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 [email protected] for us to learn from each other. There is also the official [email protected] 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 🙂

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    11 hours ago

    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

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    14 hours ago

    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!

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      13 hours ago

      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!

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    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!

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      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.

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        11 hours ago

        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!

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      13 hours ago

      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 [email protected] 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

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    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?

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    1 day ago

    Stuff like this really helps reinforce why the fediverse is the best platform. Portability is no joke.

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    Nice. Already registered.

    Is there a recommended android app for it?

    I just saw the FAQ section after.

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      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

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      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.

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            Yes; through censoring unpopular comments. Whether or not it’s a good thing is debatable, but not so much whether it exists.