The link-aggregator part of the fediverse has grown, with the launch of PieFed’s beta test. PieFed joins platforms like Lemmy and Kbin who all have the ability to share links, and comment and vote on them. PieFed focuses on making the platform easy to manage, maintain and develop for, and uses Python. Developer Rimu is […]
  • swab148@startrek.websiteEnglish
    3·
    10 months ago

    Looks like it’s too late to sign up, I just tried and it kept telling me to “verify that [I’m] not a robot” without giving me anything (like a captcha) to do so.

    • Rimu@piefed.social
      5·
      10 months ago

      PieFed dev here.

      Sorry about that, I’ve had a hard time getting the captcha working while also having decent XSS protection. I’ve deployed a probable fix, please try again.

    • Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run
      3·
      10 months ago

      I signed up, no problem. There is a bit of funky behavior (I clicked on the Pie logo, and it changed to the word, “Logo” haha), but overall it looks sharp. I"m trying to figure out where to make suggestions - I’m a dark screen person, and it’s got way too much white and blue - colors that suppress melatonin production. I’m mighty fond o’ me melatonin.

      • swab148@startrek.websiteEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        I love me some melatonin too, I’m on 5s right now, but I have been up to 20s. Same with the dark mode too.

        Were you on mobile or desktop? I’m just using my phone, maybe mobile signups aren’t supported yet.

        • Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run
          1·
          10 months ago

          Desktop, fwiw. I do all the things, e.g. red/orange/yellow light from sunset to sunrise. I now think of Melatonin as a darktime hormone, rather than a sleep hormone. Have you ever noticed, sometimes people are awake in the darkness, and it’s not even spooky or scary,… necessarily.

        • Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run
          1·
          10 months ago

          Yay, and thank YOU!!
          Edit: I went over and looked. So the point of dark mode is to make things easy on the eyes, and to reduce interference with melatonin production. Melatonin production is blocked by blue and white (because it contains blue) light. The best option for dark mode is black background and orange type, as it provides good contrast with minimal interference with melatonin production.

          The classic example is the White / Blue of Facebook - designed, no doubt to keep users awake, and clicking. I noticed sometime ago, that screen invert in iOS yields, White --> Black, and Blue --> Orange. Technically speaking any light will reduce melatonin production to some degree, some researchers would say, even being able to see your hand in front of your face, like at all, will do it. And the biggest effect is from Blue and White light. :-)

          • Rimu@piefed.social
            1·
            10 months ago

            No blue, got it.

            Currently, dark mode is just whatever Bootstrap considers ideal dark mode to be so there’s a lot of room for improvement. PieFed includes a theming framework which will make it quick and easy to build custom themes so I expect many more design options will be available in the future.

        • Nix@merv.newsEnglish
          1·
          10 months ago

          Awesome!

          P.S. Is it just me or does join.piefed.social have no link to actually join or go to piefed.social? Also what software does the blog use i can’t find it listed

          • Rimu@piefed.social
            1·
            10 months ago

            There are links to piefed.socal but I guess a nice big button front and center on the home page is what it needs.

            The blog is Wordpress with the Activitypub plugin. It can be followed on Mastodon/kbin: @piefedadmin@join.piefed.social

    • spaduf@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      It’s been getting some traction over on Mastodon too. Wouldn’t be at all surprised if they’ve restricted signups.

      • swab148@startrek.websiteEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        That’s what I figured. Good to see that Stamets got an account though! You know the content will be good with him involved.

        • Stamets@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          10 months ago

          I didn’t get an account. I haven’t even heard of it until someone just messaged me asking me about PieFed. Kind of a scumbaggy thing to do if someone took the name.

          • swab148@startrek.websiteEnglish
            2·
            10 months ago

            Wow, that fucking sucks bro. I checked out the instance, and your name (and iconic profile pic) was on the top of whatever they call “All” over there.

            If it takes off and you need to create a new name, please keep us informed. Your memes are vital lifeblood to the fediverse, lmao (but seriously everyone here loves you and we wanna keep in touch).

            • Stamets@lemmy.worldEnglish
              3·
              10 months ago

              Oh I think that’s just me. I think they’re just showing the federated stuff from lemmy.world and other places on that feed. Was probably just this account you saw.

              And if I need to change names then so be it but looks like we’re okay for now <3

              Thank you though! I do have a Mastodon account though that you can check out here. I haven’t been super active lately from Holiday stress and what not but if anything ever happens Lemmy wise that’s the first place I’d be going.

              • swab148@startrek.websiteEnglish
                2·
                10 months ago

                Also I forgot you were on lemmyworld, I totally just assumed you were on startrek.website lol, sorry for assuming your instance

              • swab148@startrek.websiteEnglish
                2·
                10 months ago

                Ah, I get it! The concept behind “federation” still escapes me sometimes lol. Good to know you’re still rockin’ on a new platform!

                • Stamets@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  1·
                  10 months ago

                  You and me both, don’t worry there. And yep! Mastodon I am active on but in a different manner. Things are a bit more chill and relaxed.