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?

  • BentiGorlich@gehirneimer.de
    6·
    5 months ago

    That was the message that was pushed out when @melroy@kbin.melroy.org 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.worldEnglish
        3·
        5 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
          4·
          5 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.worldEnglish
            2·
            5 months ago

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