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PieFed solves a lot of the issues new users have (piefed.social)
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Now that Voyager supports PieFed, when promoting the Fediverse on Reddit I will be using this going forward

Try out the decentralised Reddit alternative called PieFed, https://piefed.social/  
It also has a mobile app: https://vger.app/settings/install  

I use it alongside Reddit, and I'm enjoying it more and more, slowly switching over

Some of the biggest complaints people switching over have are

  • Not sure which server to choose
  • No onboarding
  • Too much politics
  • Trouble logging in
  • Bad UX/UI (for a lot of people)

PieFed solves all of this, it has good onboarding, login is real easy you can even login with google, during onboarding you can filter out trump/musk spam, UX/UI is lightyears better for your average user, it has de-duplication etc.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

If I understood correctly, piefed is not an instance, it is whole separate... thing? (I'm not sure how these things are called anymore, I think of them as forum+) with its own instances and stuff?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That is correct yes, it's its own separate thing, but has a lot of parallels with Lemmy and shares the same content.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Now I'm confused again. How it shares the same content? It can access lemmy? How about the other way? Can I see piefed instances? If so, what is the difference?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Jip that is how the Fediverse works, and the beauty of the Fediverse.

Lemmy, Mastodon, PieFed etc. are all part of the same network, and depending on the filters etc. you can see and interact with content.

Have a look for yourself https://piefed.social/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

It is the same thing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It's a different software, but it can interact well with Lemmy and Mbin, especially as they same the similar format. Mastodon - Lemmy compatibility for instance is way more clunky.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

These interactions and compatibilities are still very confusing to me, probably because I only browse from voyager.

Does it mean that I can post or comment on mastodon or piefed with this account? If so, how?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You can browse and interact with [email protected] or [email protected] using your current account.

OP posted to this community (hosted on Lemmy) using their Piefed account.

Don't overthink it, it's mostly transparent for you.

Mastodon is a different story, but that's why I said it's clunky

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So from the user point of view they are undistinguishable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Yes, if you pay attention you can see what instance this community or user is using, but beyond that, it's quite transparent