So, it seems like PieFed is becoming a real alternative to lemmy.

What are the differences between these two? From a tech perspective, and also morality/ethics, if you want. Any differences in vision for these services?

Say whatever is on your mind. I want to know.

On which one should we put our weight?

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    It is still important to support the better project

    If everyone went to the “best” instance it would crash it…

    Like, you do realize the whole “decentralized” thing is why most of us are here, right?

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      2 days ago

      OP is talking about the software all of the instances run on, not the individual servers themselves.

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        I would say that having a variety of software options also helps keep one party from having too much power, which is the main focus of federation. It’s not as important as having a variety of instances, but we can have both, so why not take advantage of it?

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          I would say that having a variety of software options also helps keep one party from having too much power

          Since Mbin, Piefed, and Lemmy are all open-source and interoperable, none of them can ever have any meaningful power no matter which one became dominant, as each project can be forked if they go off the rails or if development from the OG devs stopped.

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      This is not about an instance, it is about a project.

      And also, different people have different metrics for what constitutes “best”. It would not crash an instance. What are you talking about…

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        It would not crash an instance. What are you talking about…

        Ah, someone who wasn’t around for the reddit exodus to Lemmy.