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Good morning! :) Today I want to focus mainly on reviewing the pull requests you've submitted. There are many great things there that will help improve the kbin experience. That's amazing, thank you! I'm also in the final stages of sorting out the infrastructure-related formalities. Soon, the situation with the website's functionality should stabilize, and the traffic from the fediverse will gradually be restored. I've decided to delegate some tasks as I can no longer oversee everything at this stage. There are many offers of help for which I'm very grateful, and I haven't had a chance to respond to some of them yet because I only just saw them - a lot is happening, really.

As I mentioned before, new possibilities have emerged that I couldn't have imagined before. All of this is thanks to your support; you are incredible, and I thank you. That's why it's crucial for me to ensure transparency in everything we do and provide regular reports. I want to share as much information behind the scenes as possible. That's why it may seem like it's taking a long time, but I truly want to make the most of every cent.

Now, onto the bad news. I messed up.

The workload overwhelmed me, and I couldn't read all your messages. I will diligently work my way through them, but I need time.

The registration system is far from perfect, so from time to time, I manually verify and activate accounts whose activation links didn't arrive. Please check again later if you find yourself in such a situation.

The queue for account deletions is stuck. Manual fix is needed, which will be difficult until the infrastructure is moved. I have recorded all 230 account deleiton requests, and each one will definitely be deleted, but I also need time for that. I apologize for this. If someone wants their account to be immediately deleted, please send an email through the contact form starting with "DELETE MY ACCOUNT" - it will be easier for me to filter it out, and I will delete the account manually.

That's all from me. I'm going back to stirring the cauldron. Thank you for all the messages and kind words. Thank you for being here. Have a nice day!

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Being overwhelmed is not messing up. Taking care of number 1 should always be a priority.

Am glad to see some delegation happening. Developing, running and modding a service as large as KBin has become is no easy task for 1 person and you've done spectacular so far.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Taking care of number 1 should always be a priority.

Number 2, too. Hemorrhoids are no joke.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh no, I tried to delete my newly created account because I realized I typed my user name with a capital letter and would prefer to have it just "mabd". I couldn't find a way to change names, so I thought it would be easier to delete and recreate. Didn't mean to create more work for you! :(

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also - make sure you get enough sleep, food, water, exercise and at least 15 minutes outside. burnout is real.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank you for sharing this! Can I ask if you can put any context around 'soon' and 'gradually' in these statements?

Soon, the situation with the website's functionality should stabilize, and the traffic from the fediverse will gradually be restored

I originally signed up for another instance (intending to be helpful by not overloading this one!) but the huge growth of kbin.social and lack of interoperability means that if I'm not here, I'm not really getting much value out of kbin.

Really appreciate your work here, but any expectations management you can do around when interoperability will resume (hours, days, weeks, months?) would be hugely helpful for me deciding which instance I should settle down in.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@theinspectorst Hey, I hope it will stabilize in the next few hours, but knowing reality, it could take a few days. In certain matters, I simply have to wait. Once it happens, bringing the full functionality back to the fediverse will probably also take a few days. I suspect that due to CF, some instances may temporarily block us, and I will have to reach out to their administrators. I'm using these words because it's really difficullt for me to estimate anything on my own.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’m just in awe that you’ve managed to keep this instance up. Congratulations on that and your clear communication. It really must be overwhelming.

Good news you’ve found people to delegate to.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Anyone else having a problem with notifications? I receive zero notifications about any post or comment I make here if someone comments on it. Dunno why but I only know people commented if I find my post or refresh it later....... is this a setting I'm missing?

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