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gon@lemm.ee 2 days agoOther than Lemmy/piefed, I self host everything on a very small server. It’s fun if you like that kinda thing.
That’s totally awesome :D So GoToSocial, Pixelfed, and Peertube? Awesome!!! :D
Piefed /Lemmy for keeping up with topics.
Which one do you prefer, actually? Piefed, or Lemmy? What are the benefits and drawbacks of each? I’m really interested in all the threadiverse services.
mesamunefire@piefed.social 2 days ago
That's a very good question. I don't have a good answer ATM. I have both because I'm on the fence.
Lemmy and piefed both scratch the topic discovery itch. Both are excellent software.
Piefed pros:
1. Topics (collection of communities) are awesome to subscribe to.
2. One of the best fediverse integrations out there.
3. The python is easy to read.
4. Mod tools are great.
5. The main dec is a treasure
Lemmy pros:
Lemmy has an easier way to post than piefed. The selection of communities is a bit better. Piefed is much easier to stand up on home servers (I did it once). It's also seeing a large amount of dev work right now. And as I've said before it has much better fediverse integration than Lemmy.
gon@lemm.ee 2 days ago
You know, you make it sound like Piefed is pretty strictly better! If the pros for Lemmy boil down to a larger user-base…
Well, I’ll definitely be checking it out! Thanks for the reply :D
mesamunefire@piefed.social 2 days ago
Oh yeah filters! They are a thing. Works pretty well on piefed.
gon@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Do all filters have that 3 level system? Blocking all, most, or none of a certain topic? Because that is a Feature, capital F Feature.
Also, do you know of an alternative front-end for Piefed? I use alexandrite.app for Lemmy, there’s also phtn.app. Does Piefed have something like that?