PieFed as a Discord alternative (join.piefed.social)

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If you're considering moving away from Discord then PieFed may work for your group! Take a look at this comparison.

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[-] strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz 3 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

RE: https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/@strypey/116001132928858844

"Besides forum-equivalent functionality, PieFed also offers ... Question and answers similar to StackOverflow where an answer can be visually distinguished as an answer, and the original question marked as solved."

@piefedadmin, 2026

https://join.piefed.social/2026/02/11/piefed-as-a-discord-alternative/

Funny, I was just recently bemoaning the lack of a federated Q&A and suggesting adding ActivityPub support to Apache Answers;

#PieFed #QA #StackOverflow #ApacheAnswers

@rimu @_elena @cwicseolfor @skinnylatte

[-] inlandempire@jlai.lu 21 points 8 hours ago

Not the same use case at all, I think, even though some communities were indeed misusing discord for their needs

[-] osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org 17 points 7 hours ago

About 70% of my server list would have been better as a message board.

[-] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 9 points 6 hours ago

This is I think what a lot of people aren't realizing. Discord was being used for a lot of stuff that really should have been handled differently.

The only reason it was picked was because Discord was free, easy to setup, and everyone used it.

[-] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 hours ago

All the commercialized platforms are going to continue enshittifying, anyone capable of independent thought is going to abandon ship, the fediverse is going to grow, and there will be two vastly different internets: the mainstream, corporate, algorithmically-curated, profit-driven toxic slopfests; and the decentralized, independent platforms that aren't motivated by profit where everyone sane goes instead.

To the people trapped in the former, it'll be all they know and they'll think it's representative of the world and the web. It'll be like the matrix. And it'll be hostile to anyone who leaves the matrix, especially when they go back over bringing a lifeline to anyone willing to abandon those platforms.

[-] stressballs@lemmy.zip 15 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

I think it serves part of the role of a Discord server, but ultimately it doesn't really serve as a chat server or place for people to share screens etc.

It is one piece of the puzzle but it alone won't work for the majority of people's needs who are migrating a Discord community.

[-] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 5 points 6 hours ago

90% of my server list would function better as a forum. Those functions aren't part of the use at all. Discord is misused by a ton of communities.

[-] Auster@thebrainbin.org 18 points 9 hours ago

I remember when my opinion started souring about Discord was when someone mentioned the platform is the death of forums. It's been quite a few years now, but that sure stuck to my mind. Glad to see forums regaining space, specially publicly-browsable ones. =)

[-] Hypx@piefed.social 6 points 6 hours ago

Which is why Discord should die. It made the Internet much less accessible.

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