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Beehaw, Lemmy, and A Vision of the Fediverse - Ruminations on the past and visions of the future (docs.beehaw.org)

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[-] alyaza@beehaw.org 10 points 9 months ago

it's on the big list of possible alternatives that we're investigating

[+] hedge@beehaw.org 4 points 9 months ago

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[-] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Unfortunately, I don't think Piefed is currently ready for such a large community, but progress seems hopeful.

Maybe @rimu@piefed.social could comment here (if that ping federates) :)

[-] rimu@beehaw.org 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

That ping did not federate :)

I agree - PieFed is almost ready. But not yet, and it would be rash to migrate to PieFed today.

The state of PieFed currently:

In the last week two new developers have started making significant contributions, so now there are 3 of us. Once they get more comfortable there could be a radical increase in development velocity.
I've been making steady progress through the key issues that will enable me to declare the 'beta test' phase complete. I expect the beta test phase to continue for another couple of months.
piefed.social is subscribed to over 700 communities and handling the load of federation very well (max 50% cpu usage), on a server costing 6 € per month. The number of weekly users is about 20% of what Beehaw has but PieFed is built to run very efficiently so I do not anticipate issues there.
mod tools on piefed are being worked on right now but are not ready. I am aiming to eventually complete the wish list at https://beehaw.org/comment/397674.

Some 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/pics@lemmy.world
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)

If you have not tried PieFed yet, I urge you to do so as it's the only way to really see it's potential.

[-] Penguincoder@beehaw.org 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Heya Rimu; thanks for commenting on this discussion. We've been tracking on piefed for a while, but as you noted it doesn't yet seem ready. Your software contributions and efforts for the Fediverse community are certainly notable however. I can't speak for the rest of the Admin team, but I like what I see with piefed code, actual open source development community, and a roadmap. There are a few issues in addition to the 'large crowd' that Beehaw might bring though, which I'd rather not blast in public. Please reach out to me on Matrix (Handle in PF).

Once again, thank you! Love what you're doing for safety and moderation tooling. Would love to help contribute, but have my hands in a lot of cookie jars ATM.

EDIT: Those shortcuts better be VIM shortcuts.... I mean, it's only six key combinations to quit right??

[-] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 6 points 9 months ago

In the last week two new developers have started making significant contributions, so now there are 3 of us. Once they get more comfortable there could be a radical increase in development velocity.

That's awesome to hear, man! Thank you for creating this project, and for your efforts in making the Fediverse even better! ^^

[-] jherazob@beehaw.org 2 points 9 months ago

A bit late but i love what I'm seeing, specially like not having to resort to external sites for the tiled image view like we had to at Reddit, useful for both pics (more likely wallpapers in my case) and memes (my most common use case :P ). Looking forward to see it grow :D