lavender

joined 1 year ago
[โ€“] lavender@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

@melroy Done and done! Love being a part of this, so if there are posts of similar nature I might miss in the tracker, do ping me!

[โ€“] lavender@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

SPACE! ๐Ÿš€

[โ€“] lavender@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Not to forget, mentioning @fearout for his great suggestions and critical eye!

 
[โ€“] lavender@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Oh the ping didn't come through for this posts! Love seeing the new stuff now on my desktop, great work. I'm going to implement the @3dmodeling icon immediately.

[โ€“] lavender@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

This whole 'we need a name and a mascot' deal has big 'Stop trying to make Fetch happen' vibes.

[โ€“] lavender@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I knew I made a mistake somewhere ๐Ÿ˜‚ Iโ€™ll get to it - Iโ€™ve been focused on #artemisapp the past weeks, so slowly catching up on my magazines!

[โ€“] lavender@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

@fearout
was replying from mobile - so I'd like to add here... Great work on the texturing! The materials really look like their real life counterparts, perhaps even a bit more edible than supposed to. Which is a good thing.

[โ€“] lavender@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (6 children)

@fearout
These look great! Just the right amount of detail.
I have created @3dmodeling and @zbrush here, so if youโ€™re interested in sharing these there too Iโ€™d personally love that!

[โ€“] lavender@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They behaved as if discussions of other Fedivese microblogs themselves were some sort of existential threat to the Fediverse.

The web keeps evolving, and honestly in the end usability and accessibility will be key. We're waiting for a project that can lower the bar for the 'common' user who wants to click a button and yell into the void. Probably Meta's intended audience. I expect that this future project will in turn become more of a containment zone than an actual place for discussion, but hey at least the folks who want more than Twitter/Reddit 2.0 will have an entry point to the rest of the fediverse without having to deal with the semantics of it.

Incidentally, where in kbin does it show what type of service other users are using?

Ah, I meant the hostname, not the specific type/kind of instance. Still, to at least be able to differentiate on source rather than claiming everything as its own content, is something I do appreciate. It would either teach me to ignore or value certain contributions more or less, given their origins - i.e. an instance ran by propaganda machines or big business.

[โ€“] lavender@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Fair points! Glad to have a choice, at least. Even though some people like to think otherwise and astroturf a lot.

[โ€“] lavender@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Glad to read I was somewhat correct in my assumption.
It's one of the main reasons I don't really watch the Dutch news broadcasts anymore, 50% of the content is American drama not relevant to me.

[โ€“] lavender@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If I recall correctly, the name /kbin originates from linux development, where /sbin relates to essential system binaries. When developing this platform, the term /kbin came from a joke between @ernest and friends. I believe it also refers to a Karabin, a Polish rifle. Ernest is Polish.

 

It finally happened: many Reddit 3rd party apps have officially shut down. With it comes an influx of users looking for a new place.
With the influx come new points of view, new kinds of users with different expectations. This change is already visible, with obvious trolls and attention seekers throwing out bait. What if there is more to it however?

Browsing casually I noticed more and more kbin posts critical of its development, its functioning, and the speed at which @ernest is able to implement updates.

I find it odd that, while denouncing kbin for its current flaws in deployment (despite being clearly stated to be in alpha) the owner of that instance proceeds to praise Lemmy and wave away concerns regarding its devs who

(Lemmy devs) are willing to create a product that makes the entire internet better, and share it with everyone, for free, regardless of your beliefs.

despite having proven that their politics do affect their product.

"Just defederate" in my opinion also is not an argument. It's closing your eyes to a problem propagated by those who benefit from influence from the shadows - on both sides of the political spectrum.

Hence my mention of FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) and Tribalism.
Pushing users towards a preferred platform (in this case, Lemmy) by seeding threadiverse posts with statements such as

  • kbin isn't ready
  • kbin won't have the same engagement as Lemmy
  • the single kbin dev @ernest doesn't have enough time/skill
  • it will never be as good as Reddit

will just lead to Reddit 2.0 painted in red and yellow. As kbin users, we should combat this kind of behavior.

We're all here for a better threadiverse, and a singular means of interacting will not be beneficial to its growth. The reason we're here is because we want a Reddit-like environment, not a single 'frontpage of the internet'. Tribalism in the threadiverse will get us nowhere fast.

Perhaps it was unintentional that kbin was not federating properly with Lemmy instances. What I am afraid of is, knowing the track record of Lemmy devs, it follows a scary trajectory, reminiscent of a few tried and true tactics Reddit and others have used before.

I'd like to state that I am not unbiased. I am helping out with Artemis, a kbin app currently in development.
I do not want to support or make use of Lemmy for many reasons. However, I could not care less if someone is from a Lemmy instance, or if I interact with them in that same space. If I see Lemmy.ml/Lemmygrad.ml behind their name, I will be cautious of their intentions however.

Let's hope we, not as 'rexxiters', 'kbinauts' or 'lemmings', but as fediverse users can actually create a product that makes the entire internet better, and share it with everyone, for free, regardless of our beliefs.

 

Dive into a desert world from the creator of Dragon Ball, Akira Toriyama!
Play as the Fiend Prince, Beelzebub, and set off on an adventure using your wits, brawn, and vehicles to save #SANDLAND!

Quite excited for this!

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