v1.8.0 - rimu/pyfedi
codeberg.org
Gallery posts, which is an image post with multiple images in it, compatible with Mastodon and Pixelfed. "Reposters" as a separate thing from "Bots" with the same Show and Hide options for filtering that bots have. Reposters are more targeted and real-seeming than true bots and often have a hu...

  • Gallery posts, which is an image post with multiple images in it, compatible with Mastodon and Pixelfed. Check out this example from Mastodon.

  • “Reposters” as a separate thing from “Bots” with the same Show and Hide options for filtering that bots have. Reposters are more targeted, with higher quality content than true bots and often have a human operator writing comments. However many people find this inauthentic so now they can be filtered out. More details

  • /c/microblogs can show posts from people you’re following OR all posts.

  • Recent hashtags shown on the home page sidebar.

  • Support for receiving posts with jpegxl images.

  • Communities can have a default hashtag for new posts - posters can edit or remove it if they want.

For admins:

  • Option to manually approve posts by new accounts, to cut down on spam while having open registrations (no approval on the new account). This will let people dip their toes in without waiting.

  • Easily contact other instance admins, see /admin/instances

  • Vote manipulation detection tools for simple sockpuppets and complex coordinated voting networks. See /admin/voting

  • Serial downvoter report showing who made lots of downvotes against a single person in a short time.

  • Other bot detection tools - e.g. easily spot unnatural runs of very quick post creation.

  • Display list of alts on user profiles to more easily investigate activity by alts.

  • Filter emoji with keywords rather than importing absolutely everything - this will speed up the emoji reaction dialog.

  • Identify instances likely to be used by spammers in future. See /admin/instances?filter=liability

  • Microblog posts with no replies can be automatically deleted - set the MICROBLOG_CONTENT_RETENTION environment variable to how many months you want to keep them for.

To upgrade from 1.7.x

git pull  
git checkout v1.8.x

Then,

./deploy.sh or ./deploy-docker.sh

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    • BuckFutter@timeyak.comEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      May I ask why? No worries if you don’t want to share but I have been running a private instance of lemmy for a while now, what is better about piefed?

      • EmilieEasie@fedinsfw.appEnglish
        2·
        3 days ago

        Quick backstory: I started on lemmynsfw.com which is still viewable as an archive, but the admin disappeared and the server was redirected to join a piefed instance, fedinsfw.app, which is what you can see I’m on now. The difference was immediate to me.

        I like the default UI a lot better, that’s probably the biggest thing. It’s intuitive and doesn’t feel like I’m looking at a worse version of Craigslist. I know that sounds minor, but I think a lot of people around here drastically underestimate the learning curve involved with adopting the fediverse at all, and coming onto a more intuitive and better-looking page helps a lot.

        On lemmy, it took me a long time to learn about alternative UIs, and then I had to log into the alternative UI I liked separately and then always remember to go to photon.whateverlemmy.com, and links might not open in the correct UI or in the UI I was logged into, it was kind of a headache. So when I was trying to encourage other people to join, I had to, like, explain all of this to them, and it was just a no-go for 99.99% of people. It also just made linksharing to my friends off-site much harder.

        I’ve interacted with a few people from mastodon on here which is new to me, I love having the wider pool of people available.

        Some things that I would never give up now as a porno artist: tagging, that’s HUGE, and that the default UI is a lot more image-focused while the default lemmy UI is a little more old-reddit looking. omg people can follow me on piefed!

        The dev is also really responsive and improving things a lot faster than the lemmy devs were (no shade there, we’re all in different places in life, but it does matter) and now very recently he’s added multi-image support which was a huge deal for me. The gallery support is a liiiiiittle cumbersome at this stage, but it’s 1. new and 2. again super worth it for the things that piefed comes with otherwise.

        • BuckFutter@timeyak.comEnglish
          2·
          2 days ago

          Hahaha oh this line right here has me rolling, so true

          doesn’t feel like I’m looking at a worse version of Craigslist.

          Thanks for sharing! Yah that all seems to be major improvements over what is just the basic Lemmy UI. The piefed instances I have seen also just feel and look different visually in a positive way, same for the fedinsfw instance as well. Thank you for sharing your experience, and the detailed response. I appreciate it!