Hi there! So I’m two weeks in to kbin and I think I have a layman’s understanding of the fediverse, but I’m still not the most technical person, so I thought I’d just post my questions here.
So I know “fediverse” stands for federated universe, so does “kbin” also stand for something? I tried checking the FAQ but the about page just tells me it’s a link aggregator, and google links me to a Japanese manufacturing site or those birth name meaning/ancestry sites. (can anyone tell me if lemmy also stands for something or is this just a word the developers came up with?)
Regarding defederation, does it affect previous posts? If there’s a thread with comments by multiple people under different instances, does defederating break the chain?
In fact who “owns” a thread? Like, in which instance is it stored? If someone posts on kbin, and people from lemmy and beehaw comment on it, does kbin “keep” all of those stored away or do they stay in their respective instances?
And am I correct in thinking that instances who defederate essentially block off an instance, but that instance can still see their posts, but not interact? ie. Instance A defederates from B, so they can’t see/interact with B, but B can still see A but not interact with them? Or is it a mutual blocking? Ergo they both can’t see nor interact. I know beehaw defederated with lemmy recently, so…?
The whole concept of defederating is just so interesting to me. I know I have to read more about it but those were mostly my main questions.
The “k” could be for k-hole?
I remember many years ago, there was a popular Blogspot-style page called Internet K-Hole that did periodic massive dumps of random found photos from the 70s and 80s. Back in those days of slow DSL, the page took minutes to load. All images were old and from scans. Many Polaroids. Some of the images were pretty faded, giving a sense of patina. In some the camera was out of focus, so they were blurry. Peppered throughout were scans from erotic magazines that were already defunct at the time, such as Oui, Chic, High Society, Gallery, etc.
Internet K-Hole was the first page of its’ type and size with that kitschy aesthetic sense. Whenever there was an update of images, word spread around the forums of the day, like Boing Boing and Slashdot.
Lol wow I never knew about that internet k-hole.
While I did jokingly think k-hole, I was thinking about the one referring to when someone takes massive amounts of ketamine lol
Absolutely, every iteration of the term k-hole is making reference to that ketamine state. And now there’s a drug we haven’t heard about in a while.
Remember the band Placebo? They had a lyric:
"No hesitation
No delay
You come on just like Special K"
That sounds scary as fuck.
Now, I think the k-hole refers to a bad trip, where you just disappear into a ketamine-induced void for two or three eternities.
Yeah, no thanks, I ain’t touching that with somebody else’s hundred-foot pole. Same goes for stuff like Jimson Weed, Salvia Divinorum and Amanita Muscaria mushrooms.