5808 active users, 2 more than in March.

Some of this will be due to new features in the latest version but I think most of it is because previously PieFed was not accurately keeping track of user activity. Now that it is, the numbers are bigger.

  • FiniteBanjo@feddit.onlineEnglish
    314·
    3 days ago

    I’ve been seeing a lot of new usernames but tbh I was writing them off as potential bots from the Tankie side trying to push election year propaganda.

    • mesa@piefed.socialEnglish
      181·
      3 days ago

      I dont think people care enough about piefed for that sort of thing.

      • Rimu@piefed.socialOPMEnglish
        191·
        3 days ago

        Yeah the whole threadiverse is the size of one medium-sized Facebook group.

      • socsa@piefed.socialEnglish
        31·
        3 days ago

        You’d be wrong. ML is literally a training ground for information warfare. Nobody is seeking influence on the fediverse yet, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t have value as a training ground for teaching people how to curate influence on larger platforms like reddit and Facebook.

      • FiniteBanjo@feddit.onlineEnglish
        21·
        3 days ago

        And yet Hexbear exists and it is overflowing with actual bot accounts. There is no debate, here, there is an active payed and militant psyops campaign aiming to radicalize users on the Fediverse.

    • Rimu@piefed.socialOPMEnglish
      1·
      3 days ago

      Today it’s 5914, 106 more than March.

      Stick around for more exciting updates. Or you could just look at the direction of the graph and get the idea.

  • goodguys9@lemmy.caEnglish
    16·
    3 days ago

    What exactly does PieFed do? I’m just on Lemmy, does PieFed let me see more fediverse content?

    • gedfromgont@piefed.caEnglish
      262·
      3 days ago

      I am simplifying probably but essentially it is like Lemmy and the two are talking to each other. Source: me and you, since I am on PieFed and you are on Lemmy but you can see my comments and I can see yours.

      There’s also the political difference that the Lemmy devs are often labelled as Tankies, not the case with the PieFed dev(s).

    • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
      203·
      3 days ago

      It adds a whole bunch of functionality that Lemmy lacks. In addition to not being run by tankies.

      • nullspace@lemmy.worldEnglish
        71·
        3 days ago

        4chan Filter – Flags content from 4chan for review.

        Why the special treatment?

          • nullspace@lemmy.worldEnglish
            11·
            3 days ago

            Not really a trait unique to 4chan. If that were the reason there’d be a Twitter filter too.

            • guy@piefed.socialEnglish
              2·
              3 days ago

              Not unique no, but 4chan is kinda famous for it, which Twitter is not. Also the amount of racism is not comparable

              • nullspace@lemmy.worldEnglish
                3·
                3 days ago

                Eh, that’s a subjective opinion. I don’t remember moot ever doing any nazi salutes when he owned the site. Most of the worst stuff attributed to 4chan (GG, Qanon, etc) either got kicked off of the site or came from 4chan derivatives.

                Meanwhile on Twitter you’ve got people casually dropping the n-word in their checkmark-boosted posts while getting literal cash payouts for their purposefully incendiary content that generates engagement.

      • OpenStars@discuss.onlineEnglish
        9·
        3 days ago

        PieFed is software.

        Many Lemmy instances also ban users, in fact its flagship instance Lemmy.ml is famous for it.

        Yours is a very sensible instance, which btw also offers a PieFed equivalent in PieFed.zip.

        • rjwilliamson@lemmy.zipEnglish
          4·
          3 days ago

          EDIT: DISREGARD MY COMMENTS - This was in fact a bug, and seems to have been fixed with the latest update. Just checked my old account logins and they work now.

          I was mainly referring to the flagship instances. I am on a smaller piefed instance as well, and have had no issues. At least with Lemmy, they would give you a reason, but in my case they acted like it was a bug. So draw from that what you will, but that has been my experience, and I am currently unable to register an account on a primary piefed instance, without being given a reason for that being the case.

          • JillyB@beehaw.orgEnglish
            4·
            3 days ago

            Props for publicly walking back a bold claim, looking into it further, realizing you were wrong, and admitting it. You love to see it. We don’t die on hills.

          • OpenStars@discuss.onlineEnglish
            3·
            3 days ago

            PieFed is a lot newer than Lemmy and while it has some more features (also some less features, depending on the feature), it overall lacks polish in comparison.

            I’m glad they were able to get you sorted out:-).

    • one_old_coder@piefed.socialEnglish
      1·
      3 days ago

      It’s a different frontend for the same content. Also it has additional features. Same thing with a better interface IMHO.

    • buliarous@piefed.socialEnglish
      1·
      3 days ago

      the biggest thing is it aggregates lemmy and dedupes posts and aggregates other reddit like fediverse content thus its just all around better than lemmy imo – people can still use lemmy you’re just getting more high quality content with piefed

    • newton@feddit.onlineEnglish
      212·
      3 days ago

      On Lemmy there are still many reddit addicts, on the other hand,piefed users are detoxt ex redditors 😂

  • MushuChupacabra@piefed.worldEnglish
    2·
    3 days ago

    I remember it like it was only yesterday, when piefed was having some techn8cal difficulties for a few hours, and the tankies were out in force, yub-nubbing like Ewoks after the second Death Star blew up.

      • kuro@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        Connect is the only mobile app AFAIK that supports the full 1.7 API Spec including Follows.

    • aloofPenguin@piefed.worldEnglish
      3·
      2 days ago

      I’m using Blorp right now. The experience is good for everyday use, but it doesn’t have all the features such as keyword filtering (in the settings), combining cross-posts (view the comments from all comms, it doesn’t do that in my experience, at least not as clearly if it does. It does show you where the post has been cross-posted to though), and a few other things. I’d say try it out (or any other compatible app, though I don’t know of any others ATM), though, if you find yourself wanting access to any of the features not in the app, the most obvious & best thing would be the website.

      E: I see you’re using piefed.social on voyager, so the second part of my comment doesn’t apply. I don’t know how Blorp compares to Voyager, so can’t help in that regard.

      E2: Blorp does have keyword filtering, just doesn’t sync with piefed

  • pentastarm@piefed.caEnglish
    11·
    3 days ago

    Is this just piefed.social, or does it include the instance I’m on as well?