It finally happened: many Reddit 3rd party apps have officially shut down. With it comes an influx of users looking for a new place.
With the influx come new points of view, new kinds of users with different expectations. This change is already visible, with obvious trolls and attention seekers throwing out bait. What if there is more to it however?

Browsing casually I noticed more and more kbin posts critical of its development, its functioning, and the speed at which @ernest is able to implement updates.

I find it odd that, while denouncing kbin for its current flaws in deployment (despite being clearly stated to be in alpha) the owner of that instance proceeds to praise Lemmy and wave away concerns regarding its devs who

(Lemmy devs) are willing to create a product that makes the entire internet better, and share it with everyone, for free, regardless of your beliefs.

despite having proven that their politics do affect their product.

"Just defederate" in my opinion also is not an argument. It's closing your eyes to a problem propagated by those who benefit from influence from the shadows - on both sides of the political spectrum.

Hence my mention of FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) and Tribalism.
Pushing users towards a preferred platform (in this case, Lemmy) by seeding threadiverse posts with statements such as

• kbin isn't ready
• kbin won't have the same engagement as Lemmy
• the single kbin dev @ernest doesn't have enough time/skill
• it will never be as good as Reddit

will just lead to Reddit 2.0 painted in red and yellow. As kbin users, we should combat this kind of behavior.

We're all here for a better threadiverse, and a singular means of interacting will not be beneficial to its growth. The reason we're here is because we want a Reddit-like environment, not a single 'frontpage of the internet'. Tribalism in the threadiverse will get us nowhere fast.

Perhaps it was unintentional that kbin was not federating properly with Lemmy instances. What I am afraid of is, knowing the track record of Lemmy devs, it follows a scary trajectory, reminiscent of a few tried and true tactics Reddit and others have used before.

I'd like to state that I am not unbiased. I am helping out with Artemis, a kbin app currently in development.
I do not want to support or make use of Lemmy for many reasons. However, I could not care less if someone is from a Lemmy instance, or if I interact with them in that same space. If I see Lemmy.ml/Lemmygrad.ml behind their name, I will be cautious of their intentions however.

Let's hope we, not as 'rexxiters', 'kbinauts' or 'lemmings', but as fediverse users can actually create a product that makes the entire internet better, and share it with everyone, for free, regardless of our beliefs.

Dragon's Dogma Dark Arisen is a wonderful game to sit down and immerse yourself in.

I've been going at it the past few days, and it's surprising to me how this game embodies a lot of staples of FromSoft's games. Exploration is fairly unguided, apart from your pawns chiming in. Weapons and Gear are just as important as knowing when to fight or flee. Along with that comes the unapologetic difficulty. Fuck around and find out, really. Forgot to rest and save before venturing out? Good luck.

... Yes, I just ragequit after finishing the objective of opening a door and then dying to the cyclops guarding it... Just as I got it down to a quarer of its health. Should have run away. But I didn't.

The current 503 page reads:

503 Server error - We're working on this, check back in a few days.

Perhaps days should be changed to something else? A moment, a while... etc. in order not to scare people away whenever the site is being tinkered with. Uptime remains an important metric for many, and 'days' is a harsh timeframe.

Found it on the Playstation Store for 5 euros. I have tried playing this on PC before, but just couldn't sit down and enjoy it: hoorah for comfy couch gaming.

I'm going to attempt it absolutely blind from the start, and I must admit I've already been temped to Google a 'find the book' quest.

Anyone else has thoughts on this game? The sequel is arriving soon™ too.

I am assuming image hosting will be quite difficult to scale if kbin keeps growing exponentially. Currently, I believe @ernest is taking care of hosting?

I remember IMGUR being created to aid Reddit/Redditors to host images without much hassle, but what would be the best way to tackle this for kbin? Use 3rd party hosting like imgur and the like?

Regarding posting media, there are still a few functionalities that could use some work. The video button does not seem to work, and images do not respect aspect ratio in the main kbin feeds. In my opinion clicking an image in the feed should expand it (much like Reddit Enhancement Suite allowed), or the button to expand it should be more visible.

Dive into a desert world from the creator of Dragon Ball, Akira Toriyama!
Play as the Fiend Prince, Beelzebub, and set off on an adventure using your wits, brawn, and vehicles to save #SANDLAND!

Quite excited for this!

Finding my way around kbin slowly, and making posts here and there. Text posts have been fine, though the distinction between 'threads' and 'microblogs' could use some work.

Similarly, a means of uploading images in a gallery format, or in a means that does not restrict to a strangely resized square on the main magazine would be a good addition. The video tab in uploads does not seem to work yet?

With an eye on the future, visualizing tags much like Reddit has done with Flairs might be a nice way to go about things, but what exactly are Badges?

I'm looking forward to posting more images of original content, so having these options would be great!