PieFed
Ranked 4 of 6 forum software by recommenders
People recommend PieFed as a federated, Reddit-like forum that feels like the old internet, with higher signal-to-noise. No critical comments were recorded.
People recommend PieFed as a federated, Reddit-like forum that feels like the old internet, with higher signal-to-noise. No critical comments were recorded.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 7 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 7 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Reddit-like, old-Reddit feel
“Lemmy/Piefed are a pretty good approximation of the "old" reddit”
Comment from 10 Sep 2026 in “I think I hate the internet” “Lemmy/Piefed feels more like "old internet" and I like it.”
Comment from 5 May 2026 in “The best is over: The fun has been optimized out of the Internet” “Check out Piefed for a Reddit-like”
Comment from 27 Jan 2026 in “TikTok users can't upload anti-ICE videos. The company blames tech issues” Viable Fediverse alternative to Reddit
“The more people who do this the more people will see it as a viable alternative”
Comment from 23 Feb 2026 in “Attention Media ≠ Social Networks” “you could join the Fediverse (Mastodon, Piefed/Lemmy and co.)”
Comment from 10 Sep 2026 in “I think I hate the internet” “Try out Lemmy, Piefed or Mbin.”
Comment from 1 Oct 2026 in “Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots”
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All 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Try out Lemmy, Piefed or Mbin.”
“Lemmy/Piefed are a pretty good approximation of the "old" reddit”
“you could join the Fediverse (Mastodon, Piefed/Lemmy and co.)”
“piefed.social (more or less the same as above)”
“Lemmy/Piefed feels more like "old internet" and I like it.”
“have much higher signal to noise ratios”
“The more people who do this the more people will see it as a viable alternative”
“Lemmy/Piefed are pretty open to features and changes”
“Check out Piefed for a Reddit-like”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.