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A lot subreddits end their blackout tomorrow. Will you go back to Reddit, or continue with kbin and the Fediverse? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by aughisky@kbin.social to c/AskKbin@kbin.social

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I haven't used Reddit at all since the blackout began. Even if they change course, the Fediverse is growing on me, and I think I'll stay here.

But I think I'll peek in tomorrow to see what happens.

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[–] Flames5123@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (12 children)

First comment here.

I am not enjoying kbin.social right now. The latency is beyond atrocious, at 10+ seconds to load each page. The UI reminds me of 2004 forums that don’t know how users work. The mobile UI is just the worst.

Some pain points:

I’m a software engineer so I can figure this shit out, but how the hell do I subscribe to a magazine? If I go to it, there should be a “subscribe” or context menu at the top to subscribe/favorite/mute
Why is the comment box all the way at the bottom? Where’s the “add comment” button on a post?
Why are comments paginated like a forum? Why not just a “load more” like Reddit? What’s the point?
Selecting the comment box should NOT zoom slightly into the page. The mobile web UI needs a lot of work from people who know how to do mobile UIs.
Is there no “homepage” button? Clicking the Kbin logo at the top just brings up a menu, which requires another click on the homepage button to get back.
Edit: And you can't collapse comment threads? What even...

I really want a Reddit replacement, but this is not it with this terrible UI. It’s unusable, literally–if I can’t subscribe to a magazine then it’s not working.

[–] StaticBoredom@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I can definitely see how that’s all frustrating, and I’m sure we all have our experiences with lag or with that goddamn Cloudflare verification or whatever, but I hope you and everyone else will stick around so we can help shape this space the way we want it. You’re already doing that with your comment above. Imagine the almost impossible chances of making suggestions to Reddit and having changes made. At least here that’s a possibility. I hope to see you around.

[–] bbqShapes@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The site is still in its infancy too, so people just need to be a little more patient for a little while.

[–] MewMew@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thing is, most people use reddit like apps to kill boredom. So Idt they would stay patient much longer to see an infant site to grow.

[–] 667@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I definitely used reddit during activity or social transitions. Maybe too much.

[–] MewMew@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unrelated, your username scared me for a second because the notification read like 667 (people) replied to my comment lol

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

lol sorry! 667: Neighbor of the Beast.

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