"It's the content, stupid" - some #chaoticgood ways to encourage people to get off of Reddit and onto Kbin

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Jotting some quick notes I've observed so far from running /m/scifi for a couple of weeks and getting to 3K subscribers:

  • Even though most people will return to Reddit and it'll be 'business as usual' - the seeds of destruction are already in place.
  • No one is coming to a place where there's nothing to read / think about / interact with
  • The thing that made Reddit great is content - we came there for content. So when it comes to asking 'how can we grow Kbin?' the answer is simple: It's the content, stupid.
  • Reddit has tons of free content - in the spirit of being a #chaoticgood, we can grab the best parts of that content and use it to make Kbin an interesting, thoughtful place to be
  • Creating spaces with well-thought-out rules to encourage inclusivity, collaborate, and mutual respect. It's working out well for /m/scifi
  • Redditors know what's up - they're pissed at Spez but there's not much they can do about it. They'll vote with their feet if we give them a new place to come to.

Thoughts?

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You can install an app from the Kbin mobile page to your phone, though. Just go to the mobile page, there's an install app option under the 3 dots that works.

I use Hermit so that I can reload a page. The PWA didn't support any kind of reload unfortunately

I'm using that app and the standard "pull the page all the way down" browser gesture refreshes pages

I use Hermit

Hey fellow Hermit user. Do you use infinite scroll? And if so, did you have an issue with Hermit snapping to the bottom of the page if you navigated back from a thread loaded via infinite scroll?

I.e.,

  1. Scroll down until infinite scroll triggers and loads more threads.
  2. Click into one of the loaded threads.
  3. Navigate back.

Unfortunately yes. I have it turned off for now

I wasn't aware that it worked
I am working on an app myself but it's going to be about a month
kbin still doesn't fully have an api so any apps are going to have to wait until it's development is underway

The main board updates, but I have the worst time logging in from there or mobile. I think that's my phone and my fat fingers, though.