Fuck u/spez
this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2023
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We boost here
Sorry if this is a dumb question, but what's the difference between boosting and hitting the upvote/downvote looking buttons?
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
This is awful. It’s confusing.
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.
I just gave you a Boost and a Favourite!
And an upvote?!
What's the conversion to Stanley nickels?
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 :)
Lol, the developer has acknowledged it doesn't make sense at the moment and it will be changed.
Thank goodness for that at least. It can't come soon enough
It'll work itself out eventually. Kbin is still super new. Ernest is hard at work every day
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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Kbin is basically still in alpha. They're fixing stuff like this. It'll be fixed soon.
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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
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.
It only doesn't count as an upvote as far as reputation is concerned, upvotes are still upvotes in determining post ranking.
@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.
Thank you. I was wondering.
Anyone have the numbers of today's new users for any of the kbin or Lemmy instances?
2.1k new kbin.social accounts made in the past 72 hours.
1.4k new lemmy.world accounts made in the past 72 hours.
Amazing! Long live the fediverse. Fuck Reddit!
Even better would be if they spread out over more instances instead ofself-centralising on a few 'flagship' instances. But no judgement, it's understandable; just keep in mind you can always move to another and connect with the same communities!
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FUCK REDDIT. FUCK SPEZ.
Quite enjoying the Kbin experience after 11 years of reddit. I thought it would be harder to switch.
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.
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.
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
Deleted my Reddit account today. 12 years I was a user. No more.
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.
Goodnight, sweet prince.
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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Fuck u/spez
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.
I think once some nice 3rd party apps get rolling we’ll see a lot more adoption as well
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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Also tildes.net. However, they're trying to grow slowly, and they're focused on text-only discussions.
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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Funnily enough, boost for reddit is the last one holding out and closes after today. I was really confused by your title hahah
im boosting this as well..
do i need to scroll to the end of the page just to reply a post?
Yes, the intent is to encourage reading comments before commenting.
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Rip Apollo
Updoots to the left
Le bacon narwhals at midnight
Alas, poor Reddit, I knew them well
Fuck Spez
FUCK SPEZ!!!!!!!
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