What is the difference between a post and thread? ( kbin.social )

yo idk if this is the right place to put this, so sorry if it's not. Iv been really trying to figure this place out and honestly it feels like they made things overly complicated. I understand the magazines and the federated stuff I guess, maybe. But what the hell is the difference between posts and threads. Also I have noticed that sometimes I go into a magazine that says it has posts and threads and there is nothing there. Just need a little help. I don't want to go back to reddit.

s6original ,
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A post is what you created to ask your question. Unless someone else commented while I was typing, this is the first comment in your post’s thread. So the thread is the comment list for your post.

a-man-from-earth ,
@a-man-from-earth@kbin.social avatar

With respect to kbin terminology, this is the wrong answer.

s6original ,
@s6original@lemmy.world avatar

My apologies.

a-man-from-earth ,
@a-man-from-earth@kbin.social avatar

A post is like a tweet, and ends up in the Microblog. Other "posts" that use the hashtag will also end up there.

A thread is like a Reddit post, and is basically part of the main content of a "magazine" / sub / community.

anonymouse OP ,

Ahh ok. that clears up a lot. thank you!

shepherd ,
@shepherd@kbin.social avatar

Yeah, unfortunately the Threads app (by Meta) sure adds to the confusion here lmao.

On kbin.social, a thread is indeed like a reddit post, where you post content like links or pictures, and we all comment and discuss lol.

On Threads, that's a twitter competitor lmao, and Threads content would be comparable to what kbin calls "posts" lol. I'm so sorry lol.

anonymouse OP ,

oh this post has nothing to do with the Threads app by Meta. please refer to a-man-from-earth's comment.

curt ,

So how does one create a thread? I've made a few posts in the microblog and selected a magazine, but I never saw them appear in the Magazine.

anonymouse OP ,

There is a plus up in the top right group of icons. When you click it, it gives you options to choose from and asks if you want to make a thread, post, link,ect. Once you are in that page there is an option for what magazine you want it to go in. [FYI I have been using kbin for three days so I could be wrong.]

a-man-from-earth ,
@a-man-from-earth@kbin.social avatar

Go to the magazine that you want to create a thread in, hit the + in the top bar, and select "Add new link" or "Add new thread". There's also a select box for the magazine once you hit one of those.

For a microblog post, make sure to hit "Add new post" and again, there is a dropdown select box for the magazine. Also, you can add a hashtag to make the microblog post show up in various magazines.

ciferecaNinjo ,

This is my understanding as well, @a@kbin.social¹. And with this understanding, I concur with @anonymouse:

they made things overly complicated

Indeed. It’s not a meaningful separation particularly when the microblogs have no significant enforcement of being “micro”. The /feeling/ I get is that kbin threads (which are very poorly named as @s6original discovered) are for high effort often lengthy content with a graphic, formatting, and more thought-out content. But kbin supports formatting in both which makes them redundant.

I suspect if someone makes a lot of short off-the-cuff “threads” a moderator might want to have a word with them.

is a scatter-brained design.

(edit) footnote:

  1. woah, there’s a . I wrote “@ a-man-from-earth @ kbin.social” (no spaces) and kbin could not handle the hyphen, apparently.
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