Is just the same as lemmy? What makes it different? Is it similar to kbin? Why is it meant to be better according so some people?

  • LumpyPancakes@piefed.social
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    1 month ago

    Others have covered most.

    For me the one killer feature is grouping of duplicate articles over multiple instances into one post, with comments from all instances listed therein.

    This takes away the ghost town feeling of Lemmy, and the frustration of seeing the same post multiple times while scrolling.

    The one bad thing is we can’t upload images to posts or comments, so it’s several steps forward, one step backwards.

    Edit: you can post images if you’re using Summit on Android, just can’t seem to do it via the PWA / Web version.

  • Owl@mander.xyz
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    1 month ago

    You’ll get a negative social credit score if you join PieFed and ditch lemmy

  • HubertManne@piefed.social
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    1 month ago

    To some degree they are just web frontends to the backend technology. kbin was done by this guy earnest which had a feel I just liked better but something happened with him and the fork mbin is the only real option now which is fine but earnest seemed to have a vision that did not come to complete fruition, I did not use lemmy much but when I compared the two I went with kbin. Was on mbin when kbin blew up but piefed came along and eventually I tried it. Its main thing is it has these topics where it nests communities. So I can browse the topic comics which has a bunch of communities where people post comics in it. Its handy. I really like some of the nice options like I can block on keywords and allow nsfw to show (I swear some people tag pictures with it because its showing to much ankle. ok that was an exaggeration but man peoples ideas of what is not safe I think is a super broad spectrum and im not really concerned about nsfw) in your feed without blurring and another than will sorta darken bot submissions a bit so you can tell when scrolling. Now all this is because its been super active with development so it can bit a bit wonky. when scrolling I see this thing where text overlaps and messes things up but ultimately its a minor nuissance and I can scroll up or down to get what I want and the other things are so useful plus I can see more is to come so seems to be the most likely to keep on getting better. Anyway that is why I cam where I currently am. Its gotten a spike in popularity too which caused it to be sorta offline for a bit a week or so back but it was pretty short and they got things going. I can tell you anyone used to earnest with kbin will think nothing of that (kbin was legendary with its downtime). So if you want more stability go with lemmy/mbin but if you want more features go with piefed. Keep in mind stability is mostly about instances so a particular lemmy or mbin could be more or less stable. Anyway I like features.

  • frostedtrailblazer@lemmy.zip
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    1 month ago

    I’d be inclined to check it out but it looks like they don’t have a mobile app I can use. Lemmy at least has a few different feature robust apps you can use to access Lemmy. I might check it out when I’m on desktop, but that would be a fraction of the amount of time I spend online.

  • Asidonhopo@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    So I created an account over on piefed.social and was browsing by /all and saw some communities I have no interest in ever seeing. I navigate through to the community and there’s no “block community” function? How am I to browse by /all as is my wont, without seeing furry porn? Nothing wrong with it but it’s just not my jam.

    Honestly /all is the best way to find new active communities to join and it’s worked here at Lemmy just fine. Or maybe I missed the button on piefed, or devs are adding it as you read this.

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        1 month ago

        I looked again, if it’s on there it’s very well hidden. I’m using the website btw, maybe the app has it more easy to access.

        Edit: I looked in the settings menu and you can block communities through there but ideally for me there be a way to do it from the page of the community itself.

        • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works
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          1 month ago

          Jumped onto my desktop to check. You can do it from the comm page by clicking on the hamburger button (…) of any post, and there’ll be an option there to block the comm. No, I have no idea why a comm-wide setting is only found under a post-specifi button.

        • Rimu@piefed.social
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          1 month ago

          It’s on the 3 dot menu on every post.

          Makes sense to have it on the community too, tho. I’ll find a place for it.

  • Neondragon25@piefed.social
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    1 month ago

    Been using Piefed on the Interstellar app, its pretty nice. As other have said, the collecting of seemingly duplicate posts into one is great. Overall it doesn’t feel much different on an average use case.

      • neondragon25@lemmy.zip
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        1 month ago

        And a Lemmy.zip, as I was on Kbin, back in the day, but that also went down. So I diversified my Fedifolio. I also use the Boost app, and Voyager, just in case any of those apps go down.