Is the kbin project completely dead?

the repo has nothing going on

the kbin.social website partly loads with error

did it just evaporate? or what?

  • RedSquadCampFollower@lemmy.worldOP
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    3 months ago

    it might be time for the Mbin team to start getting a little more free with the fork.

    the impression i had of mbin was very “anything goes” did that not end up being how things shaped up??

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      3 months ago

      its a community. anyone can generate a pr, code it up and it gets discussed. so far there has been no crazy drama about what to include or not… no one has proffered any incompatible ideas. its been quite pleasant

      its all public though, in the matrix or github channels

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      3 months ago

      That was the message that was pushed out when @[email protected] started the fork, because a lot of people were not particularly fond of the way he did it. We were trash talked a lot in the first months and obviously (and sadly) that kinda stuck on a lot of people.

        • PlasticExistence@lemmy.world
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          3 months ago

          I’ll never fully understand why humans are so quick to judge and offer non-constructive criticism on someone else’s creative work. It seems like the least knowledge are most often the loudest in this regard.

          • cabbage@piefed.social
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            3 months ago

            Communication is difficult, especially over text, and emotions can get strong as there is a lot of work involved. Software developers are not always the greatest diplomats. Well-intended constructive feedback is often read as criticism, and situations escalate. And for whatever reason people love picking sides.

            At least Mbin seems like a healthy project now, and since Kbin.social went down for good it’s hard to argue a fork wasn’t needed. Hopefully Ernest is alive and recovering well - he did us all a huge service by creating Kbin and making it open source.

            • PlasticExistence@lemmy.world
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              3 months ago

              Agreed. Diplomacy is not a skill that many people practice, and even when they do misunderstandings happen over text too easily.