2d ago

We now have a PieFed instance!

piefed.blahaj.zone

Blåhaj PieFed - A PieFed instance for gender diverse folk and their allies.

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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Has anyone written about the functional differences between lemmy and piefed?
- Apparently it’s mainly more feature-rich/up to date/stable? That’s usually what I read at least
  
  Isn't run by tankies

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?
- 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
  
  Could you please share context on the lemmy devs being a deal breaker?
- 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).
  
  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 :)
  
  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)

common ada+kaity w
- Ada and Kaity sitting in a tree! W. I. N. N. I. N. G!
  And also kissing presumably
  
  Lotsa kissys!

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.
- 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.
- Yeah, i quite like my lemmy app (even if it is pretty much dead at this point). Eternity UI is very cozy to me.
- 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 :)
  
  Oh, nice, good to know! Also thanks :)
  
  Oh, never mind, I just saw their comment about the API being enabled, so the app should work with piefed.blahaj.zone.

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
- I'll check it out. See what this alpha API thing is all about.
  
  API now enabled!
  Post about it in Blåhaj PieFed Meta:
  https://piefed.blahaj.zone/post/34431
- Piefed doesn't have great 3rd party app support at the moment

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!

is there pie? 🍰💖

What exactly is the “threadiverse?”
- Lemmy Piefed and Kbin I think.
  So content aggregators on the fedi?
- 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.

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

Is the plan to switch to it permanently?
- 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
  
  Apparently, some communities have had some success migrating, so there might be that possibility if that's the path you want to go down.

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

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

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 :)
- To the best of my knowledge, it is its own thing, rather than a fork of lemmy
- It's closer to a fork of lemmy that is cross-compatible through activitypub

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
- That looks to be a bug or something, because the formatting options are there when you edit your comment. I'll raise that with the dev.

the best part about it is the cute lil shark icon in the trans pride theme <3
lemmy could never
- 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

Really dumb question probably, but are piefed communities reachable from lemmy and vice versa?
- Look at the account I'm replying to you from :)
- Yes, they federate with each other.

Ill try it :3

Cute logo

cool

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

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