Comment on what happened to kbin?
OpenStars@discuss.online 1 month ago
Pretty much, as others have explained here. I wanted to add that in addition to its fork Mbin there is also the Sublinks project to make a new implementation of the ActivityPub protocol and thus surf the Fediverse independent of Lemmy. sublinks.org (link to GitHub there too)
ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
Piefed is another Lemmy compatible alternative that looks quite promising: piefed.social
OpenStars@discuss.online 1 month ago
Thank you, I keep mixing it up with Pixelfed in my mind and forget that it exists:-).
It looks both really primitive (e.g. comment from Rima about lack of moderation tools) yet also extremely sophisticated at the same time. Like for me the upper right hand menu bar disappears entirely in dark mode (Android Firefox) - it seems still fully functional but I could not see it to know to click under most conditions - but those category arrangements and how they improve discoverability, it just makes so much sense!
Wow, now I’m as excited about this project as about Sublinks:-).
ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
Yes, those image layouts are fantastic for art communities! It definitely still has a lot of rough edges, UI wise.
I think he’s made some good strides with the mod tools, as seen here: piefed.social/post/167045
I’m glad we have a couple promising alternatives, and it’ll be exciting to see how they evolve differently ^^
OpenStars@discuss.online 1 month ago
Oh wow, community wikis with version history even - that’s fantastic.
Best of all though seems to be that it is in a language that people actually use - no disrespect to Rust bc it’s arguably the best, certainly the hottest language right now, but it definitely seems to be limiting progress that so few people are willing to learn it.