Lemmy and my Switch to PieFed; Threadyverse software alternatives
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TLDR: The main reason was Lemmy hogging server resources.

Last year, during the Reddit 2023 API controversy I finally deleted my account and moved on to Lemmy. Here’s a look at my experiences and why I eventually decided to switch to PieFed.

  • AlexanderESmith@social.alexanderesmith.com
    16·
    13 days ago

    There is /kbin which seems down all the time and its fork MBin which seems to have a good community but is written in PHP which I try to avoid.

    Can you expand on the reasoning for avoiding PHP? I get avoiding Java; JRE it’s s disaster, and a resource hog.

    • Jeena@piefed.jeena.netOP
      94·
      13 days ago

      The only software through my servers have ever been owned by scriptkiddies were poorly written PHP software, specifically WordPress in my case.

      It’s just a personal preference because I’ve been burned too many times.

      • AlexanderESmith@social.alexanderesmith.com
        17·
        13 days ago

        I’ll grant that PHP is set up to allow some super shitty code, but on fairness to the language; WordPress is a dumpster fire (compounded by endless awful plugins). That’s compounded by it’s ubiquity, so it’s a massive target.

        I just set up mbin as a single-user instance, and other than a bug I found (that they fixed live with me, in chat, including PRs), it’s been awesome.

        I hope your instance continues to work well for you 👍