Announcement for anyone who might have been subscribed to any of the magazines I moderated on mbin:

Unfortunately, the server both my mbin account and the magazines were hosted on, kbin.run, has disappeared. Since I no longer have access to the magazines, I cannot do anything to manually shut down the old magazines or post an announcement of the migration to the magazines themselves.

I am currently in the process of setting up a new account for myself on kbin.earth, and I will update this post once I have the new magazines up and running.

Additionally, in the event that something like this happens again, I will always post an update here on my Mastodon account, and I will also be creating a backup account on PieFed (@[email protected])

The old magazines:
@windowsinsiders
@[email protected]
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#kbin #kbinMeta #mbin #mbinMeta #WindowsInsiders #FluentDesign #MbinStyles

Has kbin been abandoned?

I know they always struggled with maintenance, but the main instance (kbin.social) has been down for weeks, the website (kbin.pub) is also down and the repo (codeberg.org/kbin) hasn't been updated in months.

@AskKbin @kbinMeta

#fediverse #kbin #AskKbin #kbinMeta

Didn't he have some sort of health issues a while back? I hope he's okay, and that includes not being overwhelmed with growth and burnout. Is he also employed? Need family and rest time, sometimes. RL takes precedence.

ETA: it's possible malicious actors gained control. I'm not saying that's what happened, I'm saying it's possible.

It's very sad seeing #kbin down so often and for so long. Sadly, it seems like it's dying at a rapid pace.

What are your thoughts on what could have saved it / will save it?

I think the following would / will save it:

- a proper Android / iOS app
- spam protection
- error redundancies (making servers roll back upon too many errors)
- (HOT TAKE) using a better-suited framework for the site (like Next.js or Remix)
- better theming (using a component library)

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