I wanted to get a pulse check on how new members are finding the general experience/website. Is it more confusing than Reddit or are you finding the instance system a better way of doing things as it can give you more freedom of where you choose to create an account?
I’m a new user myself but have found the experience to remind me of Reddit back in the day, lol. It’s definitely giving me old-school yet modern vibes and it’s great to see something that isn’t Reddit growing in popularity!
Its a double edged sword. The fact that it is going to take an above-average user to get started on kbin helps weed out some of the morons that just overwhelmed the Reddit population. However that means it’s going to make it much more difficult for niche communities to gain traction. Sure I don’t have some dipshit doubling down on their argument that turn signal should be optional, but I don’t think there’s ever going to be a sizeable community for my specific spinal condition like there was on Reddit.
I don’t think the problem is limited to “morons.” I understand this system and have operated federated services in the past, but it is a lot more work just to navigate this when compared to something like Reddit. I don’t have a ton of free time, and I’d rather spend that time engaging with the community vs wrestling with the service or trying to find which instance has the most activity. I know this will get better as it grows, but a lot of people will just get fed up and go somewhere they can just socialize.