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It's still tiny numbers in the scheme of things, but also quite a big number for a site that had ~30 users this time last month.

Kbin stats https://kbin.fediverse.observer/dailystats

Lemmy + Kbin https://fedidb.org/current-events/threadiverse

Raw https://kbin.social/nodeinfo/2.0

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[–] [email protected] 125 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It’s feeling a bit like 2008 all over again, the community feels smaller, more engaged and with a main sense of purpose. It’s refreshing.

I’m glad to be journeying on this spaceship with y’all.

[–] [email protected] 76 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Something nostalgic and familiar about beta testing new apps, seeing the community grow, and getting 500 Internal Server Error screens in the process... I like it in a quirky kinda way

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I kinda consider the errors and lags to be like those dog bowls that keep pups from eating their kibble too fast.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I always take it as a sign to go do something elsewhere lol

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's the same sensation I found with leaving Twitter and joining Mastodon. I found that I was more inclined to engage rather than simply read information, and it was more straightforward to curate the information and people I wanted to follow.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

This 100%. Quality > quantity!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Completely the same! I now even run my own calckey instance and have lots of interactions. Also at almost 200 followers in just few months. Twitter felt like posting into the void instead.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Right?, it feels rewarding to add the discussion, to help solve issues in the code (if you can), helping people navigate where they want to go.
At least for me, reddit failed in something, making me feel part of its community, kbin is succeeding at this so far.

Edit: Obligatory plug of other kbin instances for new users to join: fedia.io, readit.buzz, fediverse.boo,
By joining them you are spreading the load so we can keep all instances stable.

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[–] [email protected] 79 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It seems to me that there are several factors. Firstly, the instance was created recently, about 1-2 months ago. There wasn't even an official instance opening, you know, with cake and confetti ;) During this time, I've been observing people on the Fediverse. It's unlikely that any follows were given by chance. Later on, wonderful people who discovered kbin did the rest. That's how it is in the Fediverse. In the beginning, not everything is easy and obvious, but if you put enough heart and effort into it, it pays off in the future.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh, it seems like I responded in the wrong thread. But hey, it fits here too ;p

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're awesome dude, just wanted to say this is the most fun I've had on the internet in years.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Me too. I've been on the internet since 2013, but its the first time I have ever felt part of a community.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I saw kbin recommended by someone on Reddit (my apologies for not being able to give them credit - I didn't clock the username) and out of all the alternatives shared that I checked out, this one just felt right. If that makes sense. Thank you for creating such a wonderful space!

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

30k is small compared to Reddit, or Twitter, or Facebook, but it's very large compared to what's necessary to keep a space lively and engaging.

And on that front, there is such a thing as too big. Subreddits with hundreds of thousands of active users all engaging with a single topic stop being, well, engaging, and start becoming white noise generators: See a post, comment on the post, never have anyone read your comment because 20,000 other people have also done the same. That kind of environment just turns us into consumers of media, rather than social beings, and is just fundamentally kind of bad for us.

We have enough passive, unidirectional media we consume. Spaces like this are better when they're not one of them.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I always had a decent mix of subs. Large ones for content consumption; smaller ones for discussion. Even then, the large ones I interacted with were further fragmented (big example being sports game threads, it was usually only fans of the two teams). Hoping to find that here; that is a beloved part of watching sports for me now.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've tried lemmy.world, Beehaw and Kbin. Kbin is by far the closest experience to Reddit as you can get (That I have tried)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

As someone who landed on the lemmy side, I'm glad that choosing a side here didn't l doesn't have to fracture the community. You can pick the experience you enjoy best but still have scess to a broader universe of content.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’ve registered on and experimented with a handful of fediverse instances, apps, etc this week and really keep coming back to Kbin.social as my main point of entry. With the progressive web app on my phone and iPad I’m having a similar experience to Apollo, and really liking watching this community (and Lemmy) grow. Glad to be here with you all, let’s keep this excitement going!

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not a kbin user but love how I can hang out with y'all just the same :D

[–] kn33 7 points 1 year ago

Right? This whole federation thing is great. Now I just gotta figure out how Lemmy federation with Mastodon works because right now it feels like the answer is "not very well".

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That's basically a stadium full of people. Well except that most people here probably have never seen a stadium from the inside.

Nerds.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have seen an inside of a stadium once! Does this mean I am not a nerd??

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Now you're bragging

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Enough to get some balls rolling, and possibly broken.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's strange, because Reddit changes so slowly that I've forgotten how much discussion used to take place. This platform actually has people engaging in conversation and it's awesome.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I actually feel seen on this site. People like to hype the fact that reddit has so many users but most of the time my comments and thoughts were just lost to the void.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So how do we new users help keep kbin alive? What are the hosting costs and what do we need to do to stay adfree or at least prevent long-term enshittification now?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

There is a link to buymeeacoffee.com on the About page at the bottom.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

thanks for making this possible @ernest

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

My takeaways from this are fuck /u/spez and @ernest fucks.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

I’m happy to see the fediverse growing nicely!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I like it here! I'm glad to see so many people!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

I joined Kbin.social four days ago, and I'm already having a great time! 😃 Excited to see what the future holds for this project!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Good, making this place active!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I'm so happy to have learned so much about the Fediverse and its communities in the past week. A big thanks to the admins and developers who have put in all the hard work.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is great here! I love how much engagement there is. It doesn't feel as if I'm yelling into the wind anymore

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah the signal to noise ratio is much more palatable here

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Seriously loving kbin so far

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

This is exciting! It's like being a pioneer on the "new" internet.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

being on here made me realize of what has been missing from reddit for years now. This is a refreshing site, hopefully it continues to grow.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

First day it's been usable for me! Grabbed some niche mags and trying to populate. Really enjoying the UI. Brings me back.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I joined on Sunday. Took a few days to figure out how to do things. But I haven't opened Relay since then. Loving it here.

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[–] MargotRobbie 7 points 1 year ago

I remember back in the day when reddit was like this, fun, high effort discussions, even with people complaining about how confusing reddit was to use.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

And may it keep growing!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (6 children)

For 30k monthly users some magazines that seem to be popular for most people (gaming, pcgaming) seem awfully dead

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Too much focus on Reddit drama threads and not enough on actual content (I am guilty of this too). I think as the drama passes it will liven up in the popular topics/magazines. Reddit needs to stop pulling the trigger on their foot gun first.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

That's to be expected. Mastodon was dominated by Twitter discussions for quite a while before it tailed off

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

This is awesome !

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