It seems that a lot of new people have learned about these platforms from a popular post on Reddit. We currently see 78 notifications (and counting) and a pile of applications on piefed.ca

I am pinning this thread on both platforms for new users to pop in to and ask questions. Please give them a warm welcome!

edit: 392 new users on the first day and hundreds more since then, all from one post 🥳

Please let us know how we can help! For example, here are some tips on finding communities: https://fedecan.ca/en/guide/lemmy/for-users/how-to-find-communities The guide says Lemmy, but the steps are the same on Piefed

Since a lot of people arrived here from r/BuyCanadian, maybe you will be interested in !buycanadian@lemmy.ca

🍁 Finding Canadian Communities on Piefed

  • Open a topic from this list: https://piefed.ca/topics
  • Browse that entire topic, or subscribe to individual communities from the sidebar
  • OtterOPMAEnglish
    12·
    2 days ago

    Can you try again now? I think there are two potential causes:

    • Our server is being overloaded with new people
    • Around 15 minutes ago, we upgraded the server specs to handle the increased load, and so it might have been down right as you were trying it
    • Pixel_Jock_17@piefed.caEnglish
      6·
      2 days ago

      I just reinstalled Voyager and tried it all again and the same error is occurring.

      I will take a break for now and try again later on. I love how much help I’ve received and hopefully my issue can be resolved and help others in the future.

      • OtterOPMAEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        Are you able to view piefed.ca in the web browser of the device that you’re trying to use the app on? Do you have a VPN enabled?

        That should hopefully narrow down where the problem is. We might also be having issues with CloudFlare, we’re looking into that :)

        • Pixel_Jock_17@piefed.caEnglish
          2·
          2 days ago

          Yes I was able to access piefed.ca on the browser, that’s how I was replying initially. No VPN enabled at the time.

          I did manage to sign in on the app earlier. I think it must’ve just been a server load issue from earlier and it is working now!

          Thank you!