baristaJun 27, 2023

Lemmy.ml is blocking all requests from /kbin Instances

I discovered yesterday evening that Lemmy.ml is blocking all inbound ActivityPub requests from /kbin instances. Specifically, a 403 'access denied' is returned when the user agent contains "kbinBot" anywhere in the string. This has been causing a cascade of failures with federation for many server owners, flooding the message... #lemmy #federation #lemmyml #kbinbot #kbinMeta

https://kbin.social/m/kbinMeta/t/104218

Lemmy.ml is blocking all requests from /kbin Instances - /kbin meta - kbin.social

I discovered yesterday evening that Lemmy.ml is blocking all inbound ActivityPub requests from /kbin instances. Specifically, a 403 'access denied' is returned when the user agent contains "kbinBot" anywhere in the string. This has been causing a cascade of failures with federation for many server owners, flooding the message...

Show threadEisenhoweverJun 27, 2023
Doesnt surprise me, the developers of lemmy (which are owners of .ml) have an agenda. They are into censoring on ukraine news, and other stuff. I dont get why people are choosing lemmy over kbin when they are equally bad looking
Show threadTheRoarerJun 27, 2023
Wait why is kbin bad looking?
Show threadTwilightVulpine
It looks better than reddit.
Jun 27, 2023 at 8:21pmWeb
Show threadslicedcheesegremlinJun 27, 2023
yeah, kbin is probably the nicest looking reddit alternative i've seen. Really sleek design without leaning into the overly overly mobile-focused watered down New Reddit bs, while also not nearly as hideous as old reddit.
Show threadmochiJun 27, 2023
I do wish kbin looked a bit better on mobile, though. I have larger font on my iPhone and instead of wrapping, the text just goes off the screen and can't be viewed.