Yeah it seems Ernest has been on another break. From what I've heard, Mbin is a little combative in how/why they created it and the alternative ones never really called to me. I'd agree with you though. The main issue with Kbin right now is honestly just that accounts can be created freely,, and that's only because it makes it so easy for spam accounts to post about selling/buying drugs online flooding /m/tech and /m/opensource and a bunch of others.

However, I do think a push was made recently that we can ask to take over dead magazines (subs), so community can sort of step up now if that gets seen and approved.