I’m not new to link aggregators/communities, but new to those outside of Reddit. About a month ago I joined Lemmy and today my curiosity led me to Piefed, although I’ve come across the name before.
My research told me Piefed is developing at a much faster pace than Lemmy, is that true? I like the onboarding of Piefed better, because it allows you to select things you might be interested in as part of the process, which is helpful. Overall, it’s a much more guided approach.
I’ve also gotten to know it doesn’t really matter for the average user which of the platforms one joins. So I’m specifically posting this question on a community on Lemmy through my Piefed account.
I’m based in Europe if that makes a difference, which I believe it doesn’t. Nonetheless I’m happy to read your thoughts. Thanks
The head developer(s) of Lemmy are hardcore Marxist/Maoist/Leninist. The “ml” in Lemmy.ml means “Marxist/Leninist”. They openly ask for donations so they can quit their jobs, develop Lemmy full-time, and use Lemmy to spread their beliefs.
PieFed was created specifically so people could contribute to the Fediverse without contributing to the advancement of Marxist/Leninist ideologies.
On the other hand, Piefed also has a bit of a weird social credit system that I’m not a fan of.
I’m not sure what you heard but this should clear it up any misunderstandings.
https://join.piefed.social/2026/08/06/what-piefeds-social-credit-system-actually-does/
You mean earning tokens or referring to something else?
It’s a little overstated. Piefed has some indicators to show when someone is usually downvoted more than upvoted, which can help people in moderation decisions, or it can be ignored
There’s also some controversy over a configurable limit to number of votes per day, in case an admin is worried about someone being more of a voting bot than an engaged user
But most piefed admins have configured things in ways they are more comfortable with
They don’t like how you’re limited in the number of up and down votes you can submit daily.
Personally I’ve never hit the limit.
Good to know. Thanks
It’s actually a fun coincidence, the Mali TLD used to be free, so they picked it, but it’s not free anymore
I was wondering what the .ml (it’s certain that Mali isn’t some important country in the Fediverse) represented. Very interesting to know
It doesn’t mean Marxist-Leninist. It’s a coincidence. The Lemmy devs said they started using the domain because .ml domains were free.