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Ernest Appreciation Post (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by Deralax@kbin.social to c/kbinMeta@kbin.social

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Kbin has seen a staggering amount of growth in the past few weeks, and with it a bunch of discussion about issues and bugs.

Constructive criticism will help make kbin even greater, but i wanted to take some time to appreciate how great of an app it has been to use these past few weeks, and to the sole developer @ernest for all the long hours put in to keep things running smoothly.

Keep up the great work!

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[–] ernest@kbin.social 173 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Wow ;) I'm incredibly lucky to have come across people like you. The authors of those posts are actually right - managing /kbin is a significant challenge nowadays. It requires extensive knowledge and experience to keep it under control. But also I've never hidden that fact - the information about it is placed at the very top of the repository's readme ;) However, as I mentioned, a lot is changing very quickly https://kbin.social/m/RedditMigration/t/122333/Fediverse-won-t-replace-Reddit-as-long-as-Lemmy-is-the#entry-comment-478779. And we're all working hard on it, to improve and automate as many things as possible. Thanks to all of you, I believe I can face it head-on, and together we can create a better place. Better internet. Not just this instance, but cooperation between platforms is the key here.

Unfortunately, there are delays occurring again - I've decided that smooth website operation will be the priority this time. There are approximately 450k tasks waiting in the queue, and everything will be handled, but it will take some time. Today, we're also conducting final tests of the new infrastructure. It's taking a while because we're documenting templates that can later be used by others to create their own instances. I hope these are the last issues we have to endure ;)

Thanks for everything.

[–] blanketswithsmallpox@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

Thank you for the hard work and much love!

[–] minnieo@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

thank you for your hard work and transparency ernest ♡

[–] Kuujaku@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

I'm a firm believer there can never be too many thanks you's given so: Thank you ernest and everyone working on this.
I myself don't have much php experience other than one small site that i run, but i hope in the future i can too contribute to this project. But that said i do have somewhat more linux experience and if you or anyone here needs help with anything feel free to shoot me a message.

[–] Chetzemoka@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

I just logged in and noticed the updated reputation counting system. Ernest is a man of his word, y'all. I know we're in good hands and look forward to seeing where things go in the future. Really appreciate all your hard work

[–] PinaAkoda@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Excited to see where /kbin goes from here! Thank you for the hard work you're putting into this!

[–] DrNeurohax@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

What you've done here is truly impressive. Reach out to the community when you need help and stay healthy. It's clear you know what you're doing and thanks for all the hard work!

[–] Warped@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Thanks for all the work you do, and I hope you find it rewarding. Most of all, look after yourself mentally and physically. The same goes for the whole team.

The fact you are being transparent and honest about your work and plans for the future, is a huge bonus. Even admitting to setback and problems, is refreshing. I certainly don't expect a super human running the show, and everything to be perfect. If anything, that would make me question the place and avoid it. So many places talk rubbish, spewing out a word salad, but actually say nothing. Even worse, they say one thing and do the precise opposite. You come across as .... well, the total opposite of Spez and those running Deaditt.

[–] wagesj45@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Maybe it is time to start appointing some additional moderators to the biggest magazines.

(Obligatory thank you for all that you've done for us!)

[–] sift@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

You're doing an incredible job.

[–] McBinary@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Thank you for putting the time into this. I'm really enjoying what you're creating here and I look forward to all it can become. Please pace yourself and find help where you can. Don't burn yourself out!

[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

The status update about queue-size etc is really valuable. I wonder if it might be possible to have a little status space in the sidebar

[–] zazaserty@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

You are partaking in a true internet revolution man

[–] melroy@kbin.melroy.org 1 points 1 year ago

Hopefully migration to k8s will be soon and will go smooth!