QuadratureSurfer @ QuadratureSurfer @piefed.social

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Alternative Twitter link:

https://xcancel.com/soham_btw/status/1940952786491027886

I've tested PieFed out for a bit, and I like what they have going on. It uses ActivityPub, just like Mastadon or Lemmy. It's mostly similar to Lemmy, but it has some additional features that are awesome:

• Feeds - In PieFed you can combine multiple communities into a single feed (makes it so much easier to browse through all of the different c/technology posts from Lemmy.world, lemmy.zip, Beehaw, programming.dev, etc.).
• Crosspost View - If a post has been crossposted, scrolling through the comments is organized into sections from each community that the post was crossposted into.
• Delayed posting - Set a future time for when you want your post/comment to be posted.
• Post tagging - Ability to tag a post as a spoiler, discussion, question/answered etc.
• Spoiler tags on a post blur out images.
• User tagging - Public tags for anyone to see.

Awesome! Thank you so much for the update and the quick turnaround. I'm definitely glad to be supporting this project.

I'm hoping the Lemmy devs work on supporting flair soon. Is the flair federated out with activity pub somehow?

Yes, but you can only select the feeds that you yourself have created. I did not create the Video Game feed, so it won't let me select that as a Parent.

I don't think the official Reddit app has ever supported this, unless it's a new feature?

Only 3rd party apps supported this, but a lot of those have been killed off. You might still be able to access this feature through old.Reddit:

https://www.reveddit.com/v/NoStupidQuestions/comments/9t50jp/what_is_a_multireddit_how_do_i_access/

I'm not sure if you meant "multi-communities".

In the fediverse, PieFed is a useful one where you can combine different communities into "feeds".

For instance, there are a bunch of different "technology" communities, but all of their posts are combined into this feed: https://piefed.social/f/tech

In android, if you go to the website, then click on the 3 dots -> Add to Homescreen -> Install
Then you'll be able to use PieFed and browse communities in the way (i think) you're asking.

Otherwise this is also possible with the Android app "Eternity" which let's you create your own "Multicommunity". The advantage to the PieFed one is that someone else has already scoured the fediverse for you and combined them.

This is awesome! I hope more groups start doing this.
Edit: Are they using a script/tool for this, or are they manually copying over the questions and answers?

So many good quality of life fixes. It's definitely going to be a better experience if I get a friend to try it out.