I appreciate that earnest made a post yesterday, or maybe it was the day before, saying that he is not dead and hasn’t given up on kbin. It’s not on this magazine, so I’m not sure where it was since this seems to be the most appropriate one, but in any case.
Reassuring us that things will improve at some point someday probably isn’t enough, and I both moderate and donate to him every month, so I’m a pretty “serious” kbinner. I’m sure we’ve already lost many people who are less dedicated and just want something that works.
This site has been nearly unusable for days. There was the one day recently where it was entirely unusable. Everybody who uses this platform is an 'internet person". We need a platform which is (mostly) fully functional (mostly) every day.
Kbin needs to be fixed.
Ernest needs to give up on this being a one-man show and invite other moderators and contributors. Even I am looking at mbin because usability has just been so terrible that it’s not worth the frustration and disappointment.
/rant
Edit: To make this thread even better, I got an error when I tried to post it. Twice.
I asked Ernest 1 year ago about delegating and empower the software developers, but that didn’t happen and will never happen. That was the reason to create Mbin.
I was considering moving to mbin, but their decision to make downvoting private makes that a very unpleasant idea for me. Public voting was one of the initial selling points for kbin for me. If I move, then it’s probably to another kbin instance like kbin.earth for now.
I appreciate that earnest made a post yesterday, or maybe it was the day before, saying that he is not dead and hasn’t given up on kbin. It’s not on this magazine, so I’m not sure where it was since this seems to be the most appropriate one, but in any case.
Are you not talking about this thread?
and invite other moderators
Definitely. I’ve applied to a handful of magazines weeks ago and have read about others having done so too. I really think magazine ownership requests should be accepted automatically on kbin.social. There’s already requirements in place to whether you can make one, that should be good enough for abuse safety measures.
Instance moderators would be better, but I don’t know if there’s people lining up for that role whom he also can trust with it.
and contributors.
The issue here is that all contributors have moved on to mbin. You don’t just look for contributors, the contributors choose to contribute. So unless he’s willing to pay them, I don’t think this is a problem he can solve, and I doubt he makes enough money to hire people.
@Pamasich@kbin.social
@Drusas@kbin.social do you have a link to a discussion or documentation about down votes being private? Trying to Google this only returns this thread https://www.google.com/search?q="mbin"+make+down+votes+private
From what I can tell, it’s mostly brought up in the discussion of a pull request for supporting federated dislikes.
That’s where I originally saw it. I’m sure there’s probably some more discussion on matrix though, that seems to be their main discussion platform.
Some additional links without discussions:
Edit: Also, to clarify, it’s only seeing who downvoted that’s made private, the actual amount of downvotes is kept public. It’s not a Youtube situation.
I’m not sure why you tagged me because I didn’t say that downvotes are private.
Personally, the main thing I want is for all of the pissers and moaners to go away, so the rest of us can just enjoy this place in peace. And that’d take some of the pressure off of Ernest, which would be good for him and, in the long run, good for the instance. You can all move to mbin - it was pretty much built by and for concern trolls and drama llamas, so you should be right at home there.
Yeah - this place has its issues. That’s the way it goes on what basically amounts to a hobbyist platform on a decentralized system. And it’s part of why I have multiple accounts scattered around the threadiverse - when one is having problems, that likely just means I’ll use it less until things settle down, which is fine. It’s not like I’m paying for any of this.
I like this interface and I like Ernest. That’s enough for me.
Could you give some examples of why it would be bad to have more community moderators, and maybe one or two extra admins? It seems like that would only strengthen Kbin. The moderators could fight the spam effectively, and the new admins could handle managing the busywork of the website while Ernest codes.
It seems like it would be an absolute win all around?
I didn’t say anything at all about moderators or admins. My point is very narrow and specific - I want the concern trolls and drama llamas - the people who post threads like this one - to fuck off. I’m tired of them pissing and moaning because this new, free, making-it-up-as-we-go-along forum doesn’t live up to their expectations. Fuck 'em. Ernest doesn’t owe them anything and if they’re so unhappy, all they have to do is get the fuck out, then they won’t have to deal with the place and the rest of us won’t have to deal with them.
That is “an absolute win all around.”
I didn’t say anything at all about moderators or admins.
That’s what everyone here is discussing, that’s what the OP of this thread is talking about. You’re calling people who are correctly pointing out that Kbin needs more mods and admins, with the stated goal of REDUCING Ernest’s administrative burdens and stress, Drama llamas and trolls, and telling them to fuck off.
What on earth dude.
Mbin was created to get kbin to the next level.
lol
