Hello m@teys,

I’ve been waiting for this a long time (half a year), personally. After seeing the surge in piefed instances, i.e. blahaj, .ca, .zip, quokk.au, and .world creating their own instances, and clients guaranteeing future piefed support, we’ve been thinking about potentially opening an instance in the future. Not a guarantee, just an idea. This isn’t a voting thread, just a discussion. Later on we’ll actually vote on this.

Do note that this thread will not guarantee an instance; we are discussing a hypothetical. Suggestions? Ideas? Criticisms? make your voice heard.

Have a good week!

pie picture comes from here

governance type: sense check

  • y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    20·
    1 month ago

    I think I’m for it, but I also don’t know if I understand the implications. So, some questions:

    • Is there a downside?

    • Would this be in addition to lemmy or a replacement?

    • If it is in addition to, is that the permanent plan, would this be working toward an eventual switch-over?

    I should probably try piefed a bit so I understand it a bit better, but it’s just a different Lemmy basically, right? Does it federate with existing Lemmy?

    If it doesn’t federate with what we already have, I’d have to keep up with two things, and two is a big number, so I’d probably just pick one and stay there.

    Anyway, exciting nonetheless. I’ll go eat some pie now and see what that’s all about.

    • viking@infosec.pub
      274·
      1 month ago

      Piefed federates with lemmy, it’s basically a clone written in python instead of rust, with advanced moderator tools, and developed by people who aren’t braindead Stalinists.

    • 𝔽𝕩𝕠𝕞𝕥@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
      10·
      1 month ago

      Is there a downside?

      Not really, i think. We have the resources, and being an admin isn’t too time consuming; surely we can make time for an extra instance.

      Would this be in addition to lemmy or a replacement?

      Addition

      If it is in addition to, is that the permanent plan, would this be working toward an eventual switch-over?

      Probably not. There would be way too many potential issues and it’s risky.

      I should probably try piefed a bit so I understand it a bit better, but it’s just a different Lemmy basically, right? Does it federate with existing Lemmy?

      Yep. Try https://quokk.au/ (anarchist instance, too!) which is basically the closest thing we have right now