#threadiverse

...and, while I'm on the general topic, I haven't yet fully explored the alternatives, but I don't believe the last word has been spoken on #threadiverse implementations, particularly on questions like voting, moderation model, and perhaps community notes, etc. I suspect there may be room for other such features which I haven't thought of, too.

microblogging is the most-developed fedi paradigm (despite not having a truly tumblr-like; even Wafrn is only close) but it's not the be-all end-all.

just read most of the docs on the Beehaw documentation site - #Beehaw is a Lemmy aka #threadiverse server that formed in a mass migration from some prior server which itself was an alternative to corp social media. I hadn't looked closely before.

interesting project, allegedly they are trying to thread the needle and avoid dogmatic purity spirals while maintaining what looks to be a left-leaning character in 2026. dunno how well it's going but they do have some traffic.

https://docs.beehaw.org/docs/core-principles/what-is-beehaw/

New episode of Works On My Machine LIVE!

We put developers and their docs through the test to see how idiot proof it is. Installing their application live on stream for everyone to watch, ask questions, get to know the project and the developer. JOIN US!

@ozoned@worksonmymachine.live

womm.live

01/09/2026 00:00 UTC

This episode:

PieFed

A Lemmy/Mbin alternative written in Python with Flask.

Clean, simple code that is easy to understand and contribute to. No fancy design patterns or algorithms.

Easy setup, easy to manage - few dependencies and extra software required.

AGPL.

First class moderation tools.

Project goals

To build a federated discussion and link aggregation platform, similar to Reddit, Lemmy, Mbin interoperable with as much of the fediverse as possible.

@rimu@piefed.social

piefed.social #worksOnMyMachine #womml #owncast #tech #install #software #livestream #fediverse #piefed #lemmy #threadiverse

New episode of Works On My Machine LIVE!

We put developers and their docs through the test to see how idiot proof it is. Installing their application live on stream for everyone to watch, ask questions, get to know the project and the developer. JOIN US!

@ozoned@worksonmymachine.live

womm.live

01/09/2026 00:00 UTC

This episode:

PieFed

A Lemmy/Mbin alternative written in Python with Flask.

Clean, simple code that is easy to understand and contribute to. No fancy design patterns or algorithms.

Easy setup, easy to manage - few dependencies and extra software required.

AGPL.

First class moderation tools.

Project goals

To build a federated discussion and link aggregation platform, similar to Reddit, Lemmy, Mbin interoperable with as much of the fediverse as possible.

@rimu@piefed.social

piefed.social #worksOnMyMachine #womml #owncast #tech #install #software #livestream #fediverse #piefed #lemmy #threadiverse

Controversial Opinion: #Threadiverse communities ought to have a Favorite / Star function so that you can add that community to a list of shortcuts, for easy navigation.

I’m actually kind of surprised to see that neither Lemmy nor Piefed offer this. If you’re like me and end up subscribing to lots of things, it can kind of make the process of jumping back and forth somewhat frustrating.

If you'd like to preview the #tutorial I'm writing on building a small #threadiverse software with #Fedify, here it is:

https://pr-710.fedify.pages.dev/tutorial/threadiverse

If you'd like to give feedback after reading it, please leave a comment on the following PR:

https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/pull/710

If you'd like to preview the #tutorial I'm writing on building a small #threadiverse software with #Fedify, here it is:

https://pr-710.fedify.pages.dev/tutorial/threadiverse

If you'd like to give feedback after reading it, please leave a comment on the following PR:

https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/pull/710

If you'd like to preview the #tutorial I'm writing on building a small #threadiverse software with #Fedify, here it is:

https://pr-710.fedify.pages.dev/tutorial/threadiverse

If you'd like to give feedback after reading it, please leave a comment on the following PR:

https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/pull/710

If you'd like to preview the #tutorial I'm writing on building a small #threadiverse software with #Fedify, here it is:

https://pr-710.fedify.pages.dev/tutorial/threadiverse

If you'd like to give feedback after reading it, please leave a comment on the following PR:

https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/pull/710

If you'd like to preview the #tutorial I'm writing on building a small #threadiverse software with #Fedify, here it is:

https://pr-710.fedify.pages.dev/tutorial/threadiverse

If you'd like to give feedback after reading it, please leave a comment on the following PR:

https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/pull/710

If you'd like to preview the #tutorial I'm writing on building a small #threadiverse software with #Fedify, here it is:

https://pr-710.fedify.pages.dev/tutorial/threadiverse

If you'd like to give feedback after reading it, please leave a comment on the following PR:

https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/pull/710

If you'd like to preview the #tutorial I'm writing on building a small #threadiverse software with #Fedify, here it is:

https://pr-710.fedify.pages.dev/tutorial/threadiverse

If you'd like to give feedback after reading it, please leave a comment on the following PR:

https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/pull/710

If you'd like to preview the #tutorial I'm writing on building a small #threadiverse software with #Fedify, here it is:

https://pr-710.fedify.pages.dev/tutorial/threadiverse

If you'd like to give feedback after reading it, please leave a comment on the following PR:

https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/pull/710

If you'd like to preview the #tutorial I'm writing on building a small #threadiverse software with #Fedify, here it is:

https://pr-710.fedify.pages.dev/tutorial/threadiverse

If you'd like to give feedback after reading it, please leave a comment on the following PR:

https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/pull/710

If you'd like to preview the #tutorial I'm writing on building a small #threadiverse software with #Fedify, here it is:

https://pr-710.fedify.pages.dev/tutorial/threadiverse

If you'd like to give feedback after reading it, please leave a comment on the following PR:

https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/pull/710

If you'd like to preview the #tutorial I'm writing on building a small #threadiverse software with #Fedify, here it is:

https://pr-710.fedify.pages.dev/tutorial/threadiverse

If you'd like to give feedback after reading it, please leave a comment on the following PR:

https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/pull/710

If you'd like to preview the #tutorial I'm writing on building a small #threadiverse software with #Fedify, here it is:

https://pr-710.fedify.pages.dev/tutorial/threadiverse

If you'd like to give feedback after reading it, please leave a comment on the following PR:

https://github.com/fedify-dev/fedify/pull/710

Writing a #Fedify tutorial on creating #threadiverse software…

Writing a #Fedify tutorial on creating #threadiverse software…

Writing a #Fedify tutorial on creating #threadiverse software…

Writing a #Fedify tutorial on creating #threadiverse software…

And for my next trick: Catodon forums.
Yep. I'm bringing the threadiverse to the misskeyverse.

#catodon #lemmy #piefed #nodebb #threadiverse

... been a while since I poked my head in on the fusion reactor of drama that is Lemmy, anyway it's melting down again over poor moderation on the largest instance, both from a specific moderator with a long contentious history, and the instance mods as well. bonus, it's over Gaza (it's always over Gaza)

https://sopuli.xyz/post/42630105 #Lemmy #LemmyDrama #Threadiverse

Also: i talk up the idea of #Lemmy and #Mbin and #Piefed and the #Threadiverse in the idea on surfacing content...

Much of that idea was spurred by this from Piefed on it's potential feed format that can pull in multiple other community fediverse acocunts into one feed:

https://join.piefed.social/2025/04/30/how-piefed-federates-feeds-aka-multi-reddits-or-multi-comms/

And would love to hear what @rimu thinks of my riffing on this for discovery fedi wide, and if he had notes.

@madeindex The other replies on this thread have covered a lot of the topic and I'll also mention #threadiverse projects like PieFed and KBin/Mbin as alternatives. (I'm not close enough to any of this to have much of an opinion, however).

Yo yo! My FIRST episode of the Intuitive+ exclusive #podcast “Future Insider” is in the can and going out first thing tomorrow. 🥳

In it I talk all about my latest thinking on the #threadiverse and why #piefed has gotten *oh so good* in v1.3 and beyond. I love using PieFed daily and truly believe it is the unsung hero of the #fediverse right now.

So join Intuitive+ for $5/month to support my podcasting & publishing and get access to Future Insider when it drops!

https://plus.intuitivefuture.com/

Yo yo! My FIRST episode of the Intuitive+ exclusive #podcast “Future Insider” is in the can and going out first thing tomorrow. 🥳

In it I talk all about my latest thinking on the #threadiverse and why #piefed has gotten *oh so good* in v1.3 and beyond. I love using PieFed daily and truly believe it is the unsung hero of the #fediverse right now.

So join Intuitive+ for $5/month to support my podcasting & publishing and get access to Future Insider when it drops!

https://plus.intuitivefuture.com/

All right folks, the Human Web Collective is now running #PieFed v1.3 and it is GLORIOUS! 🎉

* With Lemmy API compatibility, you can now use @voyagerapp to log in and use the site. For those who don't know, this is an Apollo-for-Reddit inspired client which absolutely rocks!
* The federation of Link posts is much improved, looks great in Mastodon.
* Everything feels zippy, even running on my modest VM.

PieFed & the #Threadiverse is ready for Prime Time. Come join us! 🤘😎

https://humansare.social

All right folks, the Human Web Collective is now running #PieFed v1.3 and it is GLORIOUS! 🎉

* With Lemmy API compatibility, you can now use @voyagerapp to log in and use the site. For those who don't know, this is an Apollo-for-Reddit inspired client which absolutely rocks!
* The federation of Link posts is much improved, looks great in Mastodon.
* Everything feels zippy, even running on my modest VM.

PieFed & the #Threadiverse is ready for Prime Time. Come join us! 🤘😎

https://humansare.social

Have you heard of the #Threadiverse, and important part of the #Fediverse?

If not: Julian Lam (@julian) is coming to FediForum next week and will talk about:

Threadiverse improvements.

Join us! https://fediforum.org

Have you heard of the #Threadiverse, and important part of the #Fediverse?

If not: Julian Lam (@julian) is coming to FediForum next week and will talk about:

Threadiverse improvements.

Join us! https://fediforum.org

was browsing the #threadiverse through #blorp and saw a few different memes using this pattern that I didn't recognize and thru that learned about Lioconcha Hieroglyphica, the clam with aesemic writing on its back

August update:

I’d gotten waylaid a bit due to "life" (and had some initial challenges in testing federation…all good now from the looks of it), but at this point

I can safely say my #PieFed instance is very nearly ready to go public! 🥳

I'm convinced the public web forum of tomorrow is a #Threadiverse installation, and PieFed has risen to the top as the best project in this genre imo. Can't wait to go all-in on promoting it.

Sneak peak:

was browsing the #threadiverse through #blorp and saw a few different memes using this pattern that I didn't recognize and thru that learned about Lioconcha Hieroglyphica, the clam with aesemic writing on its back

August update:

I’d gotten waylaid a bit due to "life" (and had some initial challenges in testing federation…all good now from the looks of it), but at this point

I can safely say my #PieFed instance is very nearly ready to go public! 🥳

I'm convinced the public web forum of tomorrow is a #Threadiverse installation, and PieFed has risen to the top as the best project in this genre imo. Can't wait to go all-in on promoting it.

Sneak peak:

PieFed continues to gain integrations with Lemmy apps. Blorp (love the name) is the most recent addition, initially in the web app with a TestFlight to come.

https://blorpblorp.xyz/home/

#PieFed #Fediverse #Threadiverse

@ivantodorov Give Piefed a try - it interoperates with Lemmy and Kbin/Mbin. The cool feature I like about Piefed is it will link messages in cross-posts so that even if you're in a small community, you'll get to see the bigger picture of what's being discussed. On lemmy you have to navigate to the crossposted links to see other comments, which if you don't, can make your experience feel walled-off.

https://join.piefed.social/

#PieFed #Threadiverse #Lemmy

@ivantodorov Give Piefed a try - it interoperates with Lemmy and Kbin/Mbin. The cool feature I like about Piefed is it will link messages in cross-posts so that even if you're in a small community, you'll get to see the bigger picture of what's being discussed. On lemmy you have to navigate to the crossposted links to see other comments, which if you don't, can make your experience feel walled-off.

https://join.piefed.social/

#PieFed #Threadiverse #Lemmy

We have opened up PieFed.World for registrations.

Please see the announcement post if you are curious to what PieFed is: https://piefed.world/post/237378

#PieFed #threadiverse

We have opened up PieFed.World for registrations.

Please see the announcement post if you are curious to what PieFed is: https://piefed.world/post/237378

#PieFed #threadiverse

PieFed continues to gain integrations with Lemmy apps. Blorp (love the name) is the most recent addition, initially in the web app with a TestFlight to come.

https://blorpblorp.xyz/home/

#PieFed #Fediverse #Threadiverse

We have opened up PieFed.World for registrations.

Please see the announcement post if you are curious to what PieFed is: https://piefed.world/post/237378

#PieFed #threadiverse

We have opened up PieFed.World for registrations.

Please see the announcement post if you are curious to what PieFed is: https://piefed.world/post/237378

#PieFed #threadiverse

I'm going to try setting up a brand-new instance of #PieFed, software I feel has quickly become the flagship example of the awesomeness that is the #threadiverse

(Imagine if Lemmy were, um, just a lot better. That's PieFed! 😅)

Wish me luck!

cc @rimu

We have opened up PieFed.World for registrations.

Please see the announcement post if you are curious to what PieFed is: https://piefed.world/post/237378

#PieFed #threadiverse

We have opened up PieFed.World for registrations.

Please see the announcement post if you are curious to what PieFed is: https://piefed.world/post/237378

#PieFed #threadiverse

@box464
> PieFed is seeing a surge in new users as a prominent Lemmy server retires, lemm.ee

#PieFed is a cool project so while I'm always sad to see a well-used fediverse service die, this is definitely a silver lining.

While we're talking about the #threadiverse, I just came across a community that hosts itself;

https://dullsters.net/

Making it effectively independent of account-hosting aggregator services like lemm.ee. In the absence of fully federated groups, this seems sensible.

I'm going to try setting up a brand-new instance of #PieFed, software I feel has quickly become the flagship example of the awesomeness that is the #threadiverse

(Imagine if Lemmy were, um, just a lot better. That's PieFed! 😅)

Wish me luck!

cc @rimu

Also: i talk up the idea of #Lemmy and #Mbin and #Piefed and the #Threadiverse in the idea on surfacing content...

Much of that idea was spurred by this from Piefed on it's potential feed format that can pull in multiple other community fediverse acocunts into one feed:

https://join.piefed.social/2025/04/30/how-piefed-federates-feeds-aka-multi-reddits-or-multi-comms/

And would love to hear what @rimu thinks of my riffing on this for discovery fedi wide, and if he had notes.

What does it take to get a PieFed instance setup?

@firesidefedi
@rimu
@ozoned

RE: https://video.firesidefedi.live/w/t4M5fXeXqhfJ39MjbCmA7s

#ActivityPub #DeSo #Fediverse #FediverseHistory #FireSideFediClips #PieFed #SocialMedia #Threadiverse

Federated flair for PieFed communities and users is here. Think of them similar to hashtags that follow these objects around. It gives you a sense of the user's specific interest in a topic, or a way to filter a community to posts about a specific flair. Your community flair can be associated to a specific color.

https://join.piefed.social/2025/05/10/how-piefed-federates-flair-on-posts-and-comments/

#PieFed #ActivityPub #Threadiverse

Federated flair for PieFed communities and users is here. Think of them similar to hashtags that follow these objects around. It gives you a sense of the user's specific interest in a topic, or a way to filter a community to posts about a specific flair. Your community flair can be associated to a specific color.

https://join.piefed.social/2025/05/10/how-piefed-federates-flair-on-posts-and-comments/

#PieFed #ActivityPub #Threadiverse

Federated flair for PieFed communities and users is here. Think of them similar to hashtags that follow these objects around. It gives you a sense of the user's specific interest in a topic, or a way to filter a community to posts about a specific flair. Your community flair can be associated to a specific color.

https://join.piefed.social/2025/05/10/how-piefed-federates-flair-on-posts-and-comments/

#PieFed #ActivityPub #Threadiverse

#Piefed has a great new feature. When you search for a community, it doesn't just look for communities that your server knows about, but it also looks through the #Lemmy index, via LemmyVerse.net, to find Lemmy communities that you can then bring into the Piefed instance you're on.

https://piefed.social/post/531611

Want to join the #threadiverse? I use Piefed. It's new but powerful. You can find an instance to join here: https://join.piefed.social/try/

@verge Thankfully, there is now the billiionaire-free decentralized #threadiverse: #Lemmy, #Mbin and #Piefed

so as part of quitting slumming on reddit, yesterday I went thru and found some Lemmy-adjacent communities. I already had the Thunder and Voyager clients installed on my phone, so as I use those I'll figure out which I like best.

it's still pretty small, with fairly fragmented communities, in that a given topic might have 6 communities on various instances, 4 or 5 of which are completely or mostly dead. #threadiverse

#Piefed has a great new feature. When you search for a community, it doesn't just look for communities that your server knows about, but it also looks through the #Lemmy index, via LemmyVerse.net, to find Lemmy communities that you can then bring into the Piefed instance you're on.

https://piefed.social/post/531611

Want to join the #threadiverse? I use Piefed. It's new but powerful. You can find an instance to join here: https://join.piefed.social/try/

@Prozak @mdione If I put this URL in the search bar in Mastodon I see the post. You should be able to boost, favorite, etc, from there.

(exactly what #threadiverse posts behave like when federated to microblogging systems like Mastodon can turn into a deeper rabbit hole, but basic things like in the previous paragraph work as far as I know).

The #Fediverse and particularly the #Threadiverse (#Lemmy, #Mbin, #Piefed) is the most I've been genuinely excited about social media since Digg! The people in our own instance https://lemmy.dbzer0.com are all just the right type of radical weirdos I like hanging out with.

The #Fediverse and particularly the #Threadiverse (#Lemmy, #Mbin, #Piefed) is the most I've been genuinely excited about social media since Digg! The people in our own instance https://lemmy.dbzer0.com are all just the right type of radical weirdos I like hanging out with.

@BeAware I haven't had (almost) any such issues with #fediseer, but my primary audience has been #lemmy and the #threadiverse instead of microblogging. There's surprisingly different norms that have been organically reached in mastodon over the past decade which are fairly alien outside it.

It honestly feels more like a small group of people trying to futilely hold back the Eternal September through scolding and pile-ons.

#EternalSeptember

@BeAware I haven't had (almost) any such issues with #fediseer, but my primary audience has been #lemmy and the #threadiverse instead of microblogging. There's surprisingly different norms that have been organically reached in mastodon over the past decade which are fairly alien outside it.

It honestly feels more like a small group of people trying to futilely hold back the Eternal September through scolding and pile-ons.

#EternalSeptember

@johncarlosbaez @dougmerritt I guess the communities sort of fragmented and some ended up on the #threadiverse and many went back to Reddit maybe? But I never really tried Reddit very much in the first place so I'm watching from afar on all of this.

After seeing so much great currated content from @Flipboard on the #Fediverse, I finally downloaded their app and connected it with to #Mastodon account. Really enjoy how well #FlipBoard and Fediverse go together.

I see a real opportunity for them to enhance interactions and reach even further for publishers with a tight #Lemmy #Threadiverse integration.

Since people asked, here's how to make a Lemmy/threadiverse post from a microblog. Note that this might not always work, depending on your instance.

#Lemmy #Fediverse #Mastodon #Threadiverse

A lot of good stuff is happening in the fediverses!

https://privacy.thenexus.today/good-stuff-in-the-fediverses

Including:

• DAIR-tube, the PeerTube page of Dr. Timnit Gebru's's Distributed AI ResearchCenter
• The Website League, an island network that's taking a very different approach
• GoToSocial v 0.17, continuing their focus on safety and privacy with interaction controls.
• Piefed and the #Threadiverse
• Bonfire's new Mosaic service along with their work on Open Science Network and prosocial design
• #Letterbook
• #Bluesky and the ATmosphere's continued momentum

And that's not all! The last section of the article briefly touches on @kissane's work on revealing the fediverse's gifts, Weird and the Leaf protocol, @newsmast's Channel.org and the Patchwork fork, @Flipboard bringing @19thnews and hundreds of other publishers to the Fediverse, Bandwagon, a proof of concept integration of Faircamp into Hubzilla, Mastodon 4.3 ...

There really is a lot going on!

#fediverse @fediversenews

Is Threadiverse alive? kbin.social is down for a while. What about others?

#lemmy #kbin #fediverse #threadiverse #reddit

🚀 The Future is Federated - issue no.9 👩‍🚀

The Future of Social is Here: a Show and Tell (part 4: Lemmy, PieFed & Mbin)

https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-future-of-social-is-here-a-show-and-tell-part-4-lemmy-piefed-mbin/

with shout-outs to @informapirata @Bro666 @dansup @phanpy @fedidb @vjprema @neblem @FediTips

#TheFutureIsFederated #tech #Fediverse #activism #bigtech #socialmedia #FOSS #blog #threadiverse #mbin #kbin #piefed #lemmy #reddit #activitypub

Added https://clubsall.com (a #threadiverse thing) and https://shadowfacts.net (a personal blog that implemented their own AP) to https://fediverse.wake.st

lmao the mods on fediverse@lemmy.world removed my snarky comments about it not being my personal job to educate ignorant people on queer issues

#lemmy and the #threadiverse at large continue to be a transphobic queerphobic toxic shithole

My contributions to #canvas / #canvas2024:

- Lemmy.zip Logo: My headliner for this year is again the logo for #Lemmy .zip, my home instance in the #threadiverse. I chose the spot and placed the first pixels, but it was a team effort with at least 15 others contributing
- Before starting the Lemmy.zip logo, I also started the #AreciboMessage. I made the template, but the idea was from @the_dopamine_fiend and I only drew the first 3 "lines" of data, the rest was all done by others
- I wanted to do something with @theowlhouse, but didn't think of that until the second day when it was too late for something big. Instead, I just made a little mini Grom Fight #Lumity for my #TheOwlHouse rep
- With time running short, I decided to use some spare pixels in the final hour to make a ghost amogus. You'd think white-on-white wouldn't be seen, but @ArieTheFloof@glaceon.social noticed and placed the last two pixels
- Lastly, a little mini #PerryThePlatypus from #PhineasAndFerb, because why not?

The #CIM family of #Fediverse services:

Theme: single-letter domain name.

1: https://c.im — a Mastodon software instance. (#microblogging)
2: https://c.wtf — a Rebased+Soapbox (fork of Pleroma with Soapbox frontend) software instance. (microblogging)
3: https://p.lu — a PeerTube software instance. (#video hosting)
4: https://r.nf — a Lemmy software instance. (#threadiverse)

#ActivityPub #Lemmy #Mastodon #PeerTube #Pleroma #Rebased #Soapbox

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Inspired by https://c.im/@jerry@infosec.exchange/110781964569113496

Communal Bonfires; creating space for group-scale discourse on top of @matrix

https://blog.erlend.sh/communal-bonfires

Today we're pre-releasing Commune, our first foundational step towards a community platform built specifically for alignment with digital gardens.

Cyber-ecological messaging anyone?!

It's an evolving piece of software serving as the primary bonfire component of the overarching Community OS concept.

https://github.com/commune-os/commune-server

#fediverse #opensource #threadiverse #community #matrix #CommuneApp