5808 active users, 2 more than in March.
Some of this will be due to new features in the latest version but I think most of it is because previously PieFed was not accurately keeping track of user activity. Now that it is, the numbers are bigger.
this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2026
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What exactly does PieFed do? I'm just on Lemmy, does PieFed let me see more fediverse content?
I am simplifying probably but essentially it is like Lemmy and the two are talking to each other. Source: me and you, since I am on PieFed and you are on Lemmy but you can see my comments and I can see yours.
There's also the political difference that the Lemmy devs are often labelled as Tankies, not the case with the PieFed dev(s).
Thanks!
I haven't noticed a real difference so far on my instance
I think the biggest technical differences right now are polls and combining comments from cross-posted posts. There is some back-end stuff that won't have a bearing on most users.
Also, the UI. I migrated my server from Lemmy to Piefed, UI just feels more mature and I seem to require less resources.
It adds a whole bunch of functionality that Lemmy lacks. In addition to not being run by tankies.
Transphobic tankies too.
https://join.piefed.social/features/
Why the special treatment?
Guess it's because 4chan is a racist cesspool
Not really a trait unique to 4chan. If that were the reason there'd be a Twitter filter too.
Not unique no, but 4chan is kinda famous for it, which Twitter is not. Also the amount of racism is not comparable
Eh, that's a subjective opinion. I don't remember moot ever doing any nazi salutes when he owned the site. Most of the worst stuff attributed to 4chan (GG, Qanon, etc) either got kicked off of the site or came from 4chan derivatives.
Meanwhile on Twitter you've got people casually dropping the n-word in their checkmark-boosted posts while getting literal cash payouts for their purposefully incendiary content that generates engagement.
Edit: see below
~~It bans users for no reason, and without explanation~~
PieFed is software.
Many Lemmy instances also ban users, in fact its flagship instance Lemmy.ml is famous for it.
Yours is a very sensible instance, which btw also offers a PieFed equivalent in PieFed.zip.
EDIT: DISREGARD MY COMMENTS - This was in fact a bug, and seems to have been fixed with the latest update. Just checked my old account logins and they work now.
~~I was mainly referring to the flagship instances. I am on a smaller piefed instance as well, and have had no issues. At least with Lemmy, they would give you a reason, but in my case they acted like it was a bug. So draw from that what you will, but that has been my experience, and I am currently unable to register an account on a primary piefed instance, without being given a reason for that being the case.~~
Props for publicly walking back a bold claim, looking into it further, realizing you were wrong, and admitting it. You love to see it. We don't die on hills.
PieFed is a lot newer than Lemmy and while it has some more features (also some less features, depending on the feature), it overall lacks polish in comparison.
I'm glad they were able to get you sorted out:-).
It's a different frontend for the same content. Also it has additional features. Same thing with a better interface IMHO.
the biggest thing is it aggregates lemmy and dedupes posts and aggregates other reddit like fediverse content thus its just all around better than lemmy imo -- people can still use lemmy you're just getting more high quality content with piefed
On Lemmy there are still many reddit addicts, on the other hand,piefed users are detoxt ex redditors 😂