• Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyz
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    17 hours ago

    Your title suggests Lemmy is proprietary which it is not.

    Lemmy and KBin are both open source. [implying: “OP suggests Lemmy and/or KBin are not open source”]

    *sigh* in no moment the OOP even implies that.


    On-topic: PieFed is packed with a bunch of interesting stuff, mentioned by another user in that thread: better resource usage, better mod tools, gallery view, the ability to combine comments from different comms, a multi-reddit-like feature… and, additionally:

    • a button to mute all replies to your comment
    • an “attitude” score, to detect people who are excessively combative
    • filter posts based on keywords

    I’m actually rather excited for it, because it seems to be progressing at a fast pace.

    • JayGray91🐉🍕@piefed.social
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      12 hours ago

      the unfortunate event of lemm.ee shutting down lead to a lot of new instances adopting piefed. the dev team said this lead to a lot more feedback that drives development.

      I’m so onboard with this.

      • Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyz
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        2 hours ago

        There’s always some silver lining.

        I think this increased adoption of PieFed might even benefit instances sticking to Lemmy; Lemmy development will likely speed up, to avoid making Lemmy seem “obsolete” in comparison with PieFed.

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            31 minutes ago

            Perhaps. I can’t rule out completely the possibility of Lemmy stagnating. In that case as PieFed development progresses, and the feature gap becomes wide, more and more instances shift from one to another. I do think however the Lemmy devs won’t simply see their software being replaced without “fighting back” (in a good way).

            A third possibility would be specialisation - PieFed and Lemmy still coexisting, but taking different niches.

  • Skavau@piefed.social
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    19 hours ago

    Some of the comments there are so miserable lmao. No doubt from some of the people who moan about reddit.

    There’s definitely a huge aura of letting the enemy of good being perfect in how people view reddit-alternatives.

    • mintiefresh@piefed.ca
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      5 hours ago

      It’s a bit disappointing to see our Linux brethren over there behave in such a manner.

      I used to think being a Linux user should enable someone to be more open to using the Fediverse and just working through its quirks. Much like Linux.

      But I’m also a fool lol.

    • Sunshine (she/her)OP
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      19 hours ago

      Too many people are asking for that silverbullet that doesn’t exist. As an improvement is worth pursuing nonetheless!