BreadDog/r/kbinMigration created.... and quickly banned by reddit
I took a quick look while it up and it was just a user guide, similar to the lemmymigration subreddit
LinkOpensChest.wavThis wild banning of subreddits that promote alternatives to reddit is likely to push a lot of people to leave who may have been on the fence about staying on reddit
I'm just waiting for the real Streisand effect to kick in if they ban /r/redditalternatives
gnoopThat's already happening. People are mentioning kbin, lemmy, and tildes pretty regularly. A few others have tossed their sites in as well. It's going to get passed around one way or another.
I just deleted Reddit after seeing this post lol
Code_aIf you haven't done it, go back and delete your posts and comments.
Reddit needs your content, without its users providing content and moderation Reddit is done.
RoboRayRedact can automate your content purge.
Windows, Mac and Linux clients available.
This will go away with the api changes right?
Yes. Don't wait around if you want to automate content removal.
I did that :) Also fuck u/spez
charlytuneIs there any way of downloading / exporting my comments? I know it sounds daft, but there's some of my early posts about personal stuff that I'd like to keep. I couldn't find anything in my account settings (first time I'd logged on to the actual website in a long time ha)
You can request your data, but it can take 30 days, so that's not very viable: https://www.reddit.com/settings/data-request
Power Delete Suite automates the exporting of your data, but from what I can tell it just exports your comments into a spreadsheet
Cool thanks. I'd be ok with waiting for the response before deleting my account. I might give that other option a go as well. Once I've got all my comments in a spreadsheet I might then realise how pointless keeping them is!
Does this affect the karma of the account? I was thinking about selling mine
the_observer95No, it doesn't affect the karma of the account. I just tried deleting some of my posts to check this, and it remained unchanged.
MoodyCatWow that was fast. Glad I managed to read the guide and register for an account before that happened.
Man what a shit show
GraceGHWhat can you even say except lol?
BrooklynMan[Your Reddit account has been permanently suspended]
Jokes on them, I purged all my accounts.
All the more reason to migrate...
Hatedoes anyone know what information the guide contained? all I did when I signed up was click "Register" and create an account. is there anything I'm missing out on, or extra steps that I should take?
From what I remember, I don’t think there were any extra steps besides registering. The guide did go into detail explaining what kbin.social is for those looking for alternatives for reddit.
Yeah, I would love to know what was in that guide to maximize my experience here.
Yep. There's here, and there's ....now what the hell do I do?
So far what I've done apart from registering is subscribing to the large communities on Lemmy that I'm interested in, you can find them here https://lemmy.ml/communities/listing_type/All/page/1
For example you can subscribe these communities just by searching them on kbin like this @gaming.
However it seems like the kbin feed is already doing a good job at showing popular lemmy communities.
Hello everything, just saw this site and saw this post so created my account
Same. And unless something change, I'll delete my 9y old account.
Or you could just sell it to spammers!
But seriously, I feel like it’s just folks who have been on Reddit for ages that really care about this, those of us who likely switched to an app like Apollo after the Reddit redesign. I can’t handle the ‘new’ look and feel, nor can I handle the official app.
I suspect folks who began using Reddit apres the redesign don’t know/don’t care and will continue on.
welcome to kbin!
Hi. Same here.
Me too! It seems like a good place to transfer my unhealthy internet habits to.
Do you think this maybe mishandled?
Do you think this was maybe mishandled a smidge?
BOOO SPEZ GO BACK TO REDDIT
unless you aren’t spez then stay hate
BarbarianDefinitely a joke account, but a pretty great one :)
Lolol my bad then
Admin-level moderation is getting quite out of hand I see.
gangstamouseI was browsing it while sitting in a drive thru. Got home and it was gone. Unbelievable.
Packopus@BreadDog Myself and @Moar_Salt created r/kbin and it hasn't been banned yet. Check it out and spread the word! I deleted my moderator account to it but can assist where needed.
Just joined kbin because of this. Still feeling my away around, but glad to be here.
glad to have you!
overfl0wHas anyone been able to get mlem iOS app to connect to kbin yet? I just get a long timeout and then a generic error message.
Zak8022AFAIK, kbin uses a different url scheme so Mlem might not be set up to handle that. The alternative I’ve seen suggested is to use kbin’s progressive web app (PWA) and install it as a pseudo-app. It works well enough for now. I do hope more native can exist in the future.
Kata1ystKbin doesn't have a Lemmy compatible API, though it's something the lead dev (and the Lemmy devs) have been discussing. But the instances can federate to each other beautifully.
For now your best bet would be using kbin as a PWA, which works great in my experience.
Info here: https://www.idownloadblog.com/2018/07/19/howto-progressive-web-apps-iphone-ipad/
What Progressive Web Apps are and how to install and use them on iPhone and iPad
Based on modern web technologies, Progressive Web Apps combine features offered by most modern browsers with the benefits of a mobile experience. Here's how to install and use Progressive Web Apps on iOS.
How did I not know about this? I've been using a shortcut that opens the URL in my phone browser, which is way less elegant. Works fabulously, thanks!!
You're very welcome!
CommunistIs there any advantages to kbin over lemmy? php seems like a much worse tech stack for no benefit.
I think it might serve it's own niche. I heard the microblog tab makes it a bit nicer to see content from mastodon users that someone is following. so it could develop to be like a hybrid lemmy/mastodon type of tool. But I haven't read too much into what kbin is aiming to be
It looks like the Lemmy devs might have some IRL issues.
https://reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/comments/143o5xd/reconsidering_my_support_for_lemmy/
BackOnMyBSthose are the admins of one instance. if you don't like them, you can join another or create your own
The admins of one instance and the devs of the whole platform
Must be traumatic to have your worldview questioned for the first time. They've been fed anti-communists propaganda from birth and are now trying to avert their eyes, lol. Reminds me of evangelicals when they encounter "satanic" media.
Are you suggesting that there are no valid criticisms of communism, and removing the agency of anyone who suggests otherwise? I'm genuinely curious as a socdem who likes a lot of liberal ideas.
I'm suggesting this is cult-like behavior, yes. People (especially communists) criticize various Marxist thinkers as well as the positions of communist parties all the time. Of course I don't every criticism is invalid. As far as I can tell, they're barely even doing any criticizing in the linked thread, they're just going "tankie warning!!! do not hang out with these people!!!".
I'm happy to say that wasn't the response I was expecting, but now I'm not sure what to do with my tankie pitchfork.
holy sh!t, this single thread was better than entire /r subs I have seen :-)
lol they're going to reconsider their antipathy for reddit when they show up here and don't have the entire reddit "policy" department putting their thumbs on the scales
PorkrollPosadisthttps://www.mintpressnews.com/jessica-ashooh-reddit-national-security-state-plant/277639/
Honestly, I joined lemmy.ml first before really taking a look at the ideals of most of that userbase and I just do not agree with a large part of what they identify with.
Bounced around to a few other instances that all seemed... Idk not the right fit. But kbin so far seems much more my style and I finally now got an account created so we'll see how it goes.
I'm curious what has turned you off here, since I'm very new. Reddit's weirdly right wing political tilt has been turning me off for some time now, hoping that's not the case here.