Apparently lemmy has a problematic dev community and kbin is the new hotness for replacing Reddit. I’ll likely move Infosec.pub to it this weekend. I’ll attempt to port accounts over, but no idea how involved that’ll be
@jerry Hi, great to hear that. The installation itself should be a breeze, but unfortunately /kbin doesn't have an importer yet.. However, I'm sure we can come up with something quickly. Just in case, I'm often on #kbin:matrix.org ;)
It's not a new video or anything, but I didn't see it posted in this community before, and I think it's a really worthwhile, multifaceted video. Since there are a bunch of folks coming over from reddit (myself included), I thought maybe I'd share it here in case anyone hadn't seen it yet.
As Reddit's enshittification reaches new heights their attempts to suppress attention for alternatives, like federated Lemmy, has the opposite effect as this Hacker News discussion shows.
I only joined the main Lemmy instance a couple of days ago, but browing by new, there's a pretty consistent stream of new posts now, even compared to the first day I was on here. I'm excited for this community.
Thanks, this is a really helpful roundup of links – a lot to consider.
This comment is especially interesting. It makes me think kbin should stop translating "upvotes" and "downvotes" into Fediverse concepts, and should instead embrace the Fediverse concepts and present them directly: instead of upvote and downvote buttons we could have 🚀 (boost) and ⭐️ (favorite) buttons, perhaps with a combined score for sorting. It would mean abandoning downvotes, but it sounds like downvotes are a problem anyway.
That would give us a reputation system that makes it clear what you're doing when you boost a post or comment, but also one that won't be jarring to users of other apps and instances.
I get this too, having up and downvotes is like "speaking the language" of Reddit and would enhance adoption through familiar UX. That's a big positive for something that aims to serve as a Reddit replacement.
At the same time, it's a headache to translate into ActivityPub, because as OP said, upvoting and boosting are very different concepts. They both aim to increase visibility, but an upvote differs from a boost in that 1) an upvote produces a gradual increase in visibility; 2) you can opt to ignore vote counts entirely, for example, by sorting by new posts; and 3) the source of an upvote is (generally) not public, whereas you're always told which user has boosted a post.
A certain stage of development has ended - a prototype was created that allowed me to verify whether such a form makes sense in the #fediverse. Until now, it was a project that I developed in my free time. Now, thanks to the great people from Nlnet, I will be able to devote much more time to it. This time, we have already...
Is there any plans to expand the OAuth support outside of the 3 providers that are currently set up? Looking at the source, it seems like each has it's own configuration which pulls in things like the user's avatar and whatnot. It would be nice if generic OAuth was supported.
Why does Lemmy have a Malian domain?
Just wondering why lemmy is on a .ml domain. (Which is Mali) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.ml
How to Build a Solarpunk City (youtu.be)
It's not a new video or anything, but I didn't see it posted in this community before, and I think it's a really worthwhile, multifaceted video. Since there are a bunch of folks coming over from reddit (myself included), I thought maybe I'd share it here in case anyone hadn't seen it yet.
Reddit perma-banning account promoting Lemmy has Streisand effect (news.ycombinator.com)
As Reddit's enshittification reaches new heights their attempts to suppress attention for alternatives, like federated Lemmy, has the opposite effect as this Hacker News discussion shows.
The Lemmy fediverse is booming
I only joined the main Lemmy instance a couple of days ago, but browing by new, there's a pretty consistent stream of new posts now, even compared to the first day I was on here. I'm excited for this community.
Users from before the current wave of Reddit refugees, how do you feel about the incoming monsoon of refugees?
I imagine there's excitement for the increase of activity but worries about the potential toxic side of Reddit coming along too....
The growing list of subreddits going to be dark, but these are Lemmy or /kbin equivalents
Based on this...
Boosting and upvoting are conceptually different
Update: this has now been resolved by changes to Kbin's voting system:...
/kbin Translations (translate.codeberg.org)
Kbin Roadmap 2023
A certain stage of development has ended - a prototype was created that allowed me to verify whether such a form makes sense in the #fediverse. Until now, it was a project that I developed in my free time. Now, thanks to the great people from Nlnet, I will be able to devote much more time to it. This time, we have already...