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  • I don't see a way to remove myself from the magazines I moderate, but I have put in a request for my account to be deleted. I would expect that means my posts will be deleted as well.

  • So, what's the status on the update?
  • Pending.

    No public communication from him here since October 4, and last Codeberg activity was October 7 and 10. I hope I'm wrong, but I sense a burnout. If he did leave, he went quietly.

  • Magazine bans not federating with lemmy.world (and potentially others)
  • The bug report is the way to track this. Tho sometimes ernest makes posts in this magazine to share what's happening.

  • The idea that men could once beat their spouse without repercussions
  • Search the archives of the LeftWingMaleAdvocates subreddit. I know it's been discussed there. But you're right. It isn't as straightforward as feminists present it.

  • Men Overran a Job Fair for Women in Tech
  • Good for them. Sex discrimination has no place in recruitment. Federal nondiscrimination protections exist for good reason.

    “Now is one of the most important times to advocate for gender equity.”

    Indeed!

  • Magazine bans not federating with lemmy.world (and potentially others)
  • A bug was filed about this issue four months ago and ernest has commented on that thread, so he's aware of the problem. So far, no solution has been reached, which makes me as a moderator extremely demotivated. I don't want to put effort into building a community if comments that break community rules are federated but moderation is not.

  • "It's the content, stupid." - Quick Notes to Supercharge K.Bin
  • So, I post content (on average once every 3 days, despite my drop in activity this month), I engage in the comments (more than you do, if we're counting), I moderate a community, and I file bug reports in an attempt to make this a better platform.

    So yes, I am doing my part, and that does qualify me to comment on the state of Kbin. Suggesting I don't is toxicity we don't need here.

    And pretending that Kbin is just fine won't help this platform to become successful. And yes, despite my criticisms, I want this to be a successful Reddit replacement. But it's struggling to become relevant, and I'm frustrated with its lack of progress.

    People want stuff to read, not people to point at 'the problem.'

    People also want interesting discussions on topics they care about. I know that because for years I was a moderator of a small but active subreddit.

    The m/men magazine I moderate used to be the #20 most active one on Kbin, a place you're now proudly proclaiming m/scifi has...

    I'm waiting to see if ernest's promised next version of Kbin will actually improve things, especially on the moderation side. Otherwise I have to reconsider where to direct my efforts.

  • "It's the content, stupid." - Quick Notes to Supercharge K.Bin
  • The problem is that Kbin sucks as well. For example, /m/science lacks actual moderators and gets flooded with spam on the regular. And even where there are active moderators, moderation actions often do not get federated.

    I was hoping these issues would get fixed soon, but here we are, three months after the Reddit apocalypse, and Kbin is still not a fully functional platform. For example, I filed bug #1102 fifteen days ago, and this has still not been resolved. And bug #570 has been open since early July.

    If Kbin wants to become and stay relevant, it needs more hands on deck.

  • Spam from unmoderated communities/magazines
  • Can you also add moderators to those magazines? I volunteered for the science mag, but have not gotten a reply. Active mods will help with your workload too.

  • What is the solution for male loneliness?
  • Discuss this on the post already on this topic.

  • Alpine Linux (in lightweightness), but glibc?
  • You can completely customize Gentoo Linux to be what you want it to be and slim it down to what you need.

  • Discrimination in divorce/family courts
  • Do any of you have such experiences in court?

  • Where does misandry stem from?
  • I think this is a bit of a shallow take, which is why you're getting no response so far.

  • Anti-male gender bias deters men from healthcare, early education, and domestic career fields, study suggests
  • Jobs done at people's private homes: cleaner, cook, babysitter, carer for the elderly or disabled, etc. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic_worker.

  • Anyone want to mod m/science to get rid of the spam?
  • @ernest, I am volunteering to help moderate the science magazine to free it from spam.

  • /kbin meta @kbin.social a-man-from-earth @kbin.social

    How to remove sidebar sections from a magazine I moderate? (solved)

    I moderate the men magazine, and we get spammed with gay porn in the sidebar, which is often not labeled as NSFW. (I have nothing against gays or porn, but it is not appropriate for a serious discussion community.) I have tried to hide those sections thru the magazine CSS, but it does not seem to work.

    Any help here? Or is this not possible at the magazine level?

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