kbin.social update

ernest@kbin.social to /kbin meta@kbin.social – 3 points –

The instance has been updated to the latest version of the code. For the next few hours, there might be issues with communication in the fediverse. We are working on it, and everything should return to normal shortly. I'll keep you updated.

https://kbin.social/m/kbinDevlog/t/613299/kbin-RTR-8-The-update-of-kbin-social-and-plans-for-the

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ohhh I like the comment box being at the top

It moved? Guess I can remove that tampermonkey script then lol

Wow I don't have to scroll the the bottom of the page to reply anymore

Nice, so many improvements!
@ernest I (preemptively) did a summary of the benefits which this update has just brought to kbin.social over on matrix a while back. Will you share a version of that or something similar?

Fantastic news, Ernest! I'm sure a lot of people will be happy now that that visible domain blocking / posts disappearing fix should be in. :) That was the most visible issue I noticed coming from your kbin.social folks, anyway. Instance level moderation is also a great and welcome addition and I hope you are able to get some volunteers to assist with active moderation, since it's such a large instance.

It's also good to see commits and changes happening on the kbin code in general. While I've moved my instance over to Mbin, I am still rooting for kbin as well - more hands and more ideas in the "community-focused posting" section of the Fediverse can only lead to further improvements as well as more choices for people looking to spin up their own instances, be it Lemmy, kbin, or Mbin.

Is Mbin new? Do you have a URL for your Mbin instance? Does it have a lot of communities/magazines, and can I follow them through kbin?

By the way @ernest, it looks like the API has not been properly set up on kbin.social - probably an issue with the public/private key set up. I got a 500 error attempting to visit /api/entries

Yep, I intentionally did not enable the API. After the update, I want to wait through the weekend, make necessary corrections, gather some metrics. If everything is fine, we will enable the API!

Hurray, hope this will get some developers to make a properly working kbin app soon!

Does anyone have a change log?

Here's what I could find from ernest's devlog and the codeberg commit history:

  • Threads about the same article in multiple magazines are grouped together

  • Users can apply to be mods

  • Abandoned magazines can be taken over

  • Global/instance moderators

  • Accounts can be temporarily suspended

  • Magazine deletion

  • Comment textbox is at the top by default and can be moved

  • Magazine CSS can be disabled

  • Edited posts and comments are marked like on Reddit

  • API

  • Blocked magazines are filtered out of the dropdown when creating a new thread

  • Microblog posts can be pinned

  • Maximum character limits are displayed

  • Show Password button

  • The 'boost' text is colored when active

  • Account deletion button is more clear and obvious

  • Federation page listing defederated instances

    • Seems to not be enabled on kbin.social yet though?

  • Removed the "how to use the editor" button as it wasn't doing anything

  • Users can request their account activation email be resent

  • Users can customize the site's CSS in their settings

  • New option to disable avatars in comments

  • Improved email styling

  • Robots.txt (policy for search engine crawlers and chatgpt)

  • Logged out users cannot initiate federation with new users and magazines anymore

  • 2FA

  • Clearer wording for the direct link copy options

  • edit: New "open original url" option to directly open the url in a new tab rather than just copying the link

  • new: Optional Turbo mode, which changes the site so it has the speed of a single-page web application

I like that we can see the crosspost activity. I preferred the comment box at the bottom though. Keep up the good work. Kbin is way better than digg anyday.

I also prefer the comment box at the bottom ;)

Me too. One day maybe we can have both options, but for now, this is great. edit: I'm an idiot!

Must be weird for you having so many people requesting things all the time. I don't know how I would feel if an avalanche of people asked me to change my work!