I really liked shitjustworks but once I found sdf I loved it more both are good though
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I switched to pie fed mainly because of the options including one to not blur nsfw as a lot of folks bar for nsfw is like way lower than mine.
Can piefed be accessed through voyager? I heard people talking about it as a good way to avoid all the tankies, but I couldnβt find it on the instance search within voyager.
Not yet, no.
if your using an interface then the options may not matter I think since the app would control visuals. Again I think.
You can use it on Interstellar now
The only difference is the administration of the instance (their activeness, beliefs and how they choose to moderate), what instances they federated or defederated with (like hexbear and lemmygrad), and what features they've chosen to implement or not (like downvotes). For casual use, it probably doesn't make a difference.
I'm just now realizing my primary account is here on .ee as well. I have one with lemmy.one and midwest.social but I'll probably make a new one somewhere else like dbzero unless they're still federated with hexbear since .one doesn't use downvotes and I have constant connection issues with midwest.social.
One is also dying soon, check the meta post
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This has really made me lose faith in a defederated system like this.
@Anyone: please let me know if I'm wrong about these and if there's a solution, but as far as I can see:
- I can't export my account (most importantly all the posts and comments I've saved).
- It's difficult to find where a server is based.
- Some instances seem to be solo hobby projects. I don't want to pick another instance that is at risk of being killed.
For me, decentralization is a kind that exists on a spectrum.
In the Fediverse, there has been decentralization in many ways, and I understand that it's the way it isβno single Fediverse instance or server holds greater power or authority over the others.
However, some servers may be more popular than others because they have been actively promoted or because many friends are using them.
For me, I subscribed to managed hosting services and they are paid to host a Lemmy server. Yes, I also paid for a DNS domain name, which costs around $2 for the first year and $20 for the following year.
This way, I can define my server rules, decide which servers to federate with, and choose whether to close the server or not. It's up to us, unless we are committed to maintaining a large server with a huge user base and are willing to deal with the challenges of moderation.
What I like about the Fediverse is that there are so many free and open-source software options like Lemmy, Mastodon, Mitra, and GotoSocial. I believe that these source codes are free to audit. Therefore, for me, this software feels more like my own than some other software that belongs to someone popular or wealthy.
And regarding your data that you want to recover, maybe you can try to email the server support team to retrieve your data and see if they can provide instructions on how to do so.
The lack of account mobility is really a huge problem with the fediverse, you lose all your stuff if you move to another instance.
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