I see a lot of comments pointing out bugs and saying something along the lines like “they need to fix this ASAP, otherwise… something something”.
As a software developer myself (not in the fediverse), I can tell you one thing:
Keep in mind that all of this literally escalated pretty quickly, and no one was prepared for that. What started out as a hobby project of some enthausiasts, quickly turned into a high demand over the course of a few days.
Having hundreds of enthusiasts use a software is different than having thousends of “average” people using it. 100 users won’t detect many bugs, and if they do, they’re more tolerant since they know it’s all volunteering. But thousands of users will detect even more bugs that no one bothered to deal before.
Once the userbase grows and the demands are clear enough, this should be tackled, eventually.
So yeah, hang in there.
Good reminder to donate to kbin https://www.buymeacoffee.com/kbin
I threw in $5 yesterday and will keep tipping periodically.
Thanks, I appreciate it :) Thanks to all of you.
No problem, we all really appreciate the hard work you’re putting in here.
Thank you @ernest, for giving us somewhere to go.
Hope you’re still having fun working on /kbin after the explosion of traffic.
You know, given how hobbies turning into work can take all the fun out and all that.
Why not donate feddit.uk instead?
Seems like a random suggestion?
I swear it said this was in feddit.uk when I posted. I think it’s that websocket bug, where sometimes part of the information on one tab is loaded from another.
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For that reason I went to geddit.social, which is hosted by Stux, who also hosts several Dutch Mastodon instances. I’m also paying him on Patreon.
Like I said, I prefer Kbin, but I have no problems with Lemmy. Whatever floats everybody’s boat.