According to Rimu Atkinson, the main developer of PieFed, all PieFed instances come with a 3000-long block list of resources that cannot be linked to. These include all sorts of right-wing outlets. There is no easy opt-out, forcing existing instances to follow the blocklist.

The flagship PieFed instance also rolled out a feature marking various other sorts of outlets - among them, resources considered AI slop and Marxist outlets. These are specific to piefed.social.

Related discussion: https://piefed.social/comment/11254679

Why YSK: Many users have hard time choosing between Lemmy, PieFed, and Kbin/Mbin. Users that prefer a more curated and politically uniform experience might prefer PieFed over the alternatives. Users that are right-wing, Marxist, or generally concerned about global censorship of the Fedi-/Threadiverse, might opt for other options instead.

Note: The post is only meant to inform users of the potentially important differences between Threadiverse platforms. Any ideologically charged discussions are better left in the respective topic.

  • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net
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    1 hour ago

    this is disallowing platforms to choose whether to allow them on a platform

    The block list is editable by any admin, and the sysadmin can delete the block list entirely.

    based on the opinions of a guy that has endorsed genocide and child rape.

    Uhh, gonna need a source for that one, Chief.

    • vagrancyand@sh.itjust.works
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      59 minutes ago

      The block list is editable by any admin, and the sysadmin can delete the block list entirely.

      So your choice is trust the genocide guy, spend WEEKS vetting a giant list that is mostly filled with dead links, or have no blocklist?

      Gee wilkers I wonder which one most will pick.