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Kbin reminds me so much of what I loved about Reddit when I first joined 14 years ago. Is anyone else struck by the complete lack of ads on any of these instances? It’s crazy how quickly almost everything loads.
Yes!! And the active non-toxic community.
There are UI improvements to be made and general coordination and understanding of the fediverse (eg. discovering communities, duplicate communities, etc), but we will get there.
And the active non-toxic community.
Most of the users have some organs which, when consumed in sufficient quantities, are considered toxic. The key is to eat the users in moderation.
But I only tried moderation for the first time this week! Don’t eat me! Go eat the moderators over on Reddit, that’s what they do over there.
But...your name is eggy...
I prefer referring to my moderators as doors instead of keys, which are also far more gestational.
Yes!! And the active non-toxic community.
Give it some time...
Agreed. Reddit was awesome before it got ruined as well.
I think this is an important consideration. What should be done different to mitigate toxicity?
Honestly it's exciting to be able to ask these sorts of questions and potentially be able to act on it. I'm inclined to say:
- There's an optimal size to subreddits. Small subreddits can be toxic, large ones are unless they have ultra strict moderation (so basically askhistorians).
- Massed users from other subreddits can easily overwhelm and torpedo communities, even ones larger than themselves if coordinated enough.
- There aren't any sort of feedback mechanisms or checks on moderators.
3...2....1....
Honestly, it has been a breath of fresh air. Lack of trolling, and no bots, it is old reddit.
And the puns, jfc the never ending stupid puns.
Yeah, the feeling is the same one I had when I started using reddit about a decade ago, much better than the current bs that seems to constantly permiate the current reddit platform.
Did r$ddit ever exist without trolls?
Kbin/Lemmy and Mastodon remind me of Reddit and Twitter back when the communities on the platform felt more like, well, communities. I don't think Kbin is quite at the critical mass yet (and personally I don't like either Kbin or Lemmy's UIs, while I do love Ivory for Mastodon), but I'm actually really enjoying the platform. Hopefully it continues to grow organically.
Right?! I have both Lemmy and Kbin, but Kbin is the one that reminds me of early Reddit the most. I hope it gets a mobile app soon.