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Now that some time has passed, what do you like and dislike about kbin? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by daredevil@kbin.social to c/AskKbin@kbin.social

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I like that kbin is smaller compared to some lemmy instances. I also prefer the UI. Bigger communities tend to feel a bit overwhelming for me. I also appreciate how transparent Ernest has been regarding kbin's development. That said, it's been a bit challenging to figure out how to utilize some of the federation features that kbin has to offer--microblogging in particular. From what I've seen, people don't generally seem too interested in this feature, but I think it's nice to have.

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[–] novamdomum@kbin.social 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm a reddit refugee and as a non technical person I actually prefer kbin to reddit. It's nice and simple and I get all the content I need easily. The only thing I wish was 1 click less is viewing images/videos. At the moment I seem to have to click on a post to go to that posts page and then click on the image/video in that post to see it full size. I wish I could just go through my feed expanding and dismissing images and videos with 1 click without having to load a separate page. Kbin is awesome though and definitely my home for the foreseeable :)

[–] daredevil@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The only thing I wish was 1 click less is viewing images/videos.

When you want to check out an image/video post, there's a little icon to the left of the comments underneath the title of the post. You can click on that to view the image/video without needing to open the thread. :)

[–] novamdomum@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh my goodness! Thanks :D

[–] resurrexia@artemis.camp 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can even have it setup to autoload expanded. Check the sidebar.

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sidebar not available on mobile, right?

[–] ripcord@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

It is, but getting to it is...weird.

[–] HidingCat@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wish there was one for text posts though!

[–] daredevil@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I agree, one will probably come in time.