Snoopy

@Snoopy@piefed.social

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PieFed 1.4 is released - emoji, federated stackoverflow and AI content filters⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t care about “changing habits”. I just don’t want people that I care about being exploited and manipulated like that

  If ya want people to stop using big tech, you have to change their habits. You can’t change it, they have built their network, found old friends…maybe one day but most of them aren’t attracted by the fediverse.

  I want to have the equivalent of LinkedIn lunatics, and personal coaches and all that crap that one can find on Instagram/TikTok/Facebook.

  How do you handle this part with the above one (exploited, manipulated) ? I don’t want them. I will leave or ask for defederation.

  I enjoy this place as it is. It doesn’t need to be bigger. Once you remove it, i think plenty people will leave and create their own forum elsewhere as we did for Reddit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PieFed 1.4 is released - emoji, federated stackoverflow and AI content filters⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  You may not like how I expressed my opinion, but that doesn’t mean that I need to agree or comply.

  Well that’s part of the problem and i’m just doing my job. I don’t expect you to change that quickly. It’s not my thought alone

  When I talk about the shortcomings of the Fediverse and the lack of ambition of the developers, it’s because I’ve already got lots of people in here, but the overwhelming majority of them ended up going back to the proprietary platforms because there simply isn’t enough interests/interesting people. It tries so hard to reject mainstream and “normies” that it ends up feeling hostile to them. The majority of people are not interested in being lectured 24/7 by patronizing tweenies.

  Well i had the same experience and i’m older than twenty year old. :)

  My role isn’t to force them using free software or being part of the fediverse movement. I present software, show them how it works. I contact association, governement…explain them the problem, show newpapers, present solutions and it’s up to them to change their habits. We can’t change people habits except if governement decide to takes actions to protect our freedom and rights.

  You don’t have to take it personally. They prefer big tech, so let them use big tech.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PieFed 1.4 is released - emoji, federated stackoverflow and AI content filters⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  My goal is not to convince Rimu or any of the people working on PieFed to change their minds. I know they won’t. I’m not trying to win any argument here. I’m talking in a public forum, giving my opinion, so that others can have a contrasting point of view

  My goal as a moderator/piefed staff is to make you understand that the way you shared your arguments/opinion is not okay. It’s not about telling the truth, the truth doesn’t have to be harsh, blunt…that’s a false belief. You can be nice and share your knownledge/opinion. And i gave you several options.

  I want to make this place as useful and universal as the centralized platforms. But I find this line of reasoning quite strange, to be frank. Do you think that people should only be here if they are willing to conform to a certain set of values?

  Well i’m part of the Kittens : https://chatons.org
  I meet people IRL and tell them about the fediverse, and show them how they work, i did 2 conferences on Piefed to newcomers last summer. I also did the wiki of Piefed.

  I’m not only acting in the fediverse and the web but i’m also there IRL, where most of people use big tech. If you want to make this place useful and universal as centralized platforms, i think the best way to change people is telling them about the fediverse IRL, not here beside technical stuff or ui.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PieFed 1.4 is released - emoji, federated stackoverflow and AI content filters⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I had more people being brutally honestly and calling me out, to bring me back to reality. The worst thing is to when people say they want “feedback”, but are only willing to listen to those who validate or fake-support them.

  That’s nit my point. If anyone were brutally honnest the world wouldn’t be better because you do hurt people. They will stop being in contact with you.

  So what’s the point telling them all this ? You argument fell into a pit. S i gave you some tips to keep interaction with people and sharing your opinion and your technical knowledge without being harsh.

  You don’t have to be harsh to tell the truth.

  All of the “features” you are giving as “superior” are meaningless, if the Fediverse is only interesting/useful for 0.1% of the overall population. I don’t care about moral superiority. I will not consider the Fediverse “beyond” anything on any front until TikTok, Reddit, Instagram, Bluesky, et al are irrelevant as tools for mass communication.

  So why are you here ? What’s the piint of being here if they are “superior”. I’m sorry, i disagree with you, it answered the need of bilkions people and i’m convaincing people IRL to migrate on these platform. They are happy to know that there is alternative to gafam.

  And lastly, being able to see video from another service wasn’t possibke before. It’s the first time i see something like this thank to activitypub protocole. It’s amazing. So please stop.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PieFed 1.4 is released - emoji, federated stackoverflow and AI content filters⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Social media “platforms” are bad by its very nature and chasing this idea that we can “fix” them by making open source versions of them is a fool’s errand.

  Well, the fediverse is already beyond proprietary platform :
  - IA content is restricted
  - moderation action is in the modlog and transparency
  - there is not ads
  - we have some collective created to make a media network suntainable for anyone accessible to everyone.
  - piefed offer other mean to the binary voting system

  The threadiverse is already beyond proprietary software than to those many people building the fediverse.

  And why can’t we duplicate well loved proprietary platform ? We are following people needs and slowly try to create something different by listening to people feedback.

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  Lastly, please, i understand that you are passionate about it but i don’t want to see this kind of critizism for any software, whatever they are :

  PieFed as just a pile of hacks with no serious consideration for the Fediverse

  It’s rude toward peopke who invested so much effort and gave their time to build it. It is inconsiderate. You can write a critize but without insulting people and convey your though.

  For example :

  I disagree with piefed devopment because their will be problem with activityPub interporability. My concern is…

  (Sorry, i’m bad at understand technical detail)

  And why i insist telling you that ?

  That’s the key are in argument, discussion : people will listen to your point.

  Lastly, the hardest part is also to listen what the other side say about this. It’s very difficult to listen even for myself as part of piefed staff. It’s not black and white, there is lot shade of colors :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PieFed 1.4 is released - emoji, federated stackoverflow and AI content filters⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s this kind of thinig that makes me think of PieFed as just a pile of hacks with no serious consideration for the Fediverse

  Was it necessary ? I invite you to rewritte.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PieFed 1.4 is released - emoji, federated stackoverflow and AI content filters⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Hi, i really, really invite you to use piefed git in Codeberg and open an issue here.

  Why ? Because it will be easier for piefed dev to track your feedback and organize it for the next update.

  As for the emoji functionality, iceshrimp/mastoon already use them. I’m not well versed on the technical side.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A fediverse platform that lets you block whole topics, not just communities?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Mmm not sure how it will be managed. It depends whom you trust.

  On our jlai.lu chat (https://jlailu.zulipchat.com) we have a section that has a list of keyword to remove all post related to MAGA and far right. It gives us a peace of mind.

  Imho, you may suggest a git, put your blocklist and invit some people to edit it. Honnestly, i think it is safer to handle personnaly because you know what’s inside. But i may be wrong

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Flohmarkt - a Fediverse replacement for Facebook Marketplace⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the name is a nice change from most english title. It promotes cultural diversity :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Flohmarkt - a Fediverse replacement for Facebook Marketplace⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Why everything should be en english ?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Would anyone like to moderate my instance?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hello and welcome :)

  Most french are on jlai.lu and on lemmy.ca. You may want to crosspost it on !forumlibre@jlai.lu to reach them. :)

  We have 3 countries on jlai.lu : !france@jlai.lu, !belgique@jlai.lu !france@jlai.lu !suisse@jlai.lu and !quebec@lemmy.ca. There is also sh.itjust.works a bilingual instance.

  As for myself i decline, i manage too many communities and 2 french piefed instance (tarte and feddit.fr) :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Being a Mastodon Moderator⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That's why i prefer being mod there. On any lemmy/mbin/piefed instance, we can scan our mod team based on community's topic.

  If the community is political/news...we increase our team. On chill community, 3 mods is enough. And if there is more users than we can add news mods.

  So when i read this paper, i'm afraid of burning out, i don't know how they manage it. They only manage repport i guess ?
  .

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what fediverse software is similar to lemmy?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You are talking about Mastodon dev ?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what fediverse software is similar to lemmy?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah but mastodon plan to support group. Currentdy it exist at the form of an external service.

  Considering PieFed fast development, it will be done. Lot lemmy admins are improving PieFed by sending us feedback and also opened a PieFed instance. :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨what fediverse software is similar to lemmy?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  But it will be supported this years it is PieHed roamap for 2025.

  Currentry PieFed support mastodon group : a.gup.pes

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Lemmy,Mbin, piefed, what even are those?⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  We call them threadiverse or forumverse.

  They are very different.

  Currently Lemmy lacks lot features compared to PieFed and Mbin.
  - Mbin support mastodon, tag, change link to link's title, customization...sorry i don't know well Mbin but it is a good software :)
  - Piefed support tag, flair, multicommunity, temporary filters, i read the article, block downvote from people who aren't subcribed to community...
  - Lemmy was there before PieFed. So it was my first software they have lot apps, lot UI.

  Anyway, i recommend you testing them so you can get a better understanding on their pro and cons :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fediverse Social Media Guide⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Me too, i prefer iceshrimp to mastodon, there are markdown and 3000 characters :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fediverse Social Media Guide⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well thank for this usefull guide. So we are judgementale asshole. I guess you haven't tried !forumlibre@jlai.lu or animal community 😔

  And what about PieFed ? :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TIL blocking users on Lemmy is nothing but a placebo⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You may invit lemm.ee users and admins to check out PieFed and try it. Or set up an instance ? ;)

  Even if there is no mobile app you can try its PWA version. It is a mobile website that work as an app. It works well.

  There is tag, flair, filter trump/musk...and each week-end lots news features. :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What should the subset of the Fediverse that is Lemmy + Mbin + PieFed be called?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, if you look at the sidebar of !fediverse@piefed.social i included NodeBB. 😅

  In this post too 🥹

  Forumverse : for any news and features about Lemmy, Mbin, NodeBB, PieFed

  So it can't be Lemmy,Mbin,PieFed. And i'm adding flarum.

  However, we can create separate category :
  - aggregator link : lemmy,mbin,piefed
  - forum : nodebb, flarum

  For 4) i'm against. Link aggregator shouldn't be tied by a software name but a global concept as thread of forum. If i have 6 softwares...do you write them all ?

  I think we should redo the post, but, for nom, let's see where it go 😊

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A load of mastodon users think groups are just autoboost accounts.⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, mastodon will add it. Currently the closest group they have is the forumverse and a.gup.pe.

  Iceshrimp is a fork of firefish a misskey fork. But once they finish the rewritting it won't be a fork anymore.

  Here is their roadmap : https://issues.iceshrimp.dev/issue/ISH-191/Magazines-support

  And we know one of their dev. He is on the matrix group of jlai.lu and he confirmed working on lemmy and PieFed support. So by the end of this year we should see a tremendous activity. 😍

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A load of mastodon users think groups are just autoboost accounts.⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes, when you edit a forumverse post (lemmy, mbin, piefed) it boosts those poste, create several duplicate and pollute their timeline.

  So it is either a bot or a bug for them. If you are on mastodon, try subscribing to @fediverse@lemmy.world and edit them.

  Futhermore, comments aren't grouped in the post. They are separated from their parent element. And you need to crawl back the comment to find its original post.

  I hope mastodon support the forumverse. The iceshrimp devs, currently rewritting iceshimp in C#, are working on it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you use other federated software besides Lemmy (e.g. Mastodon/Pixelfed/etc.), if so which?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I use :

  microblog

  • mastodon for political content as it allows me to avoid lenghty and tendious discussion with its 500 character limit. But...i stopped using it for a while due to current news on climate change and fascisme. And i'm not fan of its UI
  • IceShrimp. I love its colorful UI. For me it one of tge best UI pn the fediverse. It also have a good balance between lenghty text and short one. It also support markdown. 3000 character is enough

  forumverse

  • lemmy, it was good when we nigrated from Reddit but over time i prefer PieFed
  • Mbin, i tried it but i dunno why i don't use it as much as Lemmy whereas there were much more functionalities and cool ideas.
  • PieFed i'm starting to use it much more than Lemmy. There are plenty great ideas as downvote management, tag, poll, multicommu, support peertube and a.gup.pe. It is better each week.
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Decentralization Scoring System⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You can limit it to social network. I class peertube, pixelfed as a media plateform rather a social one.

  For migration, can i migrate my account with :
  - My followers and giving them my new adress ? Do it update itself or do we have to do it ?
  - my contents : communities, bookmark, posts, comments...
  - can i delete my account ? Can i delete all my content ? and how easy it is ? There we will see Meta doing an amazing score.
  - bonus : can i export settings as colors scheme ? (Accessibility for visually impaired)

  And let's add accessibility. :)
  We don't talk much about it and we are doing a very bad job. So the scoring system should alrso raise this issue : how accessible is the decentrulized software.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Decentralization Scoring System⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Or maybe a separate scoring system ? So i will be easier to manage it ?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Decentralization Scoring System⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes culture and language should be another metric.

  But migrate option, i think they could be integrated because they are a key part of a decentralized system. I you can't move easily from facebook, reddit, you will stay. And that's why people stay, they shared life with people, they have build together a community...

  There is an article about nomadic identity that explain well those part. :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Decentralization Scoring System⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The main reason for me creating this is to shine light on services like Bluesky claiming to be Decentralised, but they are in fact not.

  Nice :D

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Decentralization Scoring System⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Very interesting idea, thank you :)

  So for my feedback, i love your project and i can't wait to see where you will go. Great job :3

  For me lemmy is still centered on lemmy.world and its biggest community doesn't help users to move as they will post where there are lot users to reach them.

  For my self, I would add two layers for decentralization :

  The ability to migrate
  - account and its followers
  - community : miror content and move it to another instance with its followers
  - export a backup of a server in case of absent admins
  - change software. The problem is the golden cage, we thould be able to migrate between lemmy > iceshrimp, mastodon > piefed...mostly between social network. I think nomadic identity can offer us an interesting solution.

  culture diversities

  For lemmy, i think content is still too western centric :
  - If you reduce instances by spoken language as french, we only have 1 server, so we have a single point of faillure.
  - If i count english content versus indian, chinese, arab, spanish...we are pretty far from being decentralized. And yes, we also need to note their countries regulation as our to get a clear overview.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨For me, it's going to be Fediverse or nothing⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yes Lemmy communities are nice but you will notice quickly that there are part you may want to avoid. So eacg communities, even if they may have the same name offer a different experience. It's all up to the mod tean 😅

  Btw, there are other software part of the forumverse as Mbin, NodeBB and PieFed that offer a slightly different experience and UI too

  Welcome and enjoy :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This is what resistance to the digital coup looks like⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Why ? I use it for plenty website 🤔