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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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[–] joel_feila@lemmy.world 3 points 9 hours ago
[–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

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

lemmy could never

[–] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 9 points 18 hours 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

[–] pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

hmm i already have a piefed account, do i make one for blahaj too..

[–] supakaity@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

You don't have to, your existing account will work perfectly fine.

But on the other hand, we're not rationing them out based on how many you already have either!

Go to https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/link for a code you can use to get instant registration approval.

[–] will_steal_your_username@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day 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!

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 18 hours ago

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

[–] sjmarf@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

Yes, they federate with each other.

[–] 0x0f@lemmy.blahaj.zone 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] WillStealYourUsername@piefed.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

And also kissing presumably

[–] supakaity@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 14 hours ago

Lotsa kissys!

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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?

[–] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Is "threadiverse" basically just fediverse (social) platforms that are thread-based (as opposed to, say, blog-based or some other federated type of thing)?

Like, if fediverse & thread conversation, then is threadiverse?

[–] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 hours ago

Exactly that!

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Fair enough. I'd never heard that term before for some reason, only fediverse.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 39 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 25 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Apparently it’s mainly more feature-rich/up to date/stable? That’s usually what I read at least

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[–] Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 day ago

is there pie? 🍰💖

[–] Cricket@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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.

[–] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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.

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[–] Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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.

[–] jwr1@kbin.earth 1 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

I'll just mention, in case it's not apparent, Interstellar (the app) does support swipe gestures on posts and comments; you just need to enable them in the settings. I do realize the Blahaj PieFed instance hasn't even enabled the API, so the app wouldn't work with piefed.blahaj.zone yet.

BTW, I like your username :)

[–] Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 10 hours ago

Oh, nice, good to know! Also thanks :)

[–] jwr1@kbin.earth 1 points 10 hours ago

Oh, never mind, I just saw their comment about the API being enabled, so the app should work with piefed.blahaj.zone.

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.

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[–] ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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?

[–] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 42 points 2 days ago (3 children)

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

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[–] vaguerant@fedia.io 39 points 1 day ago (6 children)

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/pics@lemmy.world
  • 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).

[–] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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 :)

Thank you, I was worried :3

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