There has been a new name for ages, they're called posts now, they're only called that by people who have been around for a while and liked the weird name. Being "professional" is boring
I have been using Outlook for the longest time and have tried FairEmail a couple of times and simply deleted it. Tried sticking through it for about a month and I’ll be sticking with it for a good long time now :)
I use Tutanota's clients, and enjoy it. Haven't had any issues, was a great replacement to the unencrypted privacy-invasive Gmail and Google Calendar, sorting to folders has been even more convenient
Reddit has started posting purchased 5 star reviews on Apple Store, wouldn’t be surprised if they were doing on Android as well. This is illegal and you can voice your dissatisfaction with the FTC at the provided link.
I guess names making sense matters more to English speakers, but for the vast majority of the world these English names are just nonsensical, so it doesn't matter that much. Especially since the wider fediverse is largely European, and this service is inspired by the polish Wykop.pl, unlike Reddit, which aimed for a US audience.
Wykop.pl is a direct translation of "Dig out" because it was the local Digg clone, but polish doesn't have a translation of "I dig that", for example
I think boosts have potential to be used for crossposts, and the current implementation are just crossposts to your profile. Though they're likely here right now just because Kbin is a mix between thread and microblog software
They were swapped before, and were recently changed to this for Lemmy compatibility, but things like the algorithm and reputation counting haven't been updated yet.
I really like how Kbin opens links as a little web app. That's such a killer feature for a link aggregator, would be a valid reason to switch away from Reddit in and of itself
Profits don't matter under capitalism, it's only stock money. Trying to profit is a death sentence in the tech space, as we're all seeing right now. This system doesn't work for the 21st century
Proprietary and the licensing issues that come with that, so shitty support. No real reason to use it over the freely licensed 7zip which has better compression and speed anyway. Or just use regular old zips if you don't care about those things, they're good enough
I discovered yesterday evening that Lemmy.ml is blocking all inbound ActivityPub requests from /kbin instances. Specifically, a 403 'access denied' is returned when the user agent contains "kbinBot" anywhere in the string. This has been causing a cascade of failures with federation for many server owners, flooding the message...
I think it's more likely they just disliked the fact most Kbin users don't support genocide, while Lemmy has a history of that. The Stalinist side of Lemmy, moderated and endorsed by the developers, has made fun of Kbin.social before
These are just Lenses or whatever, smaller search engines had them for ages. I'm still waiting for DuckDuckGo to add them, strange that even Google was faster than them
On the one hand yes, but also, this makes it much less incentivizing to downvote instances of abuse, discrimination, far right extremism. A lot of those people are not okay mentally and hiighly committed to harassing anyone who disagrees with them, I constantly hear stories of a single disagreement leading to years of harassment on hundreds of alts.
The bad, although expected news is that according to Similarweb via Gizmodo Reddit traffic is back to pre-protest levels. The caveat is that some of the traffic might still indicate protests, (i.e. John Oliver pics). Most interesting:...
You don't have to click on ads to give them money, impressions still count. You can use uBlock Origin, but they'll probably still make money from the traffic as they show off their number of visits to advertisers
When I visit kbin.social, I see new posts regularly. On other servers posts stay on the frontpage for multiple days. This is also true if I switch their sorting to "hot". So that is probably not the difference....
I'm 25 and I don't have a drivers license. I mean, I've never really felt the need to go and get one. Public transport is usually the fastest option where I live, and it takes a lot less responsibility to use it....
I will defederate any corporations that try to get onto ActivityPub, especially facebook. They already managed to kill XMPP, and now everyone's acting as if they can't do anything malicious with ActivityPub. Gosh I hate how bad the takes are on here, I guess it's similar to Reddit in that regard
Mastadon app got an update. (lemmy.world)
Now not limiting things is a feature.
What's your email client of choice?
I have been using Outlook for the longest time and have tried FairEmail a couple of times and simply deleted it. Tried sticking through it for about a month and I’ll be sticking with it for a good long time now :)
r/Android is now on the Fediverse! (www.reddit.com)
Android news, reviews, tips, and discussions about rooting, tutorials, and apps....
NEW: Update & Clarification on Votes, Boosts, Favorites, and Reputation Points on kbin
Ernest just posted some comments clarifying recent changes to Votes, Boosts, Favorites, and Reputation Points:...
Report Reddit To FTC for Posting Fake Revies (reportfraud.ftc.gov)
Reddit has started posting purchased 5 star reviews on Apple Store, wouldn’t be surprised if they were doing on Android as well. This is illegal and you can voice your dissatisfaction with the FTC at the provided link.
OC Kbin, FUD, and Tribalism - Where do we go from here?
It finally happened: many Reddit 3rd party apps have officially shut down. With it comes an influx of users looking for a new place....
PSA: while upvoting exists, to get the "move closer to the top" effect that reddit's upvote had, you need to click boost
a small difference, but important to how people use the site
Instagram Is Removing Sex-Positive Accounts Without Warning | WIRED (archive.fo)
The platform has suddenly suspended dozens of high-profile accounts, cutting people off from the communities that keep them safe.
A very short survey on attitudes towards biological immortality (forms.office.com)
My friend's daughter is doing a project on biological immortality. It would be great if you could help her by answering a short survey....
Fidelity has cut Reddit valuation to $5.5B from $10B (techcrunch.com)
Too bad most of my devices can't run VLC :') (lemmy.world)
Lemmy.ml is blocking all requests from /kbin Instances
I discovered yesterday evening that Lemmy.ml is blocking all inbound ActivityPub requests from /kbin instances. Specifically, a 403 'access denied' is returned when the user agent contains "kbinBot" anywhere in the string. This has been causing a cascade of failures with federation for many server owners, flooding the message...
Reddit alternative? Google introduces Perspectives, a search feed with results from humans (tech.hindustantimes.com)
Google is trying something new on the search feed
What other less-toxic system could work instead of karma?
Hey! Thanks to the whole Reddit mess, I’ve discovered the fediverse and its increidible wonders and I’m lovin’ it :D...
Reddit traffic returning normal, sort of. (gizmodo.com)
The bad, although expected news is that according to Similarweb via Gizmodo Reddit traffic is back to pre-protest levels. The caveat is that some of the traffic might still indicate protests, (i.e. John Oliver pics). Most interesting:...
Why does the frontpage of kbin.social work so much better than any other server?
When I visit kbin.social, I see new posts regularly. On other servers posts stay on the frontpage for multiple days. This is also true if I switch their sorting to "hot". So that is probably not the difference....
Why do people prefer cars over public transport?
I'm 25 and I don't have a drivers license. I mean, I've never really felt the need to go and get one. Public transport is usually the fastest option where I live, and it takes a lot less responsibility to use it....
Meta will release an ActivityPub-enabled Twitter clone/competitor this summer. Will you join in or defederate? (www.theverge.com)
Here is what we know about it so far:...
kbin.social is.. fast again?
been using it in and out and now it's... much faster? on both mobile and desktop :O am i just crazy or did @ernest bless us with a miracle