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I've been looking forward to the combined front page! Though waiting to make sure it was stable was no big deal.
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kbin.earth updated to Mbin v1.9.0-rc2 (63e94f5)
kbin.earth updated to Mbin v1.9.0-rc2 (63e94f5) #kbinEarth -
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Thanks jwr!
By the way - is there a way to donate to you for server costs or your hard work in general? -
I tried viewing /all from my account and as guest, but I could not reproduce the error. I do think I see the error you encountered in my server logs though, so I will ask the Mbin devs about it. Thank you
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500 Internal Server Error
500 Internal Server Error #kbinEarth -
Dear god I almost went outside too!
Nah more seriously, thanks for keeping the instance running. It's remarkably reliable considering it's (so far as I know) just you
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Apologies for kbin.earth being down today.
Apologies for kbin.earth being down today. #kbinEarth -
I've been thinking this for a while, but this might be the right time to say it.
By constantly updating to the latest bleeding edge versions of Mbin, kbin.earth is essentially using a beta version of the software, even if it's not called that. Stuff can break any time, like it did in this case.
I don't think that's wrong, there have to be instances doing that, so changes can be tested properly in the wild. I think it makes sense why kbin.earth chose this path, considering its history with developing the API and stuff.
But in my opinion, this should be communicated to users on signup somehow for transparency.
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Mbin security disclosure
Mbin security disclosure #kbinEarth -
Regarding 2FA maybe it was a hiccup. What would interest me: is there a statistic about how many (active) users have 2FA enabled?
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Hello @BubblyRomeo! It is true, like @green_copper said, I have a life outside of Mbin, but I have now seen your comments (please try to keep a nicer tone though). I'll try to help you where I can.
Interstellar uses kbin.earth as the default instance, mainly because they were both created by me. But you are most certainly not forced to use kbin.earth with Interstellar, you can add/switch to any Mbin, Lemmy, or PieFed account by going to the settings. And once you have added a different account (and switched to it), you can even remove the default guest kbin.earth account from the app.
As for your kbin.earth issues, are you saying anytime you try to log in, you get an "email not verified" message? I'm actually surprised that's happening just because usually if an account on Mbin is not email verified yet, then it wouldn't even let you make comments or posts yet. And for the 2FA problem, I'm not really sure what the issue is there, I tested it just now and was able to enable 2FA on my own account just fine; is it possible your phone's (or whatever device you have the 2FA app on) clock is slightly off? Which could definitely cause issues for TOTP based 2FA.
You shouldn't have made kbin.earth the default instance when signing up from the Interstellar app if your instance has some serious security issues!
kbin.earth is just an Mbin instance. The only thing I've really customized is the kbin.earth branding. If you think kbin.earth has security issues, then you probably shouldn't use Mbin at all. That said, if you'd like to migrate to a different Mbin instance, Mbin doesn't really have a good way to do that. If you have tons of magazine or user subscriptions, then you could try using Interstellar's account transfer feature, but otherwise, you'll just have to manually copy over your settings to your new account.
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They are a single person who also have a life outside of Mbin. 13 hours is not much (customer support of some paid products take longer).
I know that broken 2FA is not nice but also not the end of the world. So maybe try calm down and also start be a tick more polite with your requests. -
kbin.earth server upgraded!
kbin.earth server upgraded! #kbinEarth -
Apologies for kbin.earth server errors
Apologies for kbin.earth server errors #kbin #kbinEarth -
Also, if you already have an account on a Mastodon instance, you could follow yourself from there, instead of waiting for another user from that server to follow you.
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