I hope Ernest gets well soon and can pass through all of these stuff, but I must add one point to this:

And finally, I really suggest getting some more admins for the instance.

And, as important as this, letting more people help with Kbin development.

It’s impossible to maintain the code and develop new features, while dealing with all his personal life problems (which of course are a priority) and maintaining the instance all at once and almost alone.

Why not getting some help? I know that Ernest already said he has a problem trusting people, but come on, it’s visible that this approach is not working and it’s not benefiting anyone.

Honest question: what’s the reason to make a fork instead of contributing do kbin itself?

Same here! Many years ago I paid for a lifetime subscription and I really don’t regret it (but only because it was an one-time payment for life).