Comment on PieFed, a FOSS Feed Aggregator alternative to Lemmy, but faster

• WanderingVentra@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Two of the developers are scary communists. And no, I don’t think software can be right wing or left wing. Maybe if it’s centralized, like X, but the developers of Lemmy can’t interfere with Lemmy servers they don’t admin, and it’s open source (lots of other people contribute to the Lemmy source code at this point and so would be able to spot things added in).

  Personally, I think the right way to advertise other competitors on the fediverse isnt to fear monger about the developers, but to say what features they have that might be good. Also, it is nice to have competitors, so also just to advertise based on the availability of alternative options.

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  • realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    The Lemmy devs? I’m aware of this. I’m a right winger and that doesn’t affect me nearly as much as the far left communities of Lemmy users.

    The features are all I care about. Eventually I’ll find the right people here and be able to build the communities I want.

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    • andrew_s@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      They must have been talking about the Lemmy devs (the main PieFed dev is a lefty but no-one has ever accused him of being a tankie). To give you an idea: piefed.social blocks lemmygrad and hexbear, but it also block hilariouschaos (set up by the old exploding-heads guys).

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      • realcaseyrollins@thelemmy.club ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Ooh I didn’t know that the exploding-heads guy did anything else.

        Why block instances though? I’ve never been a fan of that, I just let people block me.

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      • MBM@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        hilariouschaos (set up by the old exploding-heads guys)

        …really? I always got the impression that the admin is some teenage girl

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    • WanderingVentra@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Exactly. I 100% agree with that sentiment.

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