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Mbin is a community fork of Kbin focused on what the community wants, pull requests can be merged by any repo member. (github.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I only know a bit of the story. I don't think Ernest has done anything wrong, per se, but I don't think he was prepared for the Reddit migration. He put in a ton of time and work and seems to have gotten burned out. It's still missing some pretty basic features.

For instance, I know kbin doesn't have api support, so apps like Artemis are unable to plug in and use it effectively. It sounds like mbin is already further along on that front.

I think the original vision of kbin sounds really cool. It's basically a tighter integration with Mastadon while maintaining a more reddit-like feel and foundation.

I'll be curious to see where it goes in the future and wish all the developers well. For now, it looks like mbin is the path forward.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

@Ashyr Yes most of this is correct, from what Ernest has mentioned he has taken a step back due to personal issues in his life, he's an amazing developer and glad he made Kbin. The Mbin developers are further alone and have already created an API as well as fixed a lot of bugs, glad to be on board and hope Ernest is feeling better soon.