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submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Kaity has just spun up a PieFed instance, which is open to anyone that wants to try it out.

PieFed is part of the "Threadiverse" along with lemmy and mbin. If you are already reading this in lemmy, then you already know what PieFed is about.

If you're curious to try it out, or if you're just looking for a way to avoid lemmy, you can find it at https://piefed.blahaj.zone/

Like our lemmy instance, we have set PieFed applications to require manual approval, but if you're already a member of our lemmy instance, you can get auto approved by our modbot by quoting your registration code somewhere in your application.

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[-] [email protected] 38 points 3 weeks ago

Has anyone written about the functional differences between lemmy and piefed?

[-] [email protected] 26 points 3 weeks ago
[-] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago

Ada and Kaity sitting in a tree! W. I. N. N. I. N. G!

And also kissing presumably

[-] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Lotsa kissys!

[-] [email protected] 24 points 3 weeks ago

Neat! I'll have to play with it when I get the chance.

How does PieFed differ from Lemmy? At first glance, they seem like similar applications. Does it have any particular strengths or additional features I might want to try out?

[-] [email protected] 46 points 3 weeks ago

There are lots of little usability improvements, and configuration options, but they are functionally very similar.

But it also has the advantage of not being written by the lemmy devs, which is a deal breaker for some folk

[-] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Could you please share context on the lemmy devs being a deal breaker?

[-] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Political stuff. The devs are also behind lemmygrad, for example.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

One of the devs is a transphobe

[-] [email protected] 40 points 3 weeks ago

The web site has a list of differences between Lemmy and PieFed:

  • Comments with -10 score are collapsed by default.
  • Communities are organized into topics. See https://piefed.social/topics.
  • Image-heavy communities can have a tiled/masonry view, like https://piefed.social/c/[email protected]
  • People who get downvoted a lot end up with a ‘low reputation’ indicator next to their name. You’ll know it when you see it.
  • Hide all posts based on keyword filters.
  • Keyboard shortcuts.
  • Upvotes in meme communities do not add to reputation.
  • Better UI design (somewhat subjective!)
  • Improved hotness ranking algorithm (subjective)
  • Voting is private.
  • See also features for healthy communities.
  • Each community has it’s own wiki. Demo

This list isn't exhaustive; one major feature that's not listed there is de-duplication, where reposts all get combined into a single post with a split comment section (one for each individual post).

[-] [email protected] 35 points 3 weeks ago

People who get downvoted a lot end up with a ‘low reputation’ indicator next to their name. You’ll know it when you see it.

Probably not, because we have downvotes disabled :)

[-] [email protected] 12 points 3 weeks ago

Thank you, I was worried :3

[-] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago

People who get downvoted a lot end up with a ‘low reputation’ indicator next to their name. You’ll know it when you see it.

Cool, a women indicator

(The joke is Lemmy is sexist mods please don't ban me)

[-] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

You're correct though.

Anybody who isn't the 'default' cishet able neurotypical white man is marginalised in society and even online, we're also attacked a lot.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

Which is one of the reasons downvotes are disabled here. A policy I hope will carry over to PieFed.

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[-] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago

Interesting, never heard of piefed before, been using lemmy for a long time.

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[-] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago

I wish there were more apps with piefed support. I like my gestures. Nonetheless, thanks alot fort the instance! Piefed seems great, I'll be happy to try it out here.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

Apparently, your namesake (Interstellar) supports PieFed, but I haven't been able to log in to Blahaj's instance with it. It keeps giving me an error saying the API is not enabled.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, i quite like my lemmy app (even if it is pretty much dead at this point). Eternity UI is very cozy to me.

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[-] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Okay I'm super impressed so far! I absolutely love this. Way better than lemmy imo, I'll be migrating there fully. The wiki feature for the HRT community is gonna be super handy and things like post flairs/tags is something many have missed here!

Things like a [transmasc] and [transfem] and [transneutral] tag for trans_memes f.ex!

[-] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago

is there pie? 🍰💖

[-] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago

Basically a message for Kaity, but I am getting a

ClientException: Request failed with status 400: Bad Request: {"error":"alpha api is not enabled"} , uri=https://piefed.blahaj.zone/api/alpha/user/login

when using the Interstellar App and wanted to bring it to your attention. Thanks <3

[-] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

I'll check it out. See what this alpha API thing is all about.

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Piefed doesn't have great 3rd party app support at the moment

[-] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago

the best part about it is the cute lil shark icon in the trans pride theme <3

lemmy could never

[-] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago

I tried to love that trans pride theme, but the nicest thing I can say about it is that I'm happy there is explicitly a trans pride theme :P

[-] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

What exactly is the “threadiverse?”

[-] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago

Any activitypub enabled software that mimics the Reddit style of longform thread/forum style social media with distinct topics.

Which at the moment is Lemmy, Piefed, and Mbin.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago

Lemmy Piefed and Kbin I think.

So content aggregators on the fedi?

[-] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

Is the plan to switch to it permanently?

[-] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago

Not particularly. There is no migration path between lemmy and PieFed, so we're just spinning up two instances, and we'll see what happens

[-] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

Apparently, some communities have had some success migrating, so there might be that possibility if that's the path you want to go down.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

If that happens organically with enough communities, then it might be something we consider, but I'm not going to push people to uproot their communities if they don't have to.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

I just tried it, I like this place :3

What I like: The UI is nice and there are many options that lemmy doesn't have
What I dont: The lack of any formatting options for comments

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[-] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

Really dumb question probably, but are piefed communities reachable from lemmy and vice versa?

[-] [email protected] 13 points 3 weeks ago

Look at the account I'm replying to you from :)

[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, they federate with each other.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

Do you have any thoughts on how the two compare in terms of resource utilization (CPU / RAM) given a similar number of users and activity?

I've been curious about this, because Rust, the programming language used for Lemmy, is supposed to be a LOT more CPU/RAM efficient than Python, the language used for Piefed. Python, on the other hand, is supposed to be much faster to initially develop in, which would at least partly explain how Piefed gained so many features so quickly compared to Lemmy.

[-] [email protected] 14 points 3 weeks ago

We don't have a point of comparison so far, because the instances don't share the same concurrent user numbers, but it would be hard to beat lemmy, which is really light for the volume it handles.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Ok, thanks! Kind of what I expected both in terms of not being able to compare exactly and Lemmy being light. I appreciate it.

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[-] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

Ohhh it’s piefed not pixelfed! My dumb ass was trying to login with pixelfed app -.-

[-] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Is "threadiverse" a thing? It feels like it gives far too much influence to Threads. I've never heard the term. "Fediverse" is better, though maybe this is a specific subset of ActivityPub applications?

[-] [email protected] 24 points 3 weeks ago

Threadiverse was a thing before Threads was a thing...

And it specifically refers to the subset of "reddit like" ActivityPub platforms, so it's more specific than Fediverse. Threadiverse instances are part of the Fediverse too, but they're quite distinct from Mastodon etc

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

is piefed like sharkey to misskey or glitch to mastodon? or is it something different all together? just wondering. i would love a differently developed lemmy so that would be great!

also just curious will piefed also eventually get downvotes disabled like here? i love getting rid of the toxicity of it :)

[-] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago

To the best of my knowledge, it is its own thing, rather than a fork of lemmy

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Ill try it :3

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