@pollodiabolo - this user is a karma whore of epic proportions and they have made a shit load (10-15+) accounts on kbin that boost and upvote each other while sometimes mass downvoting others that have posts trending towards the top - all to farm karma....
I'm increasingly convinced that general reputation points should just go. They're not about reputation at all. They're about making social media more addictive.
Large positive scores are meaningless without knowing where they came from. And even then, they can be farmed. Same for large negative ones.
What do people actually use the score for? To determine whether some else is worth engaging with? 9 times out of 10, you can tell just from the post - people acting in bad faith are pretty easy to spot. If someone's being a prick, they can be ignored even if they're usually a level headed and nice person 99% of the time. If someone's JAQing off, or sea-lioning, they'll make it known in short order.
A number doesn't tell us what to do about it.
Breakdowns by group is a good idea. Maybe expand that idea to give a count of posts and comments by group, too. Not necessarily viewable by everyone, but at least by mods and admins.
Pause to screen: You can put the entire world on pause at will, but your body will also freeze along with others, with only your mind remaining active to think and resume back time....
I couldn't view your last post (apparently there's an issue with having with having thumbnails set to off making you not view the image even when the post is pulled up) so I have a few things I want to say:
Changing the outline to match the background instead of just black was brilliant and really livens up the icon
That subtle change from the original to #1 in this post with the perspective/curved bottom line added a lot of character to the bird
You have a spoopy profile pic but golly can you make a cute design!
Ok. I am someone who feels like kbin doesn't really need a mascot at this point in time. It seems really early and tbh the whole thing feels a little forced. Really not into the bird design either. I just don't get it...
But holy shit this new icon on the right has 100% changed my mind.
It is adorable and I'd put that on the first page of my phone home screen, no questions asked.
Wow ;) I'm incredibly lucky to have come across people like you. The authors of those posts are actually right - managing /kbin is a significant challenge nowadays. It requires extensive knowledge and experience to keep it under control. But also I've never hidden that fact - the information about it is placed at the very top of the repository's readme ;) However, as I mentioned, a lot is changing very quickly https://kbin.social/m/RedditMigration/t/122333/Fediverse-won-t-replace-Reddit-as-long-as-Lemmy-is-the#entry-comment-478779. And we're all working hard on it, to improve and automate as many things as possible. Thanks to all of you, I believe I can face it head-on, and together we can create a better place. Better internet. Not just this instance, but cooperation between platforms is the key here.
Unfortunately, there are delays occurring again - I've decided that smooth website operation will be the priority this time. There are approximately 450k tasks waiting in the queue, and everything will be handled, but it will take some time. Today, we're also conducting final tests of the new infrastructure. It's taking a while because we're documenting templates that can later be used by others to create their own instances. I hope these are the last issues we have to endure ;)
Will this undermine most of what makes IAmA special? Probably. But Reddit leadership has all the funds they need to hire people to perform those extra tasks we formerly undertook as volunteer moderators, and we'd be happy to collaborate with them if they choose to do so.
Gaming, news, tech, general literature. All of these are somewhat thriving, with a steady influx of posts and comments. At the same time, the userbase is sorely lacking for more niche communities. In my case it'd be stuff like poetry, yoga, religion, linguistics, meditation. Or many other communities I'd doubt they'd form a...
On top of that, we can't expect communities to POOF into existence.
We have to be part of them to build them, which means making them if they don't exist yet as well as posting and commenting in the ones that do exist. I hope that people who are used to lurking on Reddit will go out of their comfort zone a bit and start to participate in fediverse communities so that we can build things up more quickly.
preach (lemmy.world)
Twitter silently removes login requirement for viewing tweets (techcrunch.com)
Days after requiring users to log in to view tweets on the web, Twitter has silently removed these restrictions.
how to block meta from mastodon (lemmy.world)
mastodon.moule.world/@MOULE/110586193055950459
Anatomy of Metal (lemmy.world)
supply side jesus rule (lemmy.world)
YSK that Kbin can subscribe not only to magazines and communities, but entire instances.
This may be useful for folks looking to expand their feed. I discovered this on accident and it completely revolutionized my experience on Kbin....
Call out post for a particular karma farmer on kbin.social
@pollodiabolo - this user is a karma whore of epic proportions and they have made a shit load (10-15+) accounts on kbin that boost and upvote each other while sometimes mass downvoting others that have posts trending towards the top - all to farm karma....
What game feature would you rather have IRL?
Pause to screen: You can put the entire world on pause at will, but your body will also freeze along with others, with only your mind remaining active to think and resume back time....
Kbin Mascot pt.3, updated from feedback and several potential designs. More feedback wanted :)
VOTE HERE...
[SDXL] Sometimes I eat things that aren't food.
OC Penguin when the catnip hits
Pt.2 of the Kbird mascot. Thoughts on these two designs?
Again, based on @FixedFun 's original designs so creds to them for the idea....
shtpst (lemmy.world)
Ernest Appreciation Post
Kbin has seen a staggering amount of growth in the past few weeks, and with it a bunch of discussion about issues and bugs....
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:...
My monstera is attempting a push up ๐ช
OC Kbin Familiarity - a theme i made to replicate old reddit on kbin!
https://tanza.hubza.co.uk/kbinfamiliarity.png...
OC Kbin Familiarity - a theme i made to replicate old reddit on kbin!
https://tanza.hubza.co.uk/kbinfamiliarity.png...
IAmA mods no longer willing to work for reddit for free (redd.it)
Will this undermine most of what makes IAmA special? Probably. But Reddit leadership has all the funds they need to hire people to perform those extra tasks we formerly undertook as volunteer moderators, and we'd be happy to collaborate with them if they choose to do so.
While larger, more general communities are thriving on the Fediverse - I'm missing out on the niche communities
Gaming, news, tech, general literature. All of these are somewhat thriving, with a steady influx of posts and comments. At the same time, the userbase is sorely lacking for more niche communities. In my case it'd be stuff like poetry, yoga, religion, linguistics, meditation. Or many other communities I'd doubt they'd form a...