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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    6 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??

    • BentiGorlich@gehirneimer.de
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      6 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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          6 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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            6 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.