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You're wrong, just check it yourself: https://kbin.social/ https://kbin.social/

by ZacnyLos 3y ago

unsupp0rted 3y ago
I happily stand corrected, thanks!
tremon 3y ago
Banned by Cloudflare. I'll pass.
mananaysiempre 3y ago
> Checking if the site connection is secure. Ugh. I’ll take a look for the moment but the “secure” on that page (Cloudflare-provided I think?) has filled my weekly allotment of bullshit. Never going to be a regular as long as that’s on, sorry. (There’s a special angry place in my heart for people who continue to devalue the word “secure” in the eyes of end users.)
- Semaphor 3y ago
  They are currently overloaded, already upgraded from a 16€/month server to a 67€/month one, but still having issues. Sudden influx.
  - sota4077 3y ago
    If they want to grow and take on Reddit refugees there is no way they can do that if they are worrying about a $16/month server or $68/month server. They are going to require much more than that and if people are constantly waiting for content to load they will just go somewhere else; which lets be honest that means they will probably go back to Reddit.
    - Zuiii 3y ago
      I don't think they want to grow in that sense. And since this stuff is federated, you can use any other instance to subscribe to and interact with your subs.
jeffparsons 3y ago
I had a look around, but couldn't figure out who's paying for kbin.social / will pay for it in future. I also didn't see any ads, so... I feel I'm missing something important here.
- Semaphor 3y ago
  It’s selfhostable, this instance is paid for by the devs who quickly set up a "buy me a coffee" profile just today, but essentially people are joining faster than plans were made ;)
  - jtode 3y ago
    This is how it was on the 90s internet. Sites got hugged to death on the regular. It's how we ended up with the platforms, really, cause they had the capital to handle these surges without losing the company's house. Edit: and there was no Patreon or any popular platform to quickly save the site.
    - Semaphor 3y ago
      That’s where federation is supposed to come in. The current rush is just a bit much for organic growth ;)
nonameiguess 3y ago
The CloudFlare bot-checker thing goes into an infinite loop on Firefox. Good sign the devs don't bother to test on anything but Chrome. In fairness, OpenAI does the same thing (not to mention Cloudflare itself has no excuse), so I guess it's just the world we live in, but I'm still never going to sign up for any site that does this.
- gabeio 3y ago
  This is factually false and must be a plugin on your firefox or something else. I use firefox daily to get past these screens.
  - Brian_K_White 3y ago
    You can only claim that you don't notice a problem, not that anyone else doesn't have a problem or what it's cause must or must not be.
    - gabeio 3y ago
      > You can only claim that you don't notice a problem, not that anyone else doesn't have a problem or what it's cause must or must not be. Fair. > Good sign the devs don't bother to test on anything but Chrome. So what do you call this then?
      - Brian_K_White 3y ago
        It's not a good sign of that? No fact was claimed other than what something looks like or is cosistent with, and I agree with that much. I'd say it's not even controvercial, no question about it.
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Mozai 3y ago
"403 Forbidden" He's dead, Jim.

You're wrong, just check it yourself: https://kbin.social/ https://kbin.social/

unsupp0rted 3y ago

I happily stand corrected, thanks!

tremon 3y ago

Banned by Cloudflare. I'll pass.

mananaysiempre 3y ago

> Checking if the site connection is secure. Ugh. I’ll take a look for the moment but the “secure” on that page (Cloudflare-provided I think?) has filled my weekly allotment of bullshit. Never going to be a regular as long as that’s on, sorry. (There’s a special angry place in my heart for people who continue to devalue the word “secure” in the eyes of end users.)

Semaphor 3y ago
They are currently overloaded, already upgraded from a 16€/month server to a 67€/month one, but still having issues. Sudden influx.
- sota4077 3y ago
  If they want to grow and take on Reddit refugees there is no way they can do that if they are worrying about a $16/month server or $68/month server. They are going to require much more than that and if people are constantly waiting for content to load they will just go somewhere else; which lets be honest that means they will probably go back to Reddit.
  - Zuiii 3y ago
    I don't think they want to grow in that sense. And since this stuff is federated, you can use any other instance to subscribe to and interact with your subs.

jeffparsons 3y ago

I had a look around, but couldn't figure out who's paying for kbin.social / will pay for it in future. I also didn't see any ads, so... I feel I'm missing something important here.

Semaphor 3y ago
It’s selfhostable, this instance is paid for by the devs who quickly set up a "buy me a coffee" profile just today, but essentially people are joining faster than plans were made ;)
- jtode 3y ago
  This is how it was on the 90s internet. Sites got hugged to death on the regular. It's how we ended up with the platforms, really, cause they had the capital to handle these surges without losing the company's house. Edit: and there was no Patreon or any popular platform to quickly save the site.
  - Semaphor 3y ago
    That’s where federation is supposed to come in. The current rush is just a bit much for organic growth ;)

nonameiguess 3y ago

The CloudFlare bot-checker thing goes into an infinite loop on Firefox. Good sign the devs don't bother to test on anything but Chrome. In fairness, OpenAI does the same thing (not to mention Cloudflare itself has no excuse), so I guess it's just the world we live in, but I'm still never going to sign up for any site that does this.

gabeio 3y ago
This is factually false and must be a plugin on your firefox or something else. I use firefox daily to get past these screens.
- Brian_K_White 3y ago
  You can only claim that you don't notice a problem, not that anyone else doesn't have a problem or what it's cause must or must not be.
  - gabeio 3y ago
    > You can only claim that you don't notice a problem, not that anyone else doesn't have a problem or what it's cause must or must not be. Fair. > Good sign the devs don't bother to test on anything but Chrome. So what do you call this then?
    - Brian_K_White 3y ago
      It's not a good sign of that? No fact was claimed other than what something looks like or is cosistent with, and I agree with that much. I'd say it's not even controvercial, no question about it.
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Mozai 3y ago

"403 Forbidden" He's dead, Jim.