Don't worry, this post isn't about shutting anything down or forcing a move to PieFed!
Basically, I've become a huge fan of PieFed as compared to Lemmy. There are philosophical differences between the two, but it is typically left to the admins on whether to implement these differences (icons for new users, icons for people with low karma, tracking karma in general, the list goes on).
Our users, meaning people with accounts on a wetshaving hosted platform (so not including people who interact from other instances), are split about 50/50 between PieFed (https://wetshav.ing/) and Lemmy (https://sub.wetshaving.social/).
What's wrong with the current setup? One minor inconvenience -- the private BVWSC Voting community.
Ideally we would all be on one platform so we all see the voting posts, but as of now it requires workarounds for visibility.
I propose the following:
- Turn off registration for Lemmy -- no new users.
- For people who land on Lemmy, have a blurb pointing them to PieFed.
- Keep Lemmy turned on to preserve everything.
- Urge the rest of our users to consider PieFed.
I'm sure there are opinions on both sides and I'm happy to keep things how they are if there's no consensus.
This isn't a cost saving thing or a lack of interest thing, as both servers will be kept on.
PieFed is supported by most of the major mobile apps, but if there's some incompatibility then let me know. I don't have a way of knowing which mobile apps people use.
PieFed does have a way to sort of migrate your Lemmy account so you don't lose all of the communities you're following. So that's cool!
Really the only advantage is having everyone on the same instance for the private voting community. That's it. So sound off if you don't think it's worth it!
