Looks like Kbin is running a pretty huge federation backlog, as it’s taking several hours for comments to federate out. I’m not knowledgeable about how these servers work, but is it teetering on collapsing or something?

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    I’m a big fan of Kbin but the project is a total mess right now and kbin.social is always down or only partially working. And there’s next to no communication about what’s happening.

    I don’t wanna do it but it might be time to pull up stakes and figure something else out.

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      I really like kbin, but honestly, with as unstable as it is and how little information is coming out about what’s going on (seriously, there needs to at least be a Mastodon account we can check for updates or information when kbin social is down), I’m seriously considering making a lemmy account and moving over. It’s frustrating, because I do really prefer kbin, but this is beyond frustrating.

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        With how much you post, I’d imagine it’d be a problem for you. Posting something only for it to show up on their new feeds 3 hours later with zero votes will likely result in your stuff not being seen. Also makes it hard for @PugJesus modding.

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          I don’t actually mind stuff not getting seen, it’s more not knowing if the site is going to error out when I try to look at it or check replies. Trying to access the site, or trying to upvote things, and getting error messages that are less than useful gets old fast.

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          Are the Mbin instances well federated so you’re still getting about the same mix of content? They all seem pretty small in terms of subscriber count

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            I just set up an account at fedia.io, which is an mbin instance. When I ran the script posted over here to copy my subscriptions I had 111 subscriptions succeed and 49 fail. I’ve been checking the ones that failed and they’ve all been ones that haven’t had anyone post in them for 5 months or more, so I’m guessing those are “dead” anyway. Seems not too bad, I’ll see how it goes I guess.

            I posted this same response from both of my accounts, I’m going to watch to see how well it federates back and forth.

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              Yep actually did the same myself with fedia and that script. Also had some fail which I think were likewise abandoned.

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              Yeah the comments are not federating across fedia/kbin. I’m only seeing your comments on this thread when you’ve posted them on the server I am currently viewing. Even 8 hours after you commented.

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                Weird. Your initial comment federated, since I was able to see it from both instances. All these responses to it did not, though.

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                  Oof. This definitely needs to get sorted out asap. It would be the death of a federated platform centered around discussion. It’s kinda one of the main tasks.