Today the first of Feb is Global Switch day, Spread awareness of the Fediverse in your communities.

    • Blaze (he/him)@piefed.zip
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      23 hours ago

      Piefed has quite a few features that Lemmy doesn’t have:

      • multicommunities
      • onboarding process asking new joiners what they are into
      • crossposts comments consolidation
      • communities moderation features
      • posts and user flairs
      • keyword filters

      https://join.piefed.social/features/

      Lemmy should get there in version 1.0, but they still don’t have any precise timeframe for that release, and still need to do some testing https://lemmy.ml/comment/23570258

      You might see a few people discrediting Piefed for some optional filters it offers, but all of those filters are configurable by admins and disabled by default: https://piefed.zip/c/fediverse/p/1005977/piefed-admin-settings-that-allow-to-enable-or-disable-content-filters-they-are-disabled-by

      • thoro@lemmy.ml
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        13 hours ago

        Are these features available on mobile apps? Because I mostly use Lemmy on Jerboa

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        23 hours ago

        The fact these filters exist in the first place are not a good sign. When Microsoft introduces new shitware that is “disabled by default” people are skeptical that it might not be disabled for long, but when a fediverse dev does it to block content they personally don’t like it’s fine? This goes against the entire concept of the fediverse imho. Just block people you don’t like yourself

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          22 hours ago

          it’s Python. It’s foss.

          I’ve removed code I didn’t want in mine. (A feature I later re enabled).

          If I want to add code, I do so. Or I remove code.

          Microsoft is closed, and they are leveraging tons of cash to manipulate. Try turning off updates on a windows 11 machine… Is it just a toggle? What if Microsoft removes the option or requires… oh wait closed source and they already did.

          All piefed has been doing is giving options.

          Blame admins if you like but be honest about your intentions instead of this campism.

          Masto and other fedi services give options of blanket blocks or filters, so arguing entire concept of fedi is nonsense.

        • whaleross@lemmy.world
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          20 hours ago

          It goes against your concept of the Fediverse. You are just as much trying to force your personal preference on others with this argument of slippery slope of Microsoft nonsense.

          I think it is great if different instances have different profiles that cater to different audience instead of everything just being the same with different domain names. If it is all the same it may as well be a single instance and the entire point of federating is lost.

        • Blaze (he/him)@piefed.zip
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          23 hours ago

          Microsoft does not operate on a federated model.

          The Piefed devs have no way to change the configuration of other instances.

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              22 hours ago

              If you believe that the Piefed devs would get away with overriding the configuration of other instances with an update, that’s not realistic.

              Most of the Piefed users (myself included) would leave immediately.

              What our experience is is the opposite: the Piefed dev team is always receptive to feedback, and improves the software based on this constantly.

              • mesa@piefed.social
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                15 hours ago

                It took 2 days for a PR to go though on piefed. It was a great experience.

                Reading the code is VERY easy, even compared to other projects. I was able to get it up and running in about 30 mins with very little knowledge of the project. The “filters” are all optional on the admin side and instances can and have modified them to suit their needs.

                Congrats @rimu@piefed.social ! Your project has gained “controversy”, the main way you can tell its getting successful 😁.

        • Signtist@bookwyr.me
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          16 hours ago

          I specifically chose my instance by what content they did and didn’t choose to block. I turned away from several otherwise appealing instances because they didn’t block some of the content I would’ve wanted them to. I know I can do it myself, and I do when I need to, but I want an instance that aligns with my interests enough that I don’t have to worry about blocking every problematic group as they pop up. If something changes and the instance ends up blocking things I wouldn’t want blocked, I move to another instance. It’s as easy as moving to another seat on the bus - barely an inconvenience.

        • Grail@multiverse.soulism.net
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          22 hours ago

          I recommend MULTIVERSE, the anarcho-antirealist PieFed server. We have a karma system the same as Reddit, which you’re used to, and we don’t do any extra processing of the score. Some PieFed sites ignore karma earned on meme communities to prevent repost farming, but on MULTIVERSE, we just look at upvotes - downvotes, and unlike Reddit, your karma score means absolutely nothing for your ability to post on communities.

          • Calfpupa [she/her]@lemmy.ml
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            19 hours ago

            Does it still prevent people from replying to people that blocked them so the conversation can continue without the blocker?

    • Lauchmelder@feddit.org
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      23 hours ago

      piefed has an opinionated dev reimplementing karma and filters for content they don’t like right into the application

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        22 hours ago

        I was thinking of giving piefed a shot. Any further reading on this?

        Edit: Why on earth is this so downvoted? I was thinking of switching from mbin to piefed, saw this, and asked for elaboration. FFS.

        • Lauchmelder@feddit.org
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          22 hours ago

          I don’t think there’s a writeup, but I can search for explanations later, I’m kind of on the go rn. These filters are technically optional, it’s just another piece of trust you have to hand over to your instance admin and hope they don’t turn them on. Also you have to trust that these optional filters are the only ones, and that there won’t be any hidden filters.

          If you wanna give it a shot then by all means go ahead, but I personally feel very uneasy knowing these exist and the dev is willing to implement algorithms to punish people who post “bad content” in their eyes

          • Kate@lemmings.world
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            21 hours ago

            Lemmy also has filters, you have to have the same ‘trust’ that admins don’t add words to them.

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              21 hours ago

              Lemmy intransparently punishes users for using reaction GIFs, writing “this” comments and punches communities for having the words "meme’ or “shitpost” in the title? that’s crazy

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                21 hours ago

                All of these things can be turned off, moreover, the “punches communities” specifically refers to the mass federation tool that instance admins can use that has had a lot of terms removed.

    • hayvan@piefed.world
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      22 hours ago

      They are similar platforms and they federate, i.e. you can see all Lemmy content with a Piefed account and vice versa.

      • SdWolf1902@sh.itjust.works
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        22 hours ago

        wait are you sure? there was a lemmy admin talking about how the software is authoritarian and has a “social credit score” that sounds like what a tankie would put in

        • Eldritch@piefed.world
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          19 hours ago

          Piefed has two user rating systems. Your attitude, which is public, and allows people to see what your ratio of up votes to down votes is. The other being reputation, which is generally reserved for administration and moderation iirc. Which is an accumulation of how other people upvote and downvote you. Basically the sort of thing anyone could get just by looking at the public information just condensed all in one spot.

          Anyone calling it social credit score is being disingenuous. The most controversial feature it has is its content filtering system, which is disabled by default.

    • T͏i͏d͏b͏i͏T͏@mander.xyz
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      Piefed provides sections or slices of the fediverse and often is incorporated with mastodon, whereas Lemmy is a much bigger aspect of the overall fediverse. While everyone is entitled to their option how they approach certain topics, Lemmy’s devs have a huge impact on federation protocols, moderation norms, and general user experience across the fediverse!

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      PieFed updates faster, is responsive to suggestions and user concerns, has way more features such as polls, topics (groups of communities that can be made by users, helps to browse all comms related to a topic) automated posts, it combines cross-post comments into 1 page, etc.

      And the Lemmy devs are transphobes, genocide deniers, support Russia invading Ukraine, etc. so there’s an ethical component to people not supporting it through using it.

      Because I’m sure “they’ll” come and rage here once they see this post I’ll pre-empt it and say the dev for PieFed is not perfect, no one is, and they’ve got some code around minimising meme images and 4chan content based on their personal preferences, but that stuffs all optional and can be turned on or off by the instance admins.

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          12 hours ago

          Any PieFed user can confirm the features are correct.

          I could go digging through posts to find your well documented history of it, but I’ll quote your guy here because I have this on hand already and any ml user is going to trust their word.

          Dessalines has a whole link spam dedicated to genocide denial and spreading Russian propaganda on Ukraine.

          Or do you mean posting the previous thread on the brigading hatejerk comm?

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            11 hours ago

            Nice screenshot by the way, which leaves out 90% of the actual comment. Link for comparison. I wont even get into the other deceptions, you really are true to your name.

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              10 hours ago

              The rest of the comment isn’t about you, so why would I include it?

              What a deceptive reply you’ve made trying to frame it as if I left out information that reflected differently on you.

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                10 hours ago

                Ah yes because one sentence by someone you dislike is enough basis to judge a different person that you dislike. Why dont you do something useful with your live, instead of hating on people who actually create something useful?

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                  One sentence literally saying your views on the subject are deplorable are great evidence of your shitty views when that person is one of the most trusted figures in your instance.

                  Why do you think anything about Rimu not liking tankies validates your deplorable views? That was clearly an attempt at deception.

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        22 hours ago

        All the people upvote you, it’s only “them” who downvote you. You have a clear picture of the world around you!

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          22 hours ago

          I said nothing about votes.

          I’m talking about the hatejerk comm where they brigaded from the last time this image was posted and spammed it with misinformation.

        • Nutomic@lemmy.ml
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          No, Lemmy is fine. We may have our personal opinions on our things, but we never let them affect our work. A lot of admins and contributors also keep an eye on it. If you dont like how moderation works on a particular Lemmy instance, you can find a dozen other instances with different rules. As developers we could not even ban the clowns on !meanwhileongrad@sh.itjust.works if we wanted.