1st Feb is #GlobalSwitchDay
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Is there a federated version, either in the works or planned? Because otherwise, Stoat is the only option.
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Is there a federated version, either in the works or planned? Because otherwise, Stoat is the only option.
No.
Other alternatives are Root, not federated.
There's also Roomy in development which is federated, and will tie into Bluesky.
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Should be Lemmy over piefed.
I've seen the Reddit users be more receptive of PieFed over Lemmy. In a post suggesting Lemmy, the Reddit users will just comment that it looks ugly, it's confusing, devs are tankies, etc. Posts suggesting PieFed get less complaints and more signups.
Also I think the instance choice is easier for PieFed compared to Lemmy. If you tell people to use Lemmy, they'll probably end up on lemmy.world which is overpopulated, or lemmy.ml...
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I am unreasonably angry about the stretched icons.
Hey, hey you.
Get some.
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No.
But mainly because content creators are on YouTube to get audience and a small profit. The technology is fine otherwise.
This is an interesting economics problem. How can a p2p FOSS alternative compete with advertising revenue? The YouTube creators don't even get most of the money, so it wouldn't need to be perfect to be better.
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Today the first of Feb is Global Switch day, Spread awareness of the Fediverse in your communities.
can anyone eli5 what the difference is from piefed to lemmy? i have a lemmy account, do i have a use for a piefed accnt too?
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Maybe add Matrix as a Discord alternative?
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can anyone eli5 what the difference is from piefed to lemmy? i have a lemmy account, do i have a use for a piefed accnt too?
Its up to you. They are different software but both read lemmy and Piefed communities and instances.
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To users they're both mostly the same but PieFed has more features and a much better UX, so it's the one I choose to promote.
I'm not sure about the better UX. Take a look at the recent code analysis: https://lemmy.ml/post/42415919/23662293
I think the current behavior is very confusing. Unless you're an instance admin, you don't know whether these features are enabled or not.
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I am unreasonably angry about the stretched icons.
It makes it look like a shitpost at a glance lol
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No.
But mainly because content creators are on YouTube to get audience and a small profit. The technology is fine otherwise.
There are some good youtube mirrors on peertube though and the videos can be downloaded. Also no youtube censorship! I bet you can find some good movies like in the old age of youtube
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Is peer tube any good ?
There are some good youtube mirrors on peertube though and the videos can be downloaded. Also no youtube censorship! I bet you can find some good movies like in the old age of youtube
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Today the first of Feb is Global Switch day, Spread awareness of the Fediverse in your communities.
I honestly think next time we should switch Mastodon out for something else (still Fediverse/ActivityPub of course).
We've already given Reddit users enough chances to try out Mastodon, we should see if the general Reddit users accept something else better. But I'm not experienced with microblogging at all, it's not my thing. Hopefully something with a discovery algorithm.
We've seen good results from promoting PieFed instead of Lemmy, so switching it up does work.
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This is an interesting economics problem. How can a p2p FOSS alternative compete with advertising revenue? The YouTube creators don't even get most of the money, so it wouldn't need to be perfect to be better.
Yeah I think it's doable since most of the revenues are through sponsorship and you can evaluate the audience with likes and subscriptions
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All due respect to Mastodon but BlueSky is way more viable right now.
But BlueSky doesn't support the fediverse yet, isn't it?
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Today the first of Feb is Global Switch day, Spread awareness of the Fediverse in your communities.
I've been using lemmy.world with the boost app. Should I look into piefed? Am I missing anything? I mean I'm happy with what I got, but is the grass any greener?
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What I miss is a auth service for all of them. Something like a "common user" where you can have all your Fediverse services under the same user.
Yeah some OAuth would be nice
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Sure but PieFed doesn't seem to have a tankie problem. They're blocked from what I've seen.
Even if that wasn't the case, PieFed doesn't have a reputation for having a tankie problem.
The bottom line is when I promote PieFed I don't get people on reddit telling me the UI sucked and that it's flooded with pro-russia propaganda.
So I find it more efficient to promote PieFed
It's a shame to see that people think of Lemmy creators as some sort of villains.
I created my account on .ml before the Reddit blackout, but there wasn't much content there, so I didn't use it much. I properly started using it after the "Reddit blackout," and that's when I learned about the so-called "tankie problem." I've met people with weird opinions, but the developers and Marxists in general aren't bad people. People just usually make a strawmen to argue against.
Anyway, none of their opinions are reflected in the software. Lemmy is done in a truly democratic and user-oriented way, and I respect them for it.
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I've been using lemmy.world with the boost app. Should I look into piefed? Am I missing anything? I mean I'm happy with what I got, but is the grass any greener?
There's been some controversy recently about censorship hardcoded into Piefed's backend. Basically it gives people a "social credit score" based on how they post.
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Today the first of Feb is Global Switch day, Spread awareness of the Fediverse in your communities.
It's honestly bonkers to have a community hosted on Lemmy this hostile to Lemmy as software and the developers.
