@ernest I really do appreciate everything you have done on Kbin! I love it and will bounce between the two until I have found my "home".
I know everything is new, so this was trying to spark as much of a "I don't know what I don't know" conversation because I think I might be using it wrong in the sens of the fediverse, rather than a threadiverse.
If there are features in waiting, then I will still be coming back to Kbin as my "favorite" of all the mediums, but I still think the microblog system is the best fediverse format. Even without a character limit. I just think the community concept only works if every activity pub instance also uses the same exact format. Instead of double posting and cross threading. But that's just me. I couldn't get the hang of Twitter or Reddit as a poster so that's why I always was a lurker.
- That's exactly it, so I'll wait for that!
I wasn't a Twitter user ever, I just thing the format for the fediverse is the best method of delivering what the idea of it is. More of a filter, rather than a follower type of content collection, If that makes sense. I think its best to have everything and then weed it down to exactly what you like than to search for a shot in the dark.
No disrespect to what you've done for Kbin at all, this was to spark conversation on how others use it!
@solivine Same, and it just works better. Whenever I need a word processor or spreadsheet at home I don't need that much, and I need to be able to access it on all my devices, not just my home computer. So having the free alternative work faster, better, everywhere, then I don't even see Office as relevant anymore.
I recently re-watched Future Diary, an anime relating to keeping a journal that then gets shifted forward into time which, depending on what you were documenting, could be to your advantage or disadvantage.
This inspired me to keep my own journal YEARS back, and I've been doing pretty good at keeping it alive. I've recently migrated to using Obsidian as my software (in fact, I use Obsidian for everything! From notes in class to quick to-do lists for the day) and it's made it pretty easy to look back on old notes. I used to be obsessed with minute-by-minute updates like in the anime, but took a more realistic approach to having a daily review. However recently I've found that I am losing track of more and more as my life gets more and more busy. I've tried some different note-taking methods but those work for some aspects, but not all aspects of what I need to remember.
I have (most likely, at best undiagnosed) ADHD to where I can't remember a conversation I just had as soon as I turn back around to continue what I was working on before getting interrupted in conversation. So I have tried writing EVERYTHING down. This works, as long as I remember all the details by the time it's written down. (I've been interrupted 5 times while writing this so forgive me if it's scattered) But notes can get lost in the sauce and I have to search forever to find bits of info.
The way I use Obsidian is by having the daily note set up with a template which is timestamped and asks loaded questions, with tags, to help me find what subject I want to look back on in certain dates. These tags can be relating to work, emotions, relationships, interactions, and ways to improve any of those.
These get stored in folders for each year, but I generally keep them open-ended with the file name being just the date with a quick summary after it.
I've tried to use it as a task tracker at work, but when it came for annual review time, I struggled to find a way to parse a lot of notes all at once to remember what I had done for the year. This made me want to migrate to Microsoft Lists but now I have to use two different software for close to the same thing, and I lose which one I used for information I need.
So, how do you use a journal? What software do you use? What works best for tracking your tasks for annuals? What works best for keeping you on task when ADHD gets the better of you? How do you keep track of everything?!
@jeanofthedead Yeah that's the only thing that makes me want an Apple. Android Auto in my Subaru with its portrait-tablet dash means I now have a smaller Android auto screen that only takes up the top 3rd portion. CarPlay fills the entire screen with the map and buttons are easy to find/push. It also doesn't present a risk when I use a destination as a waypoint on the motorcycle but it asks "How was your trip?" when I have gloves on and now I've missed my next turn because I couldn't minimize it with gloves on and couldn't pull over safely. It used to be so good.
@SuperRecording I've always been told the opposite. As long as you brush soon after you actually prevent stains. And to always make sure to at least rinse with water after coffee.
@Squander Let us peel away your petty facades and reveal you for what your truly are!!! --- fairly attractive 20-somethings, apparently.
@ananesiken "I can't adapt to change so therefore I refuse to, and will publicly announce it as I do so."
K bye, this content isn't helping the lack of good content.
they require them to understand the concept of what a 'server' is to even get started.
I've known 5 year olds start minecraft servers. And understand that each "world" is an "instance". But that's aside the point, as you're right that even Help-Desk IT people struggle to understand the difference between computer and server.
It's not hard, it's just new.
The "new" part is what gets people. All of this is new. Even the implementation of all of this "fediverse" is new. It will come with time! People probably didn't understand email vs snailmail, and probably had an even harder time with SMS/IM vs email when all of that came about just over 20-30 years ago. Most of these "complications" are from people that grew up knowing that the "internet" is basically 5 or 6 social media sites for very specific uses, and those 5 or 6 sites are older than most of the people using them, so that's all they know. Even for a dude in IT, the fediverse was a new concept to understand, and even difficult to understand how it could best be implemented for the masses.
@abff08f4813c The main thing about all this is that there were no alternatives to Reddit until now. We needed a good push and reason to leave but never had a tangible alternative with nothing even showing up in Search results worth checking out. Now we do, All these big corps are screwing themselves, and we now have a BETTER alternative than all of them. So keep screwing up, Reddit, we have a place to go now. Keep screwing up, Twitter, Google, StackOverflow, Tumblr, Imgur, and all others that will soon follow suit.
@static "I don't even know how pinging works :)"
So for non-techy dude that sounds more business oriente in their question, I can clarify that everything that kbin is or can be is public code that anybody can copy and build from. It's duplicated already by everyone that makes their own instance, and people can make their own edits. for #1, it's all donation. #2, it's all what ernest can churn out before he croaks or gets bored but kbin is just a bin of code that everyone can toss into, there is no singular domain to own. #3 every instance has their own power over their site. It's like Wordpress. Wordpress is the source code to make things easier on the website builder. Kbin is just the website builder like WordPress. What users make of it is up to them and doesn't require a board for each website to be made. We (the user) can request changes that get voted on by other users and can be implemented or not if someone knows how to contribute the code.
@feduser934 They should have VINs just like motorcycles or chips built in because those free bikes are going in to someones van every night.
@kerplunk Also to that point, this is apparently a baseless rumor started from someone who had some beef with the dev at some point. And it's only spiralled because people keep spreading this info to new people who then just rinse and repeated what they hear because they're all new.
I can't find the link but it's on the lemmy blog. So it's best not to spread the info based on what you hear in the comments anyway. Lemmy is fine as long as you like the software. The best way to not support them is by not donating or something. That's all they get from it. Let them be tankies if they are, and distance yourself from the core instances.
kbin is newer but in my opinion the better interface. And if I stick around it will only get better!
I'd say Beehaw is the fediverse for your kids. let them be soft and kind and ban curse words.
You're safe with lemmy or kbin, probably. Just live with some growing pains for a month or two.
@Olgratin_Magmatoe I joined kbin.social for the same reason, yet...
@annenas So it's not so much that I want to see it, it's more of having a channeled location for it. This is more out of concern for the content coming back up into general magazines and without moderation it can quickly become an issue. I'm not asking for it to come back otherwise I would seek it out in the further reaches, but more like if it's going to be shared if there is a dedicated place to keep it separated from the rest of the good content. If that all makes sense.
I guess my question sounds like I want it to come back, but more like if it does, is there a singular location we can cage it down into since I can see it becoming a moderation issue.
Though to your question, for me in particular it's the same as watching car accident videos and dashcams. It's to learn from mistakes of others without censorship. TikTok doesn't even allow cursing in its subtitles and most other places freak the fuck out over a nipple so I guess I'm just tired of censorship and media control. The morbid curiosity is just an extension of that. Still, would like to see it in one focused area rather than scattered through my front page without warning to save others from accidentally winding up with the same scars you mentioned.
@sarsaparilyptus Ok then, How? Oh wait, you already haven't contributed a useful answer so I guess asking a second question won't get any further.
Not everyone is a programmer with programmer knowledge making programmer money.
That's true, but then we run back in to the problem of what I saw in early kbin days (before Reddit influx) thinking that there should be many instances all having unlimited communities. But this is basically duplicating communities that are now visible thousands of times. There should at least be a theme/community to each instance and have micro-communities in that.
My example would be current-day forums. There are "instances" for just about everything. Most of the time when I buy a new car/motorcycle I join whatever forum site made for that specific vehicle. So that's what I was thinking when I think it's feasible to make fediverse instances of current sites. Mainly just make federation features the de-facto standard so people can subscribe to their conversations.
I've already seen how Wordpress can federate with a plugin, and every blog post is like any other post. Forums can be similar depending on their backend software the site is running.
@Cipher I think of it more of an instructional issue specifically rather than learning issue. People explain "it's like email" but fail to deliver the fact that it should be more like "It's how the internet should work". Where people think Lemmy is THE SITE and can communicate with kbin THE SITE.
It should be mentioned that if anyone has built a website, that Lemmy is the software. You install Google Chrome on your computer, you install lemmy on your computer. You are now able to ACCESS all the other websites like you would in Chrome.
People think "oh it's like email, well I know Gmail is pretty good so I'll make an account there. Whatever decisions Google makes is by extension my decision." The average user doesn't know what email actually is. They don't know that you can make your own email service. They don't know you can even just buy a domain and have your own email address.
The only thing that bugs me about the fediverse as a whole is that these threadiverse concepts shouldn't have communities. If it was implemented as intended, you'd have to make a community by making a new instance. The community should be federated, and then duplicate communities would get individually federated or defederated.
I think the ambiguity of the fediverse is muddied by how each software is trying to implement it. And it's almost hard to incentivize making your own instance.
@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.
@bitsplease Hey all, I want you to think of this as rebooting the internet. YOU are the starter now. This whole fediverse concept is relatively new to a lot of people, but can make a whole lot of new websites be like what the internet was supposed to be. Please, be the forefront, be the internet you want to see. You can't lurk because without you, WE won't see anything. Content may be made by others, but you obsorb it and can pass it on. Just like gossip around the office, you have to be the one to help spread it otherwise there is no tea at the end of the day. This brought me out of my lurking shell. I've commented everywhere I even see! Join us! Share us! Be a part of this whole shift in the newest "generation" of internet!
