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Seems like an asshole/ego move to fork Lemmy rather than contribute to it when Lemmy is an ongoing project
It's an entirely different codebase. Lemmy is written in Rust, PieFed in Python. If you're a Python developer you're not going to randomly learn Rust to contribute to the huge existing codebase that is Lemmy, and even if you did you might have a different stance than the Lemmy developers calling for a fork.
Furthermore, it's not a zero sum game. The projects share content, and both benefit from the success of the other.
It's not a fork.
Ignoring the fact piefed isn’t a lemmy fork.
Are you really going to argue that forking an existing project because you want to take it a different way is an asshole move?
Fork no but it literally says a lemmy clone on its GitHub page. Also doesn't seem very active.
Also ignoring the same fact.
I mean in a way they're not wrong. This open source fragmentation is an actual nightmare at this point...
Buuuuut considering who the lemmy devs are I will gladly move to Piefed when I can actually easily host my own instance.
Open source is all about fragmentation. It's a natural result of freedom.
Sure, if everybody pulled the same direction on the same project and successfully coordinated their cooperative effort while agreeing on everything and also having the perfect™ vision for the project, that would be great.
But that's just not gonna happen, for a million reasons. So instead, we get diversity, and people can use the software that fits them, and develop what they're interested in in the language of their choosing. Thank god.
And why it we'll never ever be mainstream.
Open source?!
Open source software is everywhere. Even freaking chromium is open source. Android is open source. WebKit is open source. Pretty much the entire web runs on Linux servers. Even gamers buy devices running Linux now.
Is it not mainstream because people don't realize it's open source while using it? Isn't it rather that it is mainstream when people use it without even realizing?
Diversity is good
Yes, it is generally good, but if we want a viable alternative to the sub-based AI platform, then we need more users, not more platforms.
I wouldn't be here if I had to use Lemmy. Its user experience doesn't appeal to me.
Piefed appeals to me, so I'm here. More good options will be reflected in more users.
The platforms are federated and use the same protocol, it doesn’t matter
Normally I'd agree, but the recent increase in popularity of Pixelfed among the TikTok crowd has shown me that it's possible for one fediverse platform to succeed where a competing one failed.
Why did you assume it's a lemmy fork?
Anything to avoid those dirty commie tankies. Lol
I'm fine with it whilst there are maintainers with the whole "transgenderism is bourgeoise decadence" stance going on. I've happily worked with MLs and MLMs, I'm not a fan of bigots who work backwards to fit their ideology to their prejudices.
MLs = Marxist Leninists
MLMs = Multi Level Marketing (schemes)?
Marxist Leninist Maoists
Aaaaah. Yeah that makes more sense.
Only if its still compatible, otherwise no. Not "anything"