Hi there. Did you set up your instance simply following the guide on kbin.pub? I just bought a domain/VPS but I haven’t had much luck following the guide yet. Did you run into anything you had to do that wasn’t in the documentation? I’ve been looking for a walkthrough video even, but only found one for setting up a Lemmy instance.
Thanks for the info and the links. I'm not in a particular rush so I'm just viewing this as a learning experience. When it finally works it'll be a great feeling :D
Thanks for the reply. I guess I picked a great project for my first go at this haha. Do you have a quick link to the matrix room so I can check it out? A video guide would be great for those like me, if you're up to it. I'm sure it would be very helpful once people realize they can own their own home here.
Edit: I found the matrix room and ended up getting it going for the most part! Still tweaking the .env settings and trying to get mail/registrations to work though
Their post announcing it, has comments disabled. I have been going on reddit looking for polls to vote "yes" to continue to participate in the blackout. This was kind of a bummer....
Since it seems that Reddit admins will eventually just replace mods that refuse to open their subs back up and force them back open anyway, maybe actually opening subs back up would be best thing to do. NOT opening back up to business as usual though. r/videos, for example, could reopen and change their rules to allow only discussions about the best VHS camcorders from the 80s for recording videos, just not actual videos. r/Funny could change their rules and only allow text posts of knock-knock jokes.
This would ensure that those mods aren’t officially breaking any “rules” and the mods that are willing to actually stand up wont risk being ousted in favor of installed mods that are favorable to Reddit’s views. Reddit can have all their subs reopened, but they dont have to remotely resemble anything that they once were. I didn’t see them say anything about that. They could create a sticky that says something like, “Until Reddit reconsiders, this sub is now about X” (just more eloquently said). Make the content so dumb and ridiculous and maybe it’ll get more attention than continuing the blackouts (since they think it’s all going to fizzle out anyway), and keep the good mods in control. They said reopen, but they didnt say it had to be good. Malicious compliance.
Just thinking of ways to stay one step ahead, and it would be absolutely hilarious too. The great rebranding!
I'm sure that even if they don't use 3rd party apps personally, most are at least aware of their existence by now. Especially after the last week or two. I know it's not a 1:1 perfect analogy in the image, but something that would make it somewhat easier to understand at first glace. Certainly open to suggestions though!
@DoomBananas We’re still weighing all the options and want to do what is best for the community. We will see if this is indeed the best place to move to vs another platform, or hosting our own instance even. Whatever we decide to do, we just don’t want to be hasty.
@DoomBananas you and me both! Right here seems to be the most promising alternative, but it’ll be something we mods have to all agree on and also make sure we give everyone enough notice so they can figure all this out too. I wish the Apollo dev would switch his app to point here instead of Reddit. Something that high profile could be the catalyst to finally get people to be ok with leaving Reddit finally.
@DoomBananas it’s definitely a new concept and not as simple as going to one site with a unified experience. I’d consider myself to be fairly tech savvy and got it down in a day, but others may see it as confusing and write it off entirely. It’ll be interesting to watch it all play out and see what emerges as the next successor to Reddit. I think some good marketing is needed for that to happen. “Reddit” is a catchy name, so a well-funded instance with a cool name/money to spend on marketing might need to come along first to grab people’s attention.
The more I use Kbin the more I like it, but it will have to be done carefully. There are some promising apps coming out soon, so once those have been released and show to be working that'll be a big help too.
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We want to move away from Reddit, is kbin suitable?
Update: we're live @rimworldporn...
Reddit's largest subreddit, r/funny, has opened back up. (reddark.untone.uk)
Their post announcing it, has comments disabled. I have been going on reddit looking for polls to vote "yes" to continue to participate in the blackout. This was kind of a bummer....
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Backup community from the mods of /r/Nirvana in case Reddit goes down the drain. We will update as things evolve, but for now this is just a placeholder. Thank you all!