Sheeesh, did reddit have any new feature that isn't monetisation (that's anti-feature actually) in the last 5+ years? I've never thought of reddit in terms of new features because I was distracted with content when I was over there but now in the retrospect things were very stale.
Exactly that. I suppose there were post flairs at some point, probably before I joined Reddit even, and that's the last real feature that I can recall (well, and "Collections", but I never saw anybody even using those?). Everything else I recall always breaking especially on the moderator side of things like AutoMod stuff that would constantly fail.
In contrast, Rimu seems to add whole entire brand-new features weekly here!:-)
For the same reason we left Reddit, I was ready to leave the tankies on Lemmy. I believe in PieFed's future (even though I have a Lemmy fall-back account for when PieFed is still broken in certain ways - it has a lot to grow still, though it's awesome to see it happening so quickly!:-).
I would say that PieFed is *mostly* usable already - perhaps 70-80%, due to the UI/UX. This is in large measure offset by how many of its features are even *ahead* of Lemmy.
I have blocked all users from lemmy.ml - only the Connect and Sync apps allow such a thing on Lemmy, otherwise the pathetic "instance block" (really a community muting) feature only promises to do such but then fails to deliver.
So on the same post that users of Lemmy see, all comment replies from those users are gone for me! It's really notable too bc usually those from the big 3 offer the most batshit insane comments I've seen anywhere on Lemmy. Presumably that's a side effect of the echo chambers they have gotten used to, before coming out here and using the same style.
Also their authoritarianism is baked right into the code and visible everywhere once you start looking. Like there's a modlog but no modmail, and (edit: within that modlog) the person who removed something is called simply "mod", which many people myself included feel is very Reddit-esque (edit: the only way to converse with someone about a removal reason being a DM, yet you aren't even given the name of who you are supposed to ask? Also the entire post is just yanked away, even killing conversations between people that had nothing much to do with the OP any longer, it's all just poof, gone, and doesn't even say "content removed" but rather says it like it's a site error and to please come back and try again!?). On Lemmy, mods "own" the experience - everyone sees what they choose for them to see - and then admins even more so above that.
Oh PieFed, the end user owns a much greater share of their experience, and via a variety of things - automated filters, collapsing or hiding comments, and icons to help remind and therefore guide but crucially not control the end user - provides a democratization of moderation work. e.g., while I personally have this feature turned off, if I wanted I could have all comments with let's say a net -20 voting score be removed from my sight, thereby allowing others around me (but NOT just a mod or admin) control what shows up for me. Exactly like a spam filter! But, I don't like that, so I turned it off - it's my choice! Whereas if a mod were to remove or lock something, it's not my choice (unless I'm the mod).
Mind you, a lot of the more basic UI/UX features of PieFed are still lacking, like a post preview, but there's more and more added each week, and it's written in Python so easier for people to contribute to.
I'd keep your old account to fall back onto whenever PieFed does not work - the "search" feature is particularly bad right now - but why not create a new on PieFed to check it out? You may even find yourself using it 70-90% of the time as I have, and enjoy it! It really does take some getting used to also, bc the workflow for Lemmy is so limiting to just "All" vs. "Subscribed", yet PieFed offers numerous other options to choose from, so it'll take a bit to get used to it and decide what you want out of it and how best to get it, especially as newer features come along and offer even more options. (Edit: e.g. I have set it up to receive notifications from my favorite communities that offer posts more rarely, so that I don't see them merely in the feed but know about them right away.)
PieFed
OpenStars
THE NEW PLACE
Gonna have to use this as the image for the dev update post
Aside from maybe some mod tools, reddit has been feature complete for years?
Oddly it seems to have lost more features than gained lately, like usage of third party apps.
Oh yeah good point
Speaking of...
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/02/reddit-plans-to-lock-some-content-behind-a-paywall-this-year-ceo-says/
1) you can now work for free, *and* directly help Reddit get paid at the same time - not only as a mod but as a user! YAY!
2) now moar ads - no I'm not kidding!!?!!?!!
Incoming exodus #3
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Sheeesh, did reddit have any new feature that isn't monetisation (that's anti-feature actually) in the last 5+ years? I've never thought of reddit in terms of new features because I was distracted with content when I was over there but now in the retrospect things were very stale.
Exactly that. I suppose there were post flairs at some point, probably before I joined Reddit even, and that's the last real feature that I can recall (well, and "Collections", but I never saw anybody even using those?). Everything else I recall always breaking especially on the moderator side of things like AutoMod stuff that would constantly fail.
In contrast, Rimu seems to add whole entire brand-new features weekly here!:-)
I realised it around an hour ago but I didn't knew your account was on piefed. haha
Pretty cool to see someone actively using it.
For the same reason we left Reddit, I was ready to leave the tankies on Lemmy. I believe in PieFed's future (even though I have a Lemmy fall-back account for when PieFed is still broken in certain ways - it has a lot to grow still, though it's awesome to see it happening so quickly!:-).
I would say that PieFed is *mostly* usable already - perhaps 70-80%, due to the UI/UX. This is in large measure offset by how many of its features are even *ahead* of Lemmy.
Is it really that peaceful from tankies on piefed? It's not lemmy that's for sure, but with federation you'd still see a lot of them?
If so i'm ready to move, lmao
In several very real ways, yes.:-)
I have blocked all users from lemmy.ml - only the Connect and Sync apps allow such a thing on Lemmy, otherwise the pathetic "instance block" (really a community muting) feature only promises to do such but then fails to deliver.
So on the same post that users of Lemmy see, all comment replies from those users are gone for me! It's really notable too bc usually those from the big 3 offer the most batshit insane comments I've seen anywhere on Lemmy. Presumably that's a side effect of the echo chambers they have gotten used to, before coming out here and using the same style.
Also their authoritarianism is baked right into the code and visible everywhere once you start looking. Like there's a modlog but no modmail, and (edit: within that modlog) the person who removed something is called simply "mod", which many people myself included feel is very Reddit-esque (edit: the only way to converse with someone about a removal reason being a DM, yet you aren't even given the name of who you are supposed to ask? Also the entire post is just yanked away, even killing conversations between people that had nothing much to do with the OP any longer, it's all just poof, gone, and doesn't even say "content removed" but rather says it like it's a site error and to please come back and try again!?). On Lemmy, mods "own" the experience - everyone sees what they choose for them to see - and then admins even more so above that.
Oh PieFed, the end user owns a much greater share of their experience, and via a variety of things - automated filters, collapsing or hiding comments, and icons to help remind and therefore guide but crucially not control the end user - provides a democratization of moderation work. e.g., while I personally have this feature turned off, if I wanted I could have all comments with let's say a net -20 voting score be removed from my sight, thereby allowing others around me (but NOT just a mod or admin) control what shows up for me. Exactly like a spam filter! But, I don't like that, so I turned it off - it's my choice! Whereas if a mod were to remove or lock something, it's not my choice (unless I'm the mod).
Mind you, a lot of the more basic UI/UX features of PieFed are still lacking, like a post preview, but there's more and more added each week, and it's written in Python so easier for people to contribute to.
I'd keep your old account to fall back onto whenever PieFed does not work - the "search" feature is particularly bad right now - but why not create a new on PieFed to check it out? You may even find yourself using it 70-90% of the time as I have, and enjoy it! It really does take some getting used to also, bc the workflow for Lemmy is so limiting to just "All" vs. "Subscribed", yet PieFed offers numerous other options to choose from, so it'll take a bit to get used to it and decide what you want out of it and how best to get it, especially as newer features come along and offer even more options. (Edit: e.g. I have set it up to receive notifications from my favorite communities that offer posts more rarely, so that I don't see them merely in the feed but know about them right away.)
You would be very welcomed here:-).
https://join.piefed.social/