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We want to move away from Reddit, is kbin suitable? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by TheVillageGuy@kbin.social to c/RedditMigration@kbin.social

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Update: we're live @rimworldporn

Hello, I am the founder of /r/RimWorldporn. We would like to move away from Reddit and are looking for a good alternative. We are kind of like /r/earthporn, so we require hosting of large images. We've been around for about 4 1/2 years and have accumulated roughly 30GB of images. The main advantage of Reddit is that it hosts relatively high quality images, for free. Would kbin be a suitable platform for this? We could host our own instance, maybe even centralize image storing on it.

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[–] bagonthebench@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think that one thing that is worth considering is whether the plans you have are future proof. The Fediverse and open source model means that at least the discussions can be easily preserved.

Open sourcing also means that the community can more easily design scripts to archive information.

The image hosting is a separate issue, but again you should have a view towards the future and the possible preservation.

It’s the same issue with individuals who use Google or Apple for cloud storage of their images. At some point the convenience needs to be considered in light of the lack of power for preservation.

[–] TheVillageGuy@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Good point. That's one of the reasons why I came here, we don't want to be dependent on a commercial platform. I have safeguarded all the current renders, but all the comments / upvotes will be gone.