• wildncrazyguy@kbin.social
    115·
    2 years ago

    It’s feeling a bit like 2008 all over again, the community feels smaller, more engaged and with a main sense of purpose. It’s refreshing.

    I’m glad to be journeying on this spaceship with y’all.

    • frasassi@kbin.social
      70·
      2 years ago

      Something nostalgic and familiar about beta testing new apps, seeing the community grow, and getting 500 Internal Server Error screens in the process… I like it in a quirky kinda way

    • Remillard@kbin.social
      15·
      2 years ago

      That’s the same sensation I found with leaving Twitter and joining Mastodon. I found that I was more inclined to engage rather than simply read information, and it was more straightforward to curate the information and people I wanted to follow.

      • OctoFloofy@kbin.social
        4·
        2 years ago

        Completely the same! I now even run my own calckey instance and have lots of interactions. Also at almost 200 followers in just few months. Twitter felt like posting into the void instead.

    • lixus98@kbin.social
      12·
      2 years ago

      Right?, it feels rewarding to add the discussion, to help solve issues in the code (if you can), helping people navigate where they want to go.
      At least for me, reddit failed in something, making me feel part of its community, kbin is succeeding at this so far.

      Edit: Obligatory plug of other kbin instances for new users to join: fedia.io, readit.buzz, fediverse.boo,
      By joining them you are spreading the load so we can keep all instances stable.

      • Breakfulus_Emphotoga@kbin.social
        1·
        2 years ago

        I agree, right after getting used to swapping from reddit to kbin, it felt more like I was part of a community! I like to think reddit was a large city and kbin is a small village that is gradually growing.

        I’m really glad I took the opportunity to swap from reddit to kbin, I already feel happier on the site and I haven’t even been here for a week. I definitely feel like more people should swap which thankfully most likely will happen as reddit dies down.

  • ernest@kbin.social
    73·
    2 years ago

    It seems to me that there are several factors. Firstly, the instance was created recently, about 1-2 months ago. There wasn’t even an official instance opening, you know, with cake and confetti ;) During this time, I’ve been observing people on the Fediverse. It’s unlikely that any follows were given by chance. Later on, wonderful people who discovered kbin did the rest. That’s how it is in the Fediverse. In the beginning, not everything is easy and obvious, but if you put enough heart and effort into it, it pays off in the future.

        • cavemeat@beehaw.org
          4·
          2 years ago

          Me too. I’ve been on the internet since 2013, but its the first time I have ever felt part of a community.

          • delirium@kbin.social
            1·
            1 year ago

            this is what I wanted but couldn’t find on the site which must not be named. I feel blessed to watch and contribute to the growth.

    • brownpaperbag@kbin.social
      9·
      2 years ago

      I saw kbin recommended by someone on Reddit (my apologies for not being able to give them credit - I didn’t clock the username) and out of all the alternatives shared that I checked out, this one just felt right. If that makes sense. Thank you for creating such a wonderful space!

      • Otome-chan@kbin.social
        4·
        2 years ago

        this was my experience as well. I visited /r/redditalternatives, saw someone mention kbin, I checked it out and it felt right. So here I am.

  • bailey@kbin.social
    22·
    2 years ago

    I’ve tried lemmy.world, Beehaw and Kbin. Kbin is by far the closest experience to Reddit as you can get (That I have tried)

    • tj111@lemmy.fmhy.ml
      2·
      2 years ago

      As someone who landed on the lemmy side, I’m glad that choosing a side here didn’t l doesn’t have to fracture the community. You can pick the experience you enjoy best but still have scess to a broader universe of content.

  • Awhiskeydrunker@kbin.social
    22·
    2 years ago

    I’ve registered on and experimented with a handful of fediverse instances, apps, etc this week and really keep coming back to Kbin.social as my main point of entry. With the progressive web app on my phone and iPad I’m having a similar experience to Apollo, and really liking watching this community (and Lemmy) grow. Glad to be here with you all, let’s keep this excitement going!

  • Kichae@kbin.social
    22·
    2 years ago

    30k is small compared to Reddit, or Twitter, or Facebook, but it’s very large compared to what’s necessary to keep a space lively and engaging.

    And on that front, there is such a thing as too big. Subreddits with hundreds of thousands of active users all engaging with a single topic stop being, well, engaging, and start becoming white noise generators: See a post, comment on the post, never have anyone read your comment because 20,000 other people have also done the same. That kind of environment just turns us into consumers of media, rather than social beings, and is just fundamentally kind of bad for us.

    We have enough passive, unidirectional media we consume. Spaces like this are better when they’re not one of them.

    • CMLVI@kbin.social
      7·
      2 years ago

      I always had a decent mix of subs. Large ones for content consumption; smaller ones for discussion. Even then, the large ones I interacted with were further fragmented (big example being sports game threads, it was usually only fans of the two teams). Hoping to find that here; that is a beloved part of watching sports for me now.

    • 0xtero@kbin.social
      3·
      2 years ago

      30k is small compared to Reddit, or Twitter, or Facebook

      Yeah for sure. The entire fediverse, with all sites and services included is somewhere around 9M users, which is still minuscule compared to Reddit’s 450M users - not to talk about billions at Facebook.

      We have enough passive, unidirectional media we consume.

      Exactly. Not everything is about big numbers, in fact, I tend to believe we (humans) perform best when we are in smaller groups. Dunbar’s number puts that at around 150 people - so if your favorite community group reaches that number of active members, you’re golden. You don’t need millions. That’s detrimental to good communication and community building.

      Of course we often have several interests (for example, I’m looking for good discussions around tech, linux, cybersecurity, science, sustainability, specialy coffee, NHL and music!). All of those are communities haven’t really established themselves here yet (some of them never protested on Reddit), so I’m still waiting to discover new discussions and corners in the fediverse.

      It’s lot of fun!

  • tegs_terry
    15·
    2 years ago

    Enough to get some balls rolling, and possibly broken.

  • Hank@kbin.social
    14·
    2 years ago

    That’s basically a stadium full of people. Well except that most people here probably have never seen a stadium from the inside.

    Nerds.

  • oforgetaboutit@kbin.social
    12·
    2 years ago

    So how do we new users help keep kbin alive? What are the hosting costs and what do we need to do to stay adfree or at least prevent long-term enshittification now?

    • parrot-party@kbin.social
      2·
      2 years ago

      Right now, your main goal should be enjoying the site. Ernest has been getting quite a few coffee purchases lately, so I imagine he’s financially ok for the moment. But what Ernest can’t do is populate the site with content and community. That’s where the kbeaners come in. So the main goal you should have right now is to enjoy yourself.

  • makmarian@kbin.social
    10·
    2 years ago

    I joined Kbin.social four days ago, and I’m already having a great time! 😃 Excited to see what the future holds for this project!

  • karbairusa@kbin.social
    9·
    2 years ago

    It’s strange, because Reddit changes so slowly that I’ve forgotten how much discussion used to take place. This platform actually has people engaging in conversation and it’s awesome.

    • DoucheAsaurus@kbin.social
      2·
      2 years ago

      Yeah I actually feel seen on this site. People like to hype the fact that reddit has so many users but most of the time my comments and thoughts were just lost to the void.

      • karbairusa@kbin.social
        2·
        2 years ago

        one thing I noticed is that if you need like, quick advice or to post a picture for content or for jokes etc it’s fantastic and just fine.

        however, it’s not really a place for discussion over topics anymore. if someone is replying to your comment it’s usually to argue with you lol.