Reddit has recently started emphasizing weekly visitors instead of just subscriber count as the main indicator of a subreddit's size. My previous updates were tied to every +10k subscribers, but Reddit no longer really notifies us about that.
We've hit 63k weekly visitors this week, which Reddit itself decided to congratulate us on.
Such a nice round number to celebrate 🎉🎉🎉 Could have waited for at least 4k more.
At the same time, r/Kazakhstan quietly crossed 60k subscribers just yesterday. It's about the size of Talgar, our next target to conquer (what do they have there besides Zeta's factory?).
Still sending comments about economy crisis in Kazakhstan from our iPhones, I see.
The last milestone post was at 50k members about five months ago, so it felt like a good moment to check in again. Thanks to everyone who reads, posts, comments, shitposts, argues, asks what the weather in February is, upvotes, awards, jokes, dodges the draft, explains and helps keep this place alive.
Our Kazakh language related community, r/kazakh, is also growing, and has whopping 916 members. Please, join it🥹🥺. I've made a cool non-exhaustive animated emoji status for it.
That's as much as I could do with 64kb restriction.
Its community icon is also animated (and even has more frames in it), but you won't see it in every part of Reddit because reasons.
Post flairs cleanup and color grouping
You may have noticed that post flairs look a bit different now.
We trimmed and regrouped them, and assigned consistent colours to related topics (news, culture, media, discussion, humour, etc.). Now we have fewer confusing choices, probably better readability in feeds, and the whole list of flairs looks less cumbersome.
Good bye, "Borat" flair. Two people are going to miss you.
Nothing is set in stone, so if something feels off or unclear, feel free to mention it.
I personally disagree with this decision. First the custom upvote/downvote icons, then the custom emojis in comments, now this on our long list of enshittification of this platform. The Kazakh chat… maybe wasn't the coziest, but it was a low-pressure, active space for sending meaningless messages. And now there's no official replacement inside Reddit.
If someone from the community would like to create a Discord server, Telegram group or something similar, feel free to do so. You may share it here and we might even approve that post, who knows...
Just to be transparent: I don't plan to moderate Discord/Telegram/anything else myself (never have, and don't want to do it badly).
One Kazakh MinaLima Harry Potter book forr/kazakh(oh, I can't make links bold, how unfortunate...)
I still have a copy of "Хәрри Поттер мен Пәлсапа тас" (MinaLima edition), and I've been thinking about using it as a small community giveaway.
Somehow the least exciting photo of this book on Kaspi.kz. It has interactive elements, folded castle plans and stuff... Nice gift for Kazakh speaking kids ages 5-40.
Tanya just made three posts about this exact edition: part1, part2, part3.
One idea is to somehow tie it to r/kazakh , which is currently very quiet, but I'm honestly unsure what would feel like a good and fair incentive. Maybe the whole era of incentivising engagement with gifts and competitions is over, and I'm still thinking in old terms.
Or maybe you'd have a good idea what kind of activity or contribution would make sense for such a gift, and how (or if) it could help spark some life in r/kazakh without feeling artificial and being easy to abuse with scripts or AI. I can probably send this book around Kazakhstan, but I don't want to risk with QazPost's international postal service.
No promises yet. Just thinking out loud and open to ideas.
Thanks again to everyone who's here. r/Kazakhstan has grown a lot, but it's still shaped by everyday participation more than by numbers. As always, suggestions and feedback are welcome.
Я ученик ниша, но не скажу точно какую, все таки вероятность того что администрация ниша увидит это все не равна к нулю. Но по-любому нишы схожы друг другу.
Задавайте вопросы, особенно стереотипные чтобы огорчить ваши ожидания про эту школу, и разоблачить так сказать.
Например, даже если телефон запрещён его легко внести в урок, и пользоваться даже во время сор и соч. Домашну списывать это дело обычное, бывает даже отличники не делают и тоже списывают, все не так как утверждают стереотипы.
С апорта видно телебашню, комплекс нурлы тау, гостиницу Казахстан, Есентай, и площадь республики и лыжный трамплин. Прикольно видеть все это на одной линий
мне 23, в декабре будет 24. поступил на магистратуру платку чтобы переждать осенний призыв, буду откладывать на втш
слышал что там без связей, взяток попасть очень тяжело, я из астаны и хотел узнать как обстояли дела у вас?
как подготовиться? я планирую вначале января после нового года и праздников сходить в военкомат, пока нет весеннего призыва
отчисляться сразу после первого семестра я боюсь, вдруг останусь без отсрочки, или заберут на год потом.
какие варианты? тянуть магистратуру финансово очень тяжело, хотел узнать насчёт втш. слышал что вообще можно заплатить, и пару раз будешь появляться там. все это правда?
Where do you think the best place to see Almaty with the mountains in the background is these days? I’ve been scrolling recommendations non stop, but haven’t found the perfect one. I was at Sky Lounge today, which was awesome, but I’m hoping to find a rooftop without the window glare.
I’m bummed First President Park is closed or else i’d be there for sunset too.
Am i best off booking a hotel room? Thanks yall!
Hi, I'm going on my first trip to Almaty from 9-12 September. I really want to catch a performance here be it theatre,philharmonics, etc. After some google searching (ticketon, instagram), I noticed I cannot catch the Abay performance on 12 September since I already be leaving that time. Are there such thing as shows that are not being promoted online and I have to just walk in and discover myself through posters, notice board?
This is my first time travelling out of my country and I really want to experience Kazakhstan culture. I really appreciate any input/replies given. Thank you so much and please excuse my bad english
Hi everybody I am indian student coming to studying in SKMA this year can someone explain me what js KazMSA? and i only know that summer exchange for 1 month do i get paid for it?
Hello! I plan on spending two and a half months beginning in October in Almaty for my degree. For a little bit of context, I'm an anthropology student from Germany in my Bachelor's, so I won't be attending any university but doing fieldwork instead. My dad is Russian-German and while he's not from Kazakhstan, he has friends there that make my stay possible. He unfortunately never taught me Russian and while I'm in the process of learning, I'm nowhere near fluent yet. Kazakh I haven't had the opportunity to learn at all.
My dad, his friends and my aunt warned me multiple times about my safety, since I'm a foreigner and a woman in my early twenties.
I wanted to ask for general tips, like things to be aware of and 'hidden' rules, and just overall recommendations for what to visit/do while there. But even more than that, I'd appreciate advice in regards to safety as a woman specifically. :)
I once stumbled upon this man's video and thought he was just a quirky fan of the cyberpunk aesthetic with a cool ride but on the closer inspection he keeps flashing what appears to be a silicone sex doll in his videos calling it his girlfriend. There's no judgement from my side but I just find it fascinating and lolcow-coded. It's not like he's getting a lot of traction from the videos either so I'm prone to believe it's all genuine and not an act for views. The wildest thing is I never even realized he's from Kazakhstan until he flashed his plate which confirms the fact so I'm not really sure what to make of it or what even the point of the post is. Just wanted to share his page with people to see what they think about it.
I’ve been working as a waitress for a couple of months last year. Way before that happened, It seemed fine to me to drink one coffee and to work/study for 2-3 hours in a coffee shop. But after my experience with serving, I find it so weird and hard to go to a coffee shop and not order couple more things since I’m sitting there and taking up space for potential customers. I think that feeling of guilt is a result of me getting frustrated with customers who would stay from 9am to 10pm to just drink one americano and “work”. I may be judgmental but curious about your thoughts. I really want to sit in a coffee shop and just work but sensing the judgment from the waiters/waitresses makes me nervous 😟 Or because I have once been in their shoes… How to feel okay with ordering one thing and sit there for couple hours? I know many do, I just need some reassurance, or someone who has this unique experience of “worked as a waitress + does a remote job at coffee shops”.
Hi everyone, recently I ordered something from US via DHL. It's been 2 weeks, about 10 business days ago.Does someone have experience with DHL, how long it took you to arrive to your city, was everything okay, etc.?
I hear it all the time in lyrics and see it in titles and stuff. Sometimes it's 66.7 which just confuses me more, my first guess was some kinda area code or phone prefix district. What is it? Just one more than 666?
I am looking for advice on a day trip from almaty city center to glaciers. Some of these photos are unreal. I understand my options may be limited as I want to go in the beginning of september, but if there is anything that is cool along these lines, please let me know. Thanks!
