Is just the same as lemmy? What makes it different? Is it similar to kbin? Why is it meant to be better according so some people?

  • zoey@lemmy.librebun.comEnglish
    15·
    4 months ago

    https://join.piefed.social/features/

    Differences between Lemmy and PieFed

    • Comments with -10 score are collapsed by default.
    • Communities are organized into topics. See https://piefed.social/topics.
    • Image-heavy communities can have a tiled/masonry view, like https://piefed.social/c/pics@lemmy.world
    • People who get downvoted a lot end up with a ‘low reputation’ indicator next to their name. You’ll know it when you see it.
    • Hide all posts based on keyword filters.
    • Keyboard shortcuts.
    • Upvotes in meme communities do not add to reputation.
    • Better UI design (somewhat subjective!)
    • Improved hotness ranking algorithm (subjective)
    • Voting is private.
    • See also features for healthy communities.
    • Each community has it’s own wiki. Demo
    • Aqarius@lemmy.world
      9·
      4 months ago

      How exactly does the private vote thing work? I thought votes being federated was inherent to the way the fediverse is designed.

    • GrayBackgroundMusic@lemmy.zip
      8·
      4 months ago

      Hide all posts based on keyword filters.

      I’m very interested in this. I’m kinda stunned that lemmy doesn’t do this natively.

    • Supervisor194@lemmy.world
      7·
      4 months ago

      Comments with -10 score are collapsed by default. Voting is private.

      I don’t particularly care for these two items. I used to think user-curation was a good thing, but comparing Lemmy to Reddit, I have to say I no longer feel that way. Voting matters less on Lemmy and I think it’s better for it, all things considered.

      • zoey@lemmy.librebun.comEnglish
        5·
        4 months ago

        I have no idea! I’m already hosting Lemmy so I don’t really see the point personally.
        Just thought I’d look it up for OP.

      • Rimu@piefed.socialEnglish
        3·
        4 months ago

        No, admins designate it.

        Most instances do not use this feature, afaik. piefed.social does but most of the others do not.

      • MotoAsh@lemmy.world
        1·
        4 months ago

        I seriously doubt it because I’m pretty sure the point is to remove the ability for bot accounts and spammers/etc from farming up some karma to appear more legit for their nefarious/spamming purposes.

        • ccunning@lemmy.world
          3·
          4 months ago

          I think either way could possibly be exploited.

          And putting all that aside, I think all image-centric subs should probably be included. It’s just as easy to farm karma with cute cats and flowers as it is with memes.

          • tpyo@lemmy.world
            3·
            4 months ago

            Excluding OC communities, right? Like you’re not discounting people who put a lot of time and effort into their photography? Or even if they’re not great photographers sharing pictures of their plants and gardens and hobbies, and pets, should have the same allowances as text only posts

            • ccunning@lemmy.world
              1·
              4 months ago

              This is a great comment; my initial reaction was “No because it would be easy to claim others OC was your own” but then the same could be said about text or link contributions.

              Then I thought “well maybe reputation should only be based on comments” but that could be unfair to those who primarily post vs comment.

              So now I don’t know what my position is. The best method is probably a blend of multiple strategies that can only be determined by engaging with the enemy.

              tl;dr: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • GamingChairModel@lemmy.world
      6·
      4 months ago

      People who get downvoted a lot end up with a ‘low reputation’ indicator next to their name. You’ll know it when you see it.

      Upvotes in meme communities do not add to reputation.

      I think any kind of reputation score should be community specific. There are users whose commenting style fits one community but not another, and their overall reputation should be understood in the context of which communities actually like them rather than some kind of global average.

    • partial_accumen@lemmy.world
      2·
      4 months ago

      I’m not able to see any content behind those links or even the root site of https://piefed.social/ without what looks like creating an account and logging in. Is account creation and login required to interact with piefed at all? No anonymous reading?