cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/45609571

Would you like some pie? Check it out here: https://piefed.ca/

What is PieFed

PieFed follows a similar format as Lemmy and Mbin. Those that are familiar with Lemmy will find it very similar, with some additional features including topic lists, optional private voting, new mod and admin tools, crosspost de-duplication, community wikis, etc. Thanks to how the fediverse works, you can use either lemmy.ca or piefed.ca to interact freely!

We will put together some guides on our non-profit’s website at some point. In the meantime, we have created [email protected] for us to learn from each other. There is also the official [email protected] community which has a similar purpose.

We have done some testing and we are learning as we go, but please bear with us while this new platform gets going 🙂

Other Links & FAQ

    • OtterOPEnglish
      1•15 days ago

      Since the PieFed API was only enabled recently, there aren’t that many apps out yet. [email protected] is the one that people recommend right now. Voyager has plans to add it.

      As more people use it, hopefully more apps will support it :)

  • @[email protected]English
    2•15 days ago

    So lemmy.ca and piefed.ca have different feeds altogether when I view them, are they two separate things then? I’m not really clear on how communicating freely between them works. I understand that’s how the Fediverse supposedly works, but I have a Mastodon account and I haven’t sorted out any way to post on/read lemmy content with it, so I’m not sure what the integration actually means in practical application? Maybe someone could help me understand.

  • adaEnglish
    1•15 days ago

    People must really like Pie! We just did the same thing with Blåhaj Lemmy yesterday!

    • OtterOPEnglish
      2•15 days ago

      It’s nice timing! Looking forward to seeing you and your instance in the world of pie :)

    • @[email protected]English
      2•15 days ago

      Saaame. I created an account on the new Piefed but I’ll only fully switch over once Voyager supports it. I’ll be sad to lose my two year user history on Lemmy.ca though :(. I wish account migrations that kept comment/post history and account age were supported

      • Blaze (he/him) English
        1•14 days ago

        Just link them on the bios and keep the same username. That usually does the job

    • Goodeye8English
      2•15 days ago

      Hopefully voyager dev takes a look at piefed integration. I would absolutely love to get back to voyager but for me getting away from lemmy was more important than sticking to voyager.

      • @[email protected]English
        0•15 days ago

        For me it was the deduplication that takes me to PieFed. I’m only using Voyager at the moment as I’m lying on my side and the PieFed PWA rotates.

        Here’s hoping Voyager updates to support PieFed.

        • @[email protected]English
          0•15 days ago

          Oh my gosh, I was just experiencing the PWA rotating thing and it was driving me nuts trying to figure out how to stop it. Nothing else on my Android auto-rotates, and I didn’t immediately see any settings that could stop it. It seems like all PWAs created from Chromium (Vanadium to me) do this on my phone. I created the PWA from my Firefox app (Ironfox to me) and it seems to work fine, though it uses my installed Firefox extensions on the PWA - notably I have uBlock Origin set to block images above 50kB until I click them, which I have mixed feelings about using in conjunction with PieFed.

          • @[email protected]English
            2•12 days ago

            Thanks for the tip!

            I think it’s something that the author defines when creating the PWA so it’s difficult for us to override it.

    • we is doomed!English
      1•14 days ago

      Same with Boost, I just don’t use my piefed account becase no Boost support…