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Blåhaj Lemmy is a Lemmy instance attached to blahaj.zone. This is a group for questions or discussions relevant to either instance.

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Kaity has just spun up a PieFed instance, which is open to anyone that wants to try it out.

PieFed is part of the "Threadiverse" along with lemmy and mbin. If you are already reading this in lemmy, then you already know what PieFed is about.

If you're curious to try it out, or if you're just looking for a way to avoid lemmy, you can find it at https://piefed.blahaj.zone/

Like our lemmy instance, we have set PieFed applications to require manual approval, but if you're already a member of our lemmy instance, you can get auto approved by our modbot by quoting your registration code somewhere in your application.

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

I'd love to know the performance different between the two. It feels like Lemmy should be more lean.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I’m not sure if this is a Piefed software issue or a Piefed Blahaj federation issue; has anyone had trouble getting communities from slrpnk.net to show up on the page to add a remote community? I’ve been trying to add [email protected], which as far as I can tell is still up and functioning, but PF Blahaj just gives an error that says “Community not found.”

EDIT: facepalm, I was checking to see if it was up on my Blahaj lemmy account. slrpnk.net itself is down. Dunno how I missed that happening, but in my defense there’s been a little bit going on in LA right now 😅

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Okay I'm super impressed so far! I absolutely love this. Way better than lemmy imo, I'll be migrating there fully. The wiki feature for the HRT community is gonna be super handy and things like post flairs/tags is something many have missed here!

Things like a [transmasc] and [transfem] and [transneutral] tag for trans_memes f.ex!

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

the best part about it is the cute lil shark icon in the trans pride theme <3

lemmy could never

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 days ago

I tried to love that trans pride theme, but the nicest thing I can say about it is that I'm happy there is explicitly a trans pride theme :P

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Really dumb question probably, but are piefed communities reachable from lemmy and vice versa?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago

Look at the account I'm replying to you from :)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

Yes, they federate with each other.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

I think I'm not really a fan of any of the existing mobile app options for PieFed. I'll definitely keep an eye on that and see if any ones that I like more become available.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

hmm i already have a piefed account, do i make one for blahaj too..

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

You don't have to, your existing account will work perfectly fine.

But on the other hand, we're not rationing them out based on how many you already have either!

Go to https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/link for a code you can use to get instant registration approval.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

dw i made one

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Has anyone written about the functional differences between lemmy and piefed?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Apparently it’s mainly more feature-rich/up to date/stable? That’s usually what I read at least

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Ada and Kaity sitting in a tree! W. I. N. N. I. N. G!

And also kissing presumably

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago

Lotsa kissys!

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Neat! I'll have to play with it when I get the chance.

How does PieFed differ from Lemmy? At first glance, they seem like similar applications. Does it have any particular strengths or additional features I might want to try out?

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 week ago (3 children)

There are lots of little usability improvements, and configuration options, but they are functionally very similar.

But it also has the advantage of not being written by the lemmy devs, which is a deal breaker for some folk

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The web site has a list of differences between Lemmy and PieFed:

  • Comments with -10 score are collapsed by default.
  • Communities are organized into topics. See https://piefed.social/topics.
  • Image-heavy communities can have a tiled/masonry view, like https://piefed.social/c/[email protected]
  • People who get downvoted a lot end up with a ‘low reputation’ indicator next to their name. You’ll know it when you see it.
  • Hide all posts based on keyword filters.
  • Keyboard shortcuts.
  • Upvotes in meme communities do not add to reputation.
  • Better UI design (somewhat subjective!)
  • Improved hotness ranking algorithm (subjective)
  • Voting is private.
  • See also features for healthy communities.
  • Each community has it’s own wiki. Demo

This list isn't exhaustive; one major feature that's not listed there is de-duplication, where reposts all get combined into a single post with a split comment section (one for each individual post).

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 week ago (1 children)

People who get downvoted a lot end up with a ‘low reputation’ indicator next to their name. You’ll know it when you see it.

Probably not, because we have downvotes disabled :)

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (4 children)

People who get downvoted a lot end up with a ‘low reputation’ indicator next to their name. You’ll know it when you see it.

Cool, a women indicator

(The joke is Lemmy is sexist mods please don't ban me)

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Interesting, never heard of piefed before, been using lemmy for a long time.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

Same (well, other than a long time, but I think it's been over a year at least)

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I wish there were more apps with piefed support. I like my gestures. Nonetheless, thanks alot fort the instance! Piefed seems great, I'll be happy to try it out here.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I'll just mention, in case it's not apparent, Interstellar (the app) does support swipe gestures on posts and comments; you just need to enable them in the settings. I do realize the Blahaj PieFed instance hasn't even enabled the API, so the app wouldn't work with piefed.blahaj.zone yet.

BTW, I like your username :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Oh, nice, good to know! Also thanks :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Oh, never mind, I just saw their comment about the API being enabled, so the app should work with piefed.blahaj.zone.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

is there pie? 🍰💖

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Basically a message for Kaity, but I am getting a

ClientException: Request failed with status 400: Bad Request: {"error":"alpha api is not enabled"} , uri=https://piefed.blahaj.zone/api/alpha/user/login

when using the Interstellar App and wanted to bring it to your attention. Thanks <3

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