Reddit Migration

[–] EstiniensBathwater@kbin.social 28 points 3 years ago

FUCK REDDIT. FUCK SPEZ.

[–] 34@kbin.social 26 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Anyone have the numbers of today's new users for any of the kbin or Lemmy instances?

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[–] Voyajer@kbin.social 27 points 3 years ago (1 child)

2.1k new kbin.social accounts made in the past 72 hours.

1.4k new lemmy.world accounts made in the past 72 hours.

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[–] const_void@kbin.social 11 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (3 children)

Amazing! Long live the fediverse. Fuck Reddit!

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[–] Madison_rogue@kbin.social 18 points 3 years ago

This site gives an idea of how Lemmy & kbin are growing.

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[–] Calcharger@kbin.social 26 points 3 years ago (3 children)

We boost here

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[–] BingGoose@kbin.social 22 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but what's the difference between boosting and hitting the upvote/downvote looking buttons?

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[–] Nugget_in_biscuit@kbin.social 30 points 3 years ago (7 children)

Boost is a kbin upvote, while upvote is a Lemmy upvote. So if you want promote some good content on kbin, you have to use boost

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[–] Brkdncr@kbin.social 30 points 3 years ago (8 children)

This is awful. It’s confusing.

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[–] harmonea@kbin.social 30 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

This is from the various services trying to talk to each other in ways they weren't originally designed to do, really. Our "upvote" is a mastodon "favorite" (like) while our "boost" is functionally a retweet/reblog. Kbin tries to bridge the gap between threaded content and microblogging, and it gets about 90% of the way there; all it really needs to do is change it so that upvotes are the ones that contribute to reputation instead of boosts, which are functionally useless outside a fully microblog-style environment.

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[–] CurlyMoustache@kbin.social 13 points 3 years ago (1 child)

I just gave you a Boost and a Favourite!

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[–] HappySerf@kbin.social 9 points 3 years ago

And an upvote?!

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[–] f_u_reddit_992@reddthat.com 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

What's the conversion to Stanley nickels?

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[–] DoucheAsaurus@kbin.social 17 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Lol, the developer has acknowledged it doesn't make sense at the moment and it will be changed.

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[–] Kill_joy@kbin.social 14 points 3 years ago

It is currently broken which is why it functions in such a terrible way. A fix has been made, but not yet pushed to live. Hold tight :)

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[–] Calcharger@kbin.social 7 points 3 years ago

It'll work itself out eventually. Kbin is still super new. Ernest is hard at work every day

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[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago*

Kbin is basically still in alpha. They're fixing stuff like this. It'll be fixed soon.

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[–] Mostly_Harmless@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

@Brkdncr

There's definitely room for improvement, but I like what I see so far and don't have a problem learning a new paradigm. I'm sure that as the platform matures things will become more consistent.

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[–] AnonTwo@kbin.social 12 points 3 years ago* (3 children)

The upvote doesn't represent an upvote on Kbin, so if you get a normal flow of upvotes/downvotes and no boosts, you'll have a negative reputation.

reputation doesn't actually do anything, of course, but it is there.

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[–] atocci@kbin.social 11 points 3 years ago (1 child)

It only doesn't count as an upvote as far as reputation is concerned, upvotes are still upvotes in determining post ranking.

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[–] Prouvaire@kbin.social 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

@AnonTwo @ernest is aware of the issue: https://codeberg.org/Kbin/kbin-core/issues/80

Hopefully this will be changed soon, as the current system is confusing can be off-putting.

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Yep https://kbin.social/m/kbinMeta/t/116811/PSA-every-interaction-you-make-with-various-posts-on-kbin#entry-comment-462816 :)

[–] ernest@kbin.social 14 points 3 years ago

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[–] TheDeadGuy@kbin.social 11 points 3 years ago*

Boost is like retweeting something, you can have followers in the fediverse. Boosting makes something more visible to everyone, so you upvote/downvote things you personally like/dislike and boost things you think your followers/everyone would like

Think of this place as a cross between email, Twitter and reddit. All communities can interact with each other and are independent

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[–] strangehill2dieon@kbin.social 19 points 3 years ago (1 child)

When RIF died today a part of me died. But with death comes rebirth, and here we are. Forcibly pushed out of our comfort zones and into the brave new world of the fediverse. I have a feeling I will look upon this day with the same joy and reverence as the day my friend download rif on my phone for me all those years ago. It felt weird at first then became something I used almost every day. I have a feeling the same will happen here. We're all about to create something beautiful. Oh yeah and fuck spez

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[–] NextGenHen@kbin.social 18 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Quite enjoying the Kbin experience after 11 years of reddit. I thought it would be harder to switch.

[–] drinkleadsoup@kbin.social 12 points 3 years ago (1 child)

I'm happier here. I feel like I'm surrounded by intelligent people again. The reddit userbase had become hot garbage during the past 5 or so years.

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[–] andemira@kbin.social 8 points 3 years ago

Same for me. I feel like the reason kbin in particular feels so much like coming back to a long lost home is because it appeals to the old guard of reddit, people with 10+ year accounts who really just wanted an aggregated collection of forums for niche interests. Reddit kept getting shittier as that format got diluted and they tried to push it towards being mainstream social media.

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[–] MrsEaves@kbin.social 15 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

Fuck /u/spez, and more importantly, welcome to everyone coming in today. It’s been amazing watching the growth of kbin, and I’m super thankful for the developers who have kept me connected to my communities - first Christian, now Ernest. I’ve never been in on the ground floor of anything and this has been absolutely wild.

Kinda mad I didn’t grab a short handle while I could, but I wasn’t thinking and just used the same as I had on Reddit. sigh

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[–] ElDuderino96@kbin.social 14 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Deleted my Reddit account today. 12 years I was a user. No more.

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[–] MrsEaves@kbin.social 10 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Deleted my account of 11 years just now as well after verifying PowerDeleteSuite didn’t miss anything the past few days. I thought this would be my hardest non-federated social media account to delete, since it was the last one standing and the one I used most. After what I’ve seen this month, it’s an easy delete. My time there is done.

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[–] fishos@kbin.social 11 points 3 years ago

Goodnight, sweet prince.

[–] AnonymousLlama@kbin.social 10 points 3 years ago (5 children)

A fair number of people seem to be spilling out into Lemmy, kbin, squabbles and other places. Be keen to see how the growth accelerates over the next few weeks as people weigh up their options.

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[–] zcd@kbin.social [S] 7 points 3 years ago

I think once some nice 3rd party apps get rolling we’ll see a lot more adoption as well

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[–] hackitfast@kbin.social 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Problem with squabbles is that it has sole ownership. Can literally turn into reddit or Digg again.

Good to know there are a bunch of alternatives though.

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[–] RadicalHomosapien@kbin.social 9 points 3 years ago

Fuck u/spez

[+] man_in_space@kbin.social 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

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[–] TheTheMeet@kbin.social 6 points 3 years ago (2 children)

im boosting this as well..

do i need to scroll to the end of the page just to reply a post?

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[–] rolfthedog@kbin.social 6 points 3 years ago

For now, yes. Fuck u/spez

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[–] atocci@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Yes, the intent is to encourage reading comments before commenting.

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[–] Raevyn@kbin.social 6 points 3 years ago

Fuck Spez.

[–] Rvd2k4@kbin.social 6 points 3 years ago (3 children)

I want to compare this to how I felt about Digg, but it’s different. Digg was a platform that was okay, but then the redesigns happened and I didn’t care about wanting to leave.there wasn’t anything there that I really cared about. I remember finding Reddit in undergrad, creating the University’s subreddit, and watching it grow. I was active on subs I cared about, topics where my passions lie. Now it’s all gone, and time to start again.

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[–] GataZapata@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago

Funnily enough, boost for reddit is the last one holding out and closes after today. I was really confused by your title hahah

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[–] Mike835@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago

fuck u/spez, the power tripping pig boy

[–] Silver_Steel@fedi196.gay 5 points 3 years ago

In a weird way, I’m almost glad u/Spez decided to make the horrible api changes. I never would have discovered the fediverse otherwise. Personally, I also feel a lot better after quitting Reddit. Even so, fuck u/Spez for being a greedy Piece of shit.

[–] MeowgicalKitKat@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago*

Fuck Spez

[–] blackouttripleseven@kbin.social 5 points 3 years ago

FUCK SPEZ!!!!!!!