Dear pre-migration Keebinetters, how can we NOT ruin kbin for you?

As a former redditor I am glad to have found a new "home" and I hope I'm not intruding. Nevertheless, we are all a huge migration that is bound to change how kbin works and we're bound to piss off some pre-migration Keebinetters. The fact you guys were here before and not in reddit makes evident you don't want this to become a carbon copy of reddit. From the interface to the group dynamics, please lets us now...

What can we do NOT to ruin kbin for you?

bornInbread,
@bornInbread@kbin.social avatar

best thing you could do prolly is to never use the word keebinetter again

Dav,
@Dav@kbin.social avatar

Dear pre-migration Keebieweebies...

Cavalarrr,
@Cavalarrr@kbin.social avatar

We've all missed the memo, I just found out it's officially the kawaii boys international network.

MisterMoo,
@MisterMoo@kbin.social avatar

We could take a page from Utah and call ourselves Kbahns.

Pegatron,
@Pegatron@kbin.social avatar

Sounds like a German highway

BottleUpAndExplode,

Yeah, that word is giving me the keebeejeebees.

CynAq,
@CynAq@kbin.social avatar

Agreed!

How about kbinians or kbinistas?

assbutt,
@assbutt@kbin.social avatar

This isn't just kbin, that's kinda the whole point. A name based on kbin is short-sighted, because kbin is only one small piece of this thing.

Instead of instantly doing the same shit we did on reddit 15 years ago, why don't we do things differently this time? We don't have to call kbin users anything. In any case, please god not "keebinetter."

planetaryprotection,

"Dear Fediverse Citizen..."

schzztl,

"Hey there, fellow feds!"

livus,
@livus@kbin.social avatar

I unironically like this.

Molliepop,
@Molliepop@kbin.social avatar

Fedizens?

tjhart85,
@tjhart85@kbin.social avatar

My thoughts on this is that things shouldn't be changed to conform with how Reddit did things.

I saw people saying that default settings need to be changed because that's what Reddit people would expect by default and it's like .... How about no?

I'm part of the migration (Saturday), but I don't want this to become Digg3.0! I want it to be better and its own thing.

Now, those settings I was talking about (basically who/what you follow is shown to others by default), I fully think those settings should be changed by default, but not because that's how reddit did it, but because it's a good idea (imho).

We've also got to keep in mind that KBin is basically a one man operation right now and not a company with 2000 people and expectations need to go through that filter first. This site is fucking amazing with that in mind and I think if you just look at it as Reddit 2.0 it's easy to forget the achievements that Ernest has made.

duraks,

/r/politics, /r/blackpeopletwitter, /r/whitepeopletwitter, /r/til, /r/tifu, /r/aita, /r/askreddit and all sorts of trans/terf/whatever activism should stay on reddit.

ColonyOfMischief,

It might not seem necessary, but Reddit was extremely hostile to minorities when those subs were created. There are parts of Reddit that remained hostile until the very end. If it turns out that it's necessary here, then it's necessary here, but a lot of those hostile elements are hopefully going to go off to voat or whatever.

0xtero,
@0xtero@kbin.social avatar

What can we do NOT to ruin kbin for you?

Just a bit of patience and understanding. The software is a prototype. It'll fall over a lot.
Not every question needs an answer today.

shatteredsteel,
@shatteredsteel@kbin.social avatar

For being a prototype, it's still damn good.

I agree that patience will be key to making kbin into a greater place, the rest will come naturally as community(ies) begin to form and prosper.

pope1701,

Does it show active user count somewhere? I'd love to see how much influx there really is.

Nepenthe,
@Nepenthe@kbin.social avatar

https://kbin.social/stats — At the time of this comment, there are a whopping 123,919 users on this instance alone.

There's also a second kbin instance now called fedia.io that lists an additional 18,296.

May that number continue to multiply

pope1701,

Thanks a lot!

QuestioningEspecialy,
@QuestioningEspecialy@kbin.social avatar

The software is a prototype. It'll fall over a lot.

...Remember that Man of Steel trailer?

lixus98,
@lixus98@kbin.social avatar

AFAIK /kbin is pretty new, even more so than Lemmy, I've been here for some days and the explosion of users is honestly insane, but also pretty exciting to see.
Also the users that have migrated so far have been "high quality" and really friendly, in my opinion users like you, like us, are pretty much the base of what /kbin will be.
We have to keep in mind that this site is not Reddit and probably never will be, but that's what I like the most about it.

Ski,

Wait are we part of the original wave of Kbin immigrants?

themadcodger,
@themadcodger@kbin.social avatar

Yeah, more or less. I've been on the fediverse for a little bit, but about a month ago it was mainly just the dev Ernest posting to himself. The fact that this is still in prototype phase and working as well as it does is frankly amazing. Timing wasn't great with reddit imploding now, since it's a bit trial by fire, but I'm really excited about where we're going.

bee,
@bee@kbin.social avatar

Considering that we were able to make 3 letter usernames, we've gotta be in the first few thousand.

Ski,

I was so stoked to get this, you have no idea. hahaha

Nepenthe,
@Nepenthe@kbin.social avatar

I spent like an hour going back and forth about whether to keep the original spelling, number, and multiple underscores in my old name because that was just how my main always was and I haven't had a non-numeric handle in decades.

Suddenly realized the sheer specificity of it meant googling my user could easily find the most ancient stuff, got creeped out, dropped it immediately. Now all anyone who tries to find me is getting is Victorian era poetry and pictures of plants.

Become unsearchable.

bee,
@bee@kbin.social avatar

Become unsearchable.

Words to live by, I'm so fucking hyped to be a bee.

assbutt,
@assbutt@kbin.social avatar

Couldn’t agree more, old chap!

Cavalarrr,
@Cavalarrr@kbin.social avatar

Slightly off topic, but why are we saying 'kee'binetters? Where is the 'kee' in kbin?

Ski,

I've been pronouncing it "KayBin".

BiggestBulb,
@BiggestBulb@kbin.social avatar

Same here

SpacemanSpiff,
@SpacemanSpiff@kbin.social avatar

That’s correct. Like sbin in Linux (the inspiration for the name according to Ernest)

Cavalarrr,
@Cavalarrr@kbin.social avatar

Interesting, I thought it was just an abbreviation of the original Polish site, karab.in (which would also explain why 'subreddits' are called magazines, karabin = rifle). Either way, that's pretty seamless inspiration.

Lazycog,
@Lazycog@kbin.social avatar

I'm not a pre-migration keebinetter, but wanted to point out that kbin was published as a very early version of itself about a month ago by the user /u/ernest, Might not find many pre-migration keebinetters.

Also lmao love that the "keebinetter" sticked!

themadcodger,
@themadcodger@kbin.social avatar

Haha, is "keebinetter" actually sticking?

aroom,
@aroom@kbin.social avatar

Nah

Ashley,
@Ashley@kbin.social avatar

The “Kbaes” is my pick lol

Ski,

I'd wager keeping our narwhals and bacons out of this is probably a good first step? I'm here to join Kbin not turn Kbin into reddit 2.0. Hope we can get some real feedback on this one from people who have been here for a minute. lol

NumbersCanBeFun,
@NumbersCanBeFun@kbin.social avatar

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    themadcodger,
    @themadcodger@kbin.social avatar

    To some extent, but I agree with @ski. I was on Reddit pre-Digg and did my fair share of baconing at midnight with France. But that said, I don't really want Reddit 2.0.

    To agree with you, though, @NumbersCanBeFun, I think we can show Reddit that we don't need their platform by creating something new and unique here that fits our needs. The fediverse is a pretty cool place, and we can create a section the way we want it. Let's make it awesome on our own terms, not beholden to any ideas of "how things have always been done".

    NumbersCanBeFun,
    @NumbersCanBeFun@kbin.social avatar

    You know what, I'm open to both those ideas. Change is just as good. Maybe I got a little to hyped up on trying to make a point 🍻

    eamus_catuli_,
    @eamus_catuli_@kbin.social avatar

    This cordial exchange evidence this [isn’t yet / won’t be] Reddit 2.0??

    Alto,
    @Alto@kbin.social avatar

    That sort of thing was the norm on reddit once upon a time

    MajorTom,

    This whole exchange is reminding me of how reddit used to be. I didn't realize how far the site had fallen.

    Meat,

    Do you remember how proper grammar used to be a big deal and any typos in the post title would get eviscerated in the comments?

    Alto,
    @Alto@kbin.social avatar

    How about when people actually followed reddiquette for the most part? Reddit really did use to have a cozy feel to it. Big enough that there was something for everyone, but not so big that you never saw the other parts of the site.

    LunarLoony,
    @LunarLoony@kbin.social avatar

    Side note, is there an agreed-upon 'fediquette'?

    aroom,
    @aroom@kbin.social avatar

    be nice. don't downvote to make you feel good.

    Bendersmember,
    @Bendersmember@kbin.social avatar

    It's been super refreshing to have some change, before I'd check comments on Reddit I could generally guess the top 3 comments and be right almost always. Take into account that sometimes things get crossposted and reposted and it starts to show you how unoriginal it all can be.

    Xperr7,
    @Xperr7@kbin.social avatar

    What do you mean, the same song lyrics or an endless string of "nice" after the number 69 show up is sooooooooo funny the umpteenth time.

    LunarLoony,
    @LunarLoony@kbin.social avatar

    Or a transcript of the entire Spanish Inquisition sketch.

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