There are a number of features that PieFed has which I would love to implement into this community. I've been hoping that Lemmy would start to support some of these features, but a lot of these don't seem to be a priority.
I'm looking at PieFed.zip since they try to avoid blocking other instances and seem to be the least controversial option.
We can either:
- Not migrate.
- Slowly migrate: just start posting in the new community.
- Completely migrate: transfer current posts/comments and close this community while redirecting users to the new community.
Pros:
- Custom CSS (we could implement something similar to the old reddit feel with a custom background and custom upvote/downvote icons).
- Wiki pages
- Posts can be set for auto tagging with #StarCitizen so that they have more visibility among Mastodon users (Lemmy users wouldn't see the hashtag but it should still be applied for them).
- Post flair for filters by content types. This also allows for Question/Solved/Answered type of posts.
- Support for multi image posts (
Voyager users will be able to see them, but vanillaLemmy users will only see the first image). - Spoiler tags for images
- Native support for polls
- Ability to block downvotes from users that aren't community members.
- Additional moderation tools, bot detection, LLM detection, etc.
Cons:
- We've already got a decent group on Lemmy.World, switching instances will drop those numbers.
- Why change what's already working?
- Some of these features won't be visible for Lemmy users (polls, custom CSS, Flairs).
Let me know what you think. This isn't a decision that needs to be made urgently.
Edit: Correction for Voyager users, only Voyager PieFed users can see all images in a gallery post.