Every time I go to the piefed frontpage I’m blown away by how much more polished it is. It has all the bells and whistles that lemmy is sometimes missing.

Whats the catch? Why aren’t we recommending everyone goes to piefed instead of lemmy?

App support is one thing I can think of.

  • BagOfHeavyStones@lemm.eeEnglish
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    23 days ago

    For me…

    Because the PWA font is too small and can’t be enlarged.

    Because there’s no ‘back to top’ button so have to kill the app to refresh.

    Because there’s no app.

    But sometimes I use it anyway because the combining of articles is so much better than seeing the same article three or four times in a row in Voyager.

  • rglullis@communick.newsEnglish
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    27 days ago

    Generally, because I think all server-centric AP software is broken and I want to see a client-first application to browse the social web.

    Particularly in relation to piefed: it seems to be focused on the exact opposite (giving more power to the server admins) and it takes a good page of social engineering / “nudge theory” principles to guide its design. Much like Mastodon, it seems to be strongly opinionated about how people should behave and it kinda gives me an icky feeling about its culture.

    • Blaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      27 days ago

      It may be a bit opiniated, but it’s nice to see a different approach from Lemmy devs who don’t see the need for any additional moderation tool.

      I brought up mod mail during the AMA, it has been considered too complex to implement. A moderation panel with an overview of the mod queue would be nice too, but not a priority.

      I’m not saying Piefed is perfect, but at least they prioritize that aspect.

      • Nutomic@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        27 days ago

        We are working on new moderation features all the time, for example 1.0 will correctly federate instance bans which is quite complicated to get right. There will also be a plugin system which allows for much more flexible mod tools. Its just that our time is very limited for all the work that needs to be done on a project with over 50k active users.

  • Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org
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    27 days ago

    Why aren’t we suggesting Mbin over Lemmy, actually? Because it seems like it has the same options. And Mbin even has an app (not just the PWA function)!

    • Troy@lemmy.caEnglish
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      27 days ago

      There’s quite a few nice apps for Lemmy. I’m using Connect for Lemmy on android and it’s wonderful.

      • Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org
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        27 days ago

        Oh, I’m aware that both Lemmy and Mastodon have good apps. I’m just pointing out that if the ‘argument’ is that alternatives don’t have an app, MBin does have one.

            • Nusm@yall.theatl.socialEnglish
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              27 days ago

              You may not be from the US, but in the US smartphone market, as of late 2024, iOS (Apple) holds a larger market share than Android, with iOS at around 58% and Android at 42%.

              • jwr1@kbin.earth
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                25 days ago

                I’m the developer of Interstellar, and I am actually from the US. iOS support is something I’d like to add, but is not the priority. @Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org made many good points about it not catering towards FOSS projects, but I’d also like to add, it costs $100 every single year in order to have an Apple developer account, which is required if you want to publish anything to the Apple App Store. Additionally, Apple’s very expensive hardware is required in order to build and release any Apple software, which I do not own.

                All that to say, I’d like to support iOS and macOS platforms, but Apple makes it extremely difficult (and costly) for that to happen. Why should I have to pay $100 every year in order to publish a free app that I’m not even making any money off of?

  • ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    27 days ago

    All your saying is, it looks better. I am not using any Lemmy webfrontend, I’ve always been using the apps that are available, many of which are absolutely polished.

  • misk@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    27 days ago

    Apps make or break those platforms. Lemmy apps are way better than what Mastodon has for example (but I have to tip my hat to Phanpy). We got really lucky that Lemmy exploded in popularity due to Reddit API changes which meant many app developers gave Lemmy a shot. I probably wouldn’t use Lemmy so much if Voyager didn’t fill the hole Apollo left in my heart.

  • simple@lemm.eeEnglish
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    27 days ago

    My biggest issue with Piefed is how much space the UI uses. Last I checked it didn’t have a “compact mode” like current Lemmy or Alexandrite. Browsing communities is also a bit awkward since it shows you so many topics without a way to sort or remove them.