Would you like some pie? Check it out here: https://piefed.ca/
What is PieFed
PieFed follows a similar format as Lemmy and Mbin. Those that are familiar with Lemmy will find it very similar, with some additional features including topic lists, optional private voting, new mod and admin tools, crosspost de-duplication, community wikis, etc. Thanks to how the fediverse works, you can use either lemmy.ca or piefed.ca to interact freely!
We will put together some guides on our non-profit’s website at some point. In the meantime, we have created !newtopiefed@piefed.ca for us to learn from each other. There is also the official !piefed_help@piefed.social community which has a similar purpose.
We have done some testing and we are learning as we go, but please bear with us while this new platform gets going 🙂
Other Links & FAQ
- lemmy.ca is not migrating to PieFed. We will run both instances at the same time. You can use whichever one you prefer.
- Learn about the differences between PieFed & Lemmy: https://join.piefed.social/features/
- A tour of the community moderation features in PieFed: https://piefed.social/post/844065
- One of the first mobile apps to implement support for PieFed, with more to come: https://interstellar.jwr.one/
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Trying out PieFed after 2 years of Lemmy and it’s looking more and more like Voyager has ended it’s time on my phone
I’m not quite sure what this is and why I should use this over Lemmy … but I’d like to give it a try! lol. Also very cool how the Fediverse allows for different entry points and view the same content.
Congrats on the expansion!
We’re also learning as we go :) In addition to the features mentioned in the post, a big one for regional instances like ours might be the topic lists (once we set those up anyway)
Congrats on the expansion!
Thanks!
Is the API active? I want to use PieFed over Lemmy, but don’t like to join so called “flagship instances”, they always go overboard with moderation at some point.
So instead of joining piefed.social I signed up with .au, only to find out that the admin never bothered to activate the api, so can’t use any apps, and posts aren’t federating outwards properly.
Edit: Confirmed working, registration sent.
Edit 2: Approved within 5 min, thanks for that!
Yep the API is on as of earlier today. It’s not listed in the docs yet, which is probably why the au instance doesn’t have it on.
The API is new I believe, piefed.social enabled it recently as well
https://piefed.social/post/817564
Welcome to piefed.ca :)
I think it has been there for a bit, but was still in alpha. Preferred.social had it running for a while, that’s their official test instance. But good to see it working!
I’m just happy we have another Canadian instance
Does PieFed have an api yet that lets it work with Lemmy apps?
There is an API but it is slightly different from Lemmy, and it’s very new, which is why the app list is small. Right now that includes !interstellar@kbin.earth and using the website as a PWA. As more people use it, more apps should implement support.
The PieFed dev docs say that the API is 95% similar, so hopefully it should be easy enough for app developers to implement
Excellent work folks!
The true power of federation showing itself here. In this case, it’s two software packages with the same server/admin team – which basically future proofs both.
I’d make a recommendation: have some sort of cross-pollination tool. Basically, pull the database of all subscribed communities on Lemmy.ca and have a bot subscribe to the same on PieFed, and vice versa. Probably easy to do if you have server-side access.
Furthermore, in the ideal world, “Local” from the Lemmy instance includes the piefed.ca local commuities. This might be a harder ask. The reason would be to prevent bisecting the Local feeds.
Finally, ideally there is a community migration tool, to cross between Lemmy and PieFed if a community wants to move from one side to the other. This would be a bigger project, but would future proof Fedican even further should either piece of software become badly maintained.
Well, okay, I just created a year’s worth of work for a programmer. How can I help?
Hello from the other side!
Stuff like this really helps reinforce why the fediverse is the best platform. Portability is no joke.
Hello from PieFed
Hola desde el mismo lugar de siempre. (Lemmy).
Hello ✌️ 😄
Congratulations!
Thank you for your hard work :)
Pie flavor. I’m stoked that Piefed has Atkinson Hyperlegible as a font choice! It’s my favorite font, especially for ereaders.
That’s awesome!
Nice. Already registered.
Is there a recommended android app for it?I just saw the FAQ section after.
It suck that they implements karma and collapsing downvoted comments. Two censorship methods
The collapsing of downvoted comments is configurable in the user settings, so it’s possible to disable it or fine tune it to the way you want it. The discussion is still valid for what the default settings should be
I’m still learning about the karma side, so I don’t want to comment on that yet
Should be the opposite, people who want to collapse comment with lot of downvotes should activate it
The downvotes and karma do not stop you from saying whatever you want. It just means you have to say it somewhere else. Hence, you are not censored.
Are you being glib?
When a comment is collapsed , people tend to skip the comment. Hiding stuffs is censorship
It’s just improving the signal-to-noise ratio.
Yes; through censoring unpopular comments. Whether or not it’s a good thing is debatable, but not so much whether it exists.
Oh great!
