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Kbin user Rabbithole@kbin.social discusses why Kbin stands a much better chance of staying in the long term compared to other websites like VOAT and Ruqqus. (kbin.social)

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[–] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I believe Ernest is Polish which may explain the terminology like magazine. But remember that you are using software that is early release and 4 weeks ago it was basically Ernest and about 3 other people posting at each other as they tested out some ideas.

You’re using someone’s hobby website and it is extraordinary that the server is still running at all, funded by people’s donations to buy him a coffee. Federation was entirely turned off for a few days the week before last and he had to turn on Cloudflare protection to keep the instance up at all

Meanwhile Lemmy is also faced with a massive influx of new users and the federation logic is faltering in some of the largest instances. Again, it’s amazing they are still up at all.

So yes, a group of volunteers running experimental software on self-funded servers may be providing a UX which is a bit rough around the edges