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idoubtit, 9 months ago to kbin

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arkcom, 9 months ago

@idoubtit
kbin also has rss feeds. link is at the bottom right of each page.

arda, 10 months ago to kbin

I'm planning to self-host a Reddit like instance for myself, but I'm between Lemmy and kbin . Essentially I want to host my own data, and jump into discussions from other communities.

With a limited search results, people praise for #kbin, and bash #lemmy developers about their world and political views, however Lemmy is written with #rust, and Kbin with #php .

I just want to migrate to what people will be using to.

So, which solution would you prefer?

#reddit #redditblackout #fediverse

arkcom, 10 months ago

@arda Wait a few days until this pull request is merged, and the kbin setup process should get a lot easier.

arkcom, 10 months ago

@arda Make sure you are working from the develop branch. I don't think it has made it to main yet.

slashzero, 10 months ago to kbinMeta

Hi there! I’m running my own lemmy instance, but considering starting up a kbin instance as well, mostly because PHP is my favorite programming language.

I’m wondering what system specs you used for your instance? What is a good hosting provider? I currently use digital ocean, but wondering if there are cheaper options out there.

arkcom, 10 months ago

@slashzero oracle free tier should be enough.

minnieo, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to kbinStyles

Hey guys, I don't know CSS at all and was directed here for assistance. I'd like to make these grey panels on top of my background black and a bit transparent for a sleeker look, is this possible? and if so, how? Thank you so much!

edit: two weeks later and i have learned css and html well enough to make some cool stuff, albeit simple. same with JS.

arkcom, 10 months ago

@minnieo
I just checked out a couple of your magazines. You're really going all out on styling, very cool!

byomm, 10 months ago to AskKbin

How do I delete my account in kbin.social? Or change my username? When I delete my account, the request is submitted but account has existed for days now. And I don't see a way to change username.

arkcom, 10 months ago

@byomm

@ernest @Cavalarrr

You get a single rename of your account. It might be limited to before you make any posts, I'm not sure.

Cat, 10 months ago to RedditMigration

I must suck at searching. What is the "Boost" feature in kbin?

arkcom, 10 months ago

@Cat

@subignition

Boosts also count double in the sorting algorithm for threads and comments sorted by hot, so you can treat it as a super-like.

ido, 10 months ago to kbin

Hi everyone! I'm the mod of @drugs, and I've been adding some guides for harm reduction to the magazine. However, it seems like the threads I've posted don't show up on the main page for it. Does anyone know why this would be?

arkcom, 10 months ago

@ido @Mastur is correct, they are appearing and are marked 18+. By default user profiles are set to hide nsfw content.

34, 10 months ago to AskKbin

How are username collisions handled since there is no centeralized userbase for the fediverse. Or is it just not an issue since the magazines of different instances are disjoined, Sorry I'm trying to figure this out as I assume the majority of us are.

arkcom, 10 months ago

@34 on lemmy or other instances your username will show up as @34@kbin.social

bleuy007, 10 months ago to kbinMeta

I'm not sure I understand why "Threads" and "Microblogs" are separate entities in kbin. From my understanding, "Threads" are like Reddit's link/image posts and "Microblogs" are like text posts. Why are these only viewable in separate tabs? It seems like a bad thing to completely separate certain content from the same Magazine and make it unable to view everything at once. Am I misunderstanding something?

arkcom, 10 months ago

@bleuy007 A microblog post is like a tweet, it doesn't have a title. They are pulled in from all of the fediverse based on tags the moderator applies to their magazine.

AshDene, 10 months ago to RedditMigration

So is there no equivalent of posting on twitter/posting to your profile on reddit? I have to choose a magazine?

arkcom, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

@AshDene
It should be possible, just don't select a magazine, or hit the x to remove it.

edit: yep. doesn't work.

arkcom, 10 months ago

@AshDene

You're right. I guess just use random for now. I tested it to see what it looked like from mastadon, but kbin.social federation is still broken.

ListenLinda, 11 months ago to selfhosted

Can we create a selfhosted bot to mirror reddit posts to here? At least to bootstrap things until more people arrive?

arkcom, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago)

@ListenLinda

I think there are legality issues there. Something the mod can do is add tags to the magazine (pulls from full fediverse) so the microblog page will at least have some content.

edit: there are also at least 4 selfhosted communities spread through the "threadiverse" which is not ideal.