Good question. In the past, there have been some federation issues. However, things have seemed fine for awhile now. I will admit that it's entirely possible that there are issues that I may not be aware of. I don't do any extensive testing as I'm just a regular user, and /kbin is a younger platform which tries to do something different from lemmy and mastodon. If the Collections feature interests you, I might suggest just making a kbin account to give it a test run. You can essentially have the same feed you do now thanks to federation, but with the added benefit of feeds more suited to your interests. Public Collections are also very useful for discovering similar communities across the fediverse.

To further add onto this, they can be public or private. Public Collections are able to be followed by other users. This would be helpful for increasing discoverability for fellow users and communities/magazines. You can create Private Collections for personalized feeds that you may not want to share, negating the need to create a new account for feeds with a different theme or purpose.

From my understanding, if you simply repost a link that has already been posted to another magazine, then both threads reference each other in the comments section. These references include the # of comments, votes, boosts, magazine location, user who crossposted etc. You are able to change the title.

Example of crossposting links:
https://kbin.social/m/FinalFantasy/t/619622/Final-Fantasy-7-Rebirth-wins-Most-Wanted-Game-at-the
https://kbin.social/m/gaming/t/619626/Final-Fantasy-7-Rebirth-wins-Most-Wanted-Game-at-the

Images work the same way, if they're copies of the same image.

Example of crossposting images:
https://kbin.social/m/Cats/t/621503/Sleepy-teefies
https://kbin.social/m/cat@lemmy.world/t/621333/Sleepy-teefies

This functionality also works with threads only containing text. I'm less certain about this, but I imagine the body text has to match exactly. I haven't really tested beyond this one example.

Example of crossposting text threads:
https://kbin.social/m/LearnJapanese/t/621990/Japanese-Comprehensible-Input-YouTube-channels
https://kbin.social/m/japanese/t/623858/Japanese-Comprehensible-Input-YouTube-channels

An "abandoned" magazine is one where the owner has not logged in for 30 days. You'll probably know when a magazine/community you're subscribed to is "abandoned" when applying for ownership of a magazine is enabled.

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I could not agree more--I've also been trying to engage with content by sorting through "New" more regularly. It's now my preferred method for discovering content.

I agree with pretty much everything you mentioned. Regarding the activity, I wish there was a bit more effort from others as well. I can understand why they don't though--I was typically a lurker as well. It's just unfortunate when I see posts from users that want to see more content as well before they feel incentivized to contribute, which unfortunately serves to perpetuate the problem. Not saying this is you (also not trying to antagonize any lurkers, because again, I understand), it's just something I've observed. That said, I appreciate what folks like Ernest are doing. #Kbin and the rest of the #fediverse resonate with me conceptually, so I'll continue trying to support it how I can.

I agree, one will probably come in time.

I'm aware. I don't think that reply is really necessary of a tag as I'm sure you and I both know he's busy. This problem is fairly common among kbin native magazines as well and not limited to the federated ones where Ernest is assigned as the owner and moderator. And yes, I'm also aware that it's something Ernest has talked about and plans to address. I'm not hating, but that doesn't change the fact that it's still an unfortunate situation.

I will acknowledge that progress is happening, and am glad that it is, but will remain skeptical due to the number of challenges they currently face along with any number of potential unforeseen issues. A "risk factor" of 3 years is also subject to variance beyond our calculations, in my opinion. However, I'm not stating this just to argue. I'm just skeptical because things don't always go smoothly, despite how much I wish they would. Project deadlines vary for much smaller projects, so yes, I'm inclined to believe the same for something of this magnitude. I'll be looking forward to it's completion, and I hope that it is sooner than later.

He's like King Midas, except everything he touches turns to trash...

I liked the name #kbin more than #lemmy, and the integration of #microblogging is a feature I appreciate. IME, lemmy also tends to attract more memes and shitposts, which generally turn me off.

This joke made me subscribe to the magazine, well done