/kbin meta @kbin.social theinspectorst @kbin.social 1y ago

According to fedidb.org, kbin.social is currently the biggest instance in the threadiverse!

As of right now:

kbin.social has 36,508 total users: https://fedidb.org/network/instance/kbin.social
lemmy.ml has 36,185: https://fedidb.org/network/instance/lemmy.ml
lemmy.world has 33,945: https://fedidb.org/network/instance/lemmy.world

Well done, kbinauts!

(For completeness: Lemmy as a whole is still much larger than kbin by 330,192 users to 41,477.)

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I’m thrilled to see so much interesting content populate my feed no matter where it comes from. Kbin has improved & expanded so quickly in less than a week, I wonder what it’ll be like by the time June 30th finally hits.
- I'm looking forward to June 30 so I can delete RIF off my phone and be done with the joint.
  
  Deleted my accounts and Apollo off my phone the day Christian announced the closure date. I'm done. There's no going back.
  
  I ended up hiding it on my phone on the first day of the protests (it was an option when I long-pressed on the RIF icon). And I haven't used it since, although I'd be lying if I said I wasn't tempted.
  
  I would just uninstall it, but I don't want to hurt the developer's app store metrics (increased uninstall-rate could look bad). Although I guess it won't matter much in a couple weeks.
  
  I'm keeping rif as a memorial to the good times. Rip.
My only concern about both as things grow more (we're not done yet by far) is the best way to distribute new accounts. I had no clue when I made my kbin account that there were others, and I'm guessing more may come online as people who can host figure it out.
- kbin and lemmy both need a site where people can sign up and be 'recommended' an instance that is load-balanced based on user count.
- @Rhaedas
  
  Whats your concern? That you didn't know lemmy.ml existed and thought kbin was "the" thing people were talking about?
  
  There is a legitimate concern with one platform on the fediverse becoming the “main” platform. That platform will make all the decisions when it comes to wider fediverse. Much like GMail is now with email.
  
  Sorry, to clarify - there are other kbin servers besides the main .social one, although most are in other countries and wouldn't suite me anyway. Point is, right now it's a best guess and no real guidance on the best route to take for someone totally new to the idea.
Amazing to see the growth, we went from 60 to 36k in a week.
If you wanna see other kbin servers you can join, there's a list here https://kbin.fediverse.observer/list
kbin.place looks like it's in the US and has less people?

Is there an easy way to mass subscribe to many magazines on a new server though? I don't know how ernest added so many for kbin.social, but it would definitely help new members not have a tough time.

I made an account on a newer server for lemmy - lemmy.studio - and I have to say, having to manually add communities really just feels like an unneccessary step, and harder to do considering you'd have to search communities/magazines from both lemmy (https://lemmyverse.net/communities) and kbin (not sure if there's a site to search for magazines besides https://kbin.social/magazines)
What is the "threadiverse"?
- The section of the fediverse that includes kbin and Lemmy its a play on words.
  
  Because you can actually follow comment threads in this Reddit-like format?
I hope I'll live here to improve my internet experience more creative rather than only to consume fluid contents.

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