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We now have a PieFed instance! (piefed.blahaj.zone)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I’m not sure if this is a Piefed software issue or a Piefed Blahaj federation issue; has anyone had trouble getting communities from slrpnk.net to show up on the page to add a remote community? I’ve been trying to add [email protected], which as far as I can tell is still up and functioning, but PF Blahaj just gives an error that says “Community not found.”

EDIT: facepalm, I was checking to see if it was up on my Blahaj lemmy account. slrpnk.net itself is down. Dunno how I missed that happening, but in my defense there’s been a little bit going on in LA right now 😅

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

I think I'm not really a fan of any of the existing mobile app options for PieFed. I'll definitely keep an eye on that and see if any ones that I like more become available.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Cute logo

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

lemmy could never

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days 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] 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 days ago

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Yes, they federate with each other.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days 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] 8 points 3 days 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?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days 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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Exactly that!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago

We discussed it on [email protected] and [email protected]

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 days ago (1 children)

common ada+kaity w

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

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

And also kissing presumably

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Lotsa kissys!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago (1 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

From what I understand (and note that this is unsubstantiated, because we just simply don't have the same size userbase/activity here), while lemmy is fairly good, piefed is supposedly even better.

The caveat here is of course that over time, software maturity and changes in prioritization of features (sacrificing efficiency for functionality or ease of use usually) results in certain decisions being made that affect the resource requirements.

It happened with lemmy (it used to be way more efficient than it is now), and it will happen to piefed too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

From what I understand (and note that this is unsubstantiated, because we just simply don’t have the same size userbase/activity here), while lemmy is fairly good, piefed is supposedly even better.

Better in terms of lightness? I would be extremely surprised given the vast difference in performance and resource consumption of Python vs. Rust, and because apparently Piefed already has more features than Lemmy does. But maybe I misunderstood your point.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago

is there pie? 🍰💖

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