This site is getting better everyday, big shout out to @ernest , you’re doing a fantastic job :)

I think some kind of user polled for a feature wishlist would really help you getting a grasp on what the users on kbin are eager to see on this site and maybe point out things that would improve it a lot and make an overall continually better user experience( kinda like a “ticketing system” for you/ people working on the project).

This should be as simple as possible, maybe there can/ should be different sections for UI, site functions, etc. so maybe important functional points won’t get swepped under the rug by, but maybe someone with knowledge on this things can elaborate on this.

keep it up and take care :)

  • ernest@kbin.social
    119·
    1 year ago

    Thanks, once I deal with the formalities that need to be taken care of first, I feel like next week will bring a downpour of improvements in the release, thanks to the contributors.

    • aebrer@kbin.social
      4·
      1 year ago

      Hey ernest, quick question about federation. I setup /m/genart, and I set the tags to follow (eg. GenerativeArt). On my mastodon account I can see many more posts tagged with GenerativeArt than what shows up in the microblog. Is this expected? and how can I improve it? I’m currently working through following the same accounts as my old masto account.

      re: feature requests -> #1 thing I’d love to see is the ability to migrate accounts, so I can port my followers from my old masto account to my new kbin account :))

      Anyway, I know you’re busy af, so I’m not expecting a response. No pressure. Love the site and thanks for all your hard work!

      • ernest@kbin.social
        11·
        1 year ago

        @aebrer Hey, in order for tagged content to appear on the microblog, either you or someone else on the instance needs to follow the author of the post. kbin is designed to create a network of mutual friends. We recently experienced stability issues, and some messages may not have reached the instances. Please try following those accounts again. Some instances may still temporarily block us due to Cloudflare protection. If that doesn’t help, send me a private message, and I’ll verify what’s going on.

        I also hope that migrations in various directions will be established soon.

        Starting today, I can afford to answer a few new questions and a few from my backlog. That’s what I can handle at the moment. Hopefully, I’ll be able to be here more frequently soon :)

        • aebrer@kbin.social
          1·
          1 year ago

          Awesome thank you so much for the detailed response! I will keep making progress refollowing my network then :))

          One thing to possibly note: it seems there’s something weird about the federation with mastodon.art; no one shows up from that server when you search for them

    • CosmoVerde@kbin.social
      8·
      1 year ago

      There are a few themes. I’m assuming they mean a pure black mode. That’s what I’m hoping for. That and a jump to next parent commitment button.

    • mpro@kbin.socialOP
      5·
      1 year ago

      this was just an example, I have dark reader installed so I didn’t even know what the site looked like for others ;)

      • ripcord@kbin.social
        2·
        1 year ago

        With dark reader active, because they broke a ton of stuff about 6 months ago, it also doesn’t detect the site is already dark and makes things worse. You can’t tell whether you’ve upvoted things, for example. Recommend disabling it for the site.

        • mpro@kbin.socialOP
          1·
          1 year ago

          ah yes, true, turning it off at least shows the upvoted number in green. site itself works great with it being active for me. personally would still prefer it to be even more pronounced, like a color change of the whole button for example

    • dosidosankofa@kbin.social
      1·
      1 year ago

      I would def like to see more themes, but at least for iOS in Safari and chrome there are 2 light, 2 dark, and 1 sepia themes which is awesome

      I can’t remember exactly what page it was on, maybe settings at the bottom?

  • phantomslave@kbin.social
    7·
    1 year ago

    Having the ability to expand/shrink replies and trees would be nice. Once I’m done reading a few replies to something I’d like to minimize that tree and read others.

  • DrBlues@kbin.social
    6·
    1 year ago

    Please, move the comment box to the right after the main post. I think Kbin would have a lot more engagement if people didn’t have to scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page in order to post something.

    • dosidosankofa@kbin.social
      2·
      1 year ago

      Oh, is that where it supposed to be? Spent a very frustrated first 30 minutes trying to figure out how to reply to any OP.

  • Kenraali@kbin.social
    4·
    1 year ago

    I’d love to not have a bunch of random magazines on the top bar. Heck, I’d love to be able to choose what is there, much like how RES does it.