from Reddit and on an iPad Pro. kbin as a progressive web app works better and makes better use of screen real estate on my device, and Reddit’s website is miserably designed for me - “show more comments” everywhere, very little information density, ads intermixed with content that make me question what subreddit I’m in, and more. I was also an Alien Blue user for years before the app was purchased, and Reddit had every opportunity to take that app, leave it alone, and make it the official app (and it was the best client I ever used for Reddit by far). I just… can’t. This is my second go around with this bull and I’m done. I have no problem with companies making money, especially those that provide a good service, but Reddit paid significant sums to make my experience worse, and when I went to find an alternative, they destroyed that too.
I didn’t need “improvements”. Things were fine. Literally, they could have just changed the app name from Alien Blue to Reddit and I would have been thrilled. I don’t want Reddit’s “improvements”. Sometimes a mature app is a mature app and you don’t need to muck with the UI. I’m also furious at the treatment of third-party developers throughout this - not just Apollo’s developer, though that’s an extra special type of anger I have for that, but for everyone. 30 days notice for this kind of price increase? That is absolutely not realistic. I want nothing to do with Reddit right now as a company - these are not a kind of people I want to support.
Yeah. It read to me like it was the equivalent of part of her body to her, not to mention I can’t imagine having to go back to a debilitating disability after you’ve found something that works so well.
I also wish I had a better understanding of exactly why it had to come out. Like, I know the company was out of money, but if it’s already in and produced, why does it need to be removed? If there is a software dependency, is there no way to run it locally to avoid server costs? It seems extremely irresponsible not to have a backup plan for this situation that isn’t just “let me perform invasive surgery to make your life worse”.
Ugh, that is a huge bummer. That said, you’re headed north? If you’ll be anywhere near Malden I can 10000% recommend Crying Thaiger. At this point I would drive out of my way to get their food if I had to.
Webmentions! I’m trying to get this working on my site as well. When you do it right, you can even reply back directly from your own site. It’s pretty wild.
Both were down for me before, they seem to be up right now but just made this account on Lemmy.blahaj.zone (Henry is the name of my actual blahaj lol). It's probably because of the traffic influx from reddit refugees from the absolutely disastrous spez ama (where he doubles down on everything and doesn't apologize at all)....
Hey everyone, I'm posting this rather informally because I don't think it's necessarily a problem in need of addressing at this point, but more a synthesis of what I've seen on the internet before and what's in the back of my head as I'm watching these wonderful conversations going on across Beehaw....
Ahhhh! It’s so refreshing to see someone reference calling in in the wild! I’m a big fan, and agree with everything you’ve said here. I like to think of myself as a nice person, and I can definitely attest to becoming more quiet - and eventually leaving - spaces which are unwelcoming or hostile.
For folks who are wondering about calling in beyond the resources linked here - Loretta Ross teaches online courses on this and they’re literally something like $5. I’ve both taken the classes and moderated for them, and I learn something new every time. It covers things like online spaces and when to use calling out vs. calling in effectively to create spaces that encourage genuine dialogue rather than stifling and silencing it.
We have this problem in the education space - AI plagiarism detection isn’t reliable at all, but some professors will blindly rely on it to pin students for cheating. Still, as a professor, if the content is wrong, you can mark it as wrong, regardless of where and how it was written. Does anyone know if this policy prohibits removing wrong answers, or is it just that you can’t remove an answer only under the assumption that an AI wrote it?
There’s also a voting system which I think would discourage anyone who sounds like an AI from posting anyway if they get downvoted regularly. If I’m understanding this right, I think it might actually be the right call, but I’m interested in other perspectives in case I’m missing something.
We got vegan option (kbin.social)
welcome to @vegan
Why is porn not allowed on this site
Excuse my ignorance im just curious.
/kbin update - upvotes, boosts, languages...
Hi everyone, You may have noticed a small change on the website. From now on, upvotes work just like on Lemmy - they are equivalent to Mastodon's "favourite." You can boost a post using the button that replaced "favourite." Another change is that you can now rate and boost your own posts. Boosting has a one-time effect - it...
/kbin - Sunny June Announcement
Hi everyone, it seems that we have quite a gathering here, and many of you I haven't had the chance to greet yet :) As some of you may know, /kbin is still in its early stages of development. Every day, improvements and new features are being worked on. Unfortunately, this may result in occasional short downtimes. However, the...
It'd be cool if I could just eat nothing but pizza everyday
I fucking love pizza. It's my favorite food.
OC What’s your favorite way to get ready to do a tarot reading?
I always hear that you want to be in a good space and place before doing a tarot reading - so let’s hear what your favorite way to get into that space is!...
OC Pineapple not only belongs on pizza, but is superior to all other possible toppings.
I have extensive evidence to support this....
I PASSED MY COURSE! Time to graduate!
I was sooo worried I wasn't going to make it with my rushed final essay but I did it with a 75% mark! Maybe my course staff are just forgiving? I read the feedback and there were a lot of good points where I could have changed or expanded upon things...It doesn't matter now because I'm graduating in a month. IT'S HAPPENING! I...
What do you think (this person's) username means, without looking it up?
I don't mean my username! Yours!...
Reddit’s users and moderators are revolting against its CEO (www.theverge.com)
A lot of Reddit will go dark soon in protest of API changes
A brain implant changed her life. Then it was removed against her will. (www.technologyreview.com)
Her case highlights why we need to enshrine neuro rights in law.
OC What restaurant hurt the most when it closed before you had a chance to try it?
Littleburg closed a month ago and I’m still sour that I didn’t make it out to try them. The food looked amazing. 😢
kbin.social is getting the hug of death right now, consider signing up for another instance
Hey Reddit refugees! You may have noticed that kbin.social is taking forever to load because of all of the traffic it's getting....
Lemmy.ml and beehaw.org getting hammered with traffic because of spez ama
Both were down for me before, they seem to be up right now but just made this account on Lemmy.blahaj.zone (Henry is the name of my actual blahaj lol). It's probably because of the traffic influx from reddit refugees from the absolutely disastrous spez ama (where he doubles down on everything and doesn't apologize at all)....
My cozy indoor garden spot (lemmy.ml)
I went to Reddit today...
And saw a bunch of posts about the third party apps closing down, and lots of negativity about that whole fiasco....
Some general thoughts on be(e)havior
Hey everyone, I'm posting this rather informally because I don't think it's necessarily a problem in need of addressing at this point, but more a synthesis of what I've seen on the internet before and what's in the back of my head as I'm watching these wonderful conversations going on across Beehaw....
got it? (feddit.de)
Stack Overflow Moderators Stop Work in Protest of Lax AI-Generated Content Guidelines (gizmodo.com)
Why is /r/Videos shutting down on June 12th? How will this change affect regular users? More info here. (lemmy.cloudhub.social)
The /r/videos mods are going all out and someone made this lovely graphic to explain why subs are going dark next week....