Thanks very much

No offence, but I don’t think that I would want Pixelfed to add Pinterest style features.

It just feels like, at least IMO, trying to be too many things at once.

Pixelfed should remain separate from any Pinterest alternative that the Fediverse decides upon.

Now if Pixelfed wants to add features that are inspired by Pinterest, then that’s a different thing.

Also pinry

Welcome.

I also saw another one called RibbonLinks, but it didn’t really strike me as a Pinterest alternative

@asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev

No, it’s closed source

@schwim@piefed.zip

Did you try to sign up for beta, or sign up for Aiko?

Because when you click on the link, it should look like this:

You then add your email address, and then, later on, you’ll get an email, allowing you to beta test

I just asked

@schwim@piefed.zip

Not for the conversation, but I do have one for website:

https://www.try-aiko.com/

Here is an image of the Subreddit post, as well:

@MxRemy@piefed.social

So far, only 4 upvotes, and two comments:

One telling me to add Misskey and Sharkey to the post, and the other one of the constant spam Gaza comments / posts.

I’d think that it would probably work better if more people posted posts about the Fediverse, than just me

Idk, this was a comment left by u/chrismessina on the r/Fediverse version of this post:

I find their explanation for why they didn’t build on open social web protocols baffling:

Why isn’t UpScrolled a decentralized platform?

Because it doesn’t work for what we’re trying to build. UpScrolled isn’t decentralized (yet) because today’s open protocols (e.g., ActivityPub, AT Protocol) don’t reliably deliver what we need for a mainstream, video-forward app: fast global discovery, stable search/ranking, and smooth media. In practice, these stacks still lean on centralized indexing to work well, so we’re shipping the experience that works now-not a theory.

We keep things open and simple with lightweight, common-sense protections-spam/bot filtering, straightforward reporting, and consistent deletes when people remove their own content. We’re building interoperable by design (clean exports, stable APIs) and will add optional bridges to open protocols as they mature, so you can reach more people without sacrificing speed or simplicity.

(They’ve since scrubbed this from their FAQ).

No I am not

I think that CB is attempting to become a wrapper for all of them.

Ie you could use CB to pay using crypto, or Stripe, Apple/Google Pay, SAMSUNG Wallet, or etc

There’s also apparently Crowdbucks

https://wedistribute.org/2025/08/introducing-crowdbucks/

I think an aggregated approach is more “Fediverse” like. But once again, who decides what does/ doesn’t get published?

What I was thinking was something similar to how Lemmy operates.

You just take the already existing websites / platforms, use some code to connect them to together, and let users create their own apps

Basically just take Lemmy, but replace the instances with News Websites

If a website gets too egregious, then the others could potentially vote to have their access revoked

Idk, I’m not the developer

I’m not asking for Lemmy to become a chat platform.

I just don’t think that it is reasonable to expect / require users to have to download a whole other app / platform, just to converse with the mods as a group.

@asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev

But doesn’t Piefed have the ability for mods to distinguish / un - distinguish themselves?

Ok.

Alright.

@idunnololz@lemmy.world

What about, instead of having the DM/GC feature in-house, Lemmy instead integrated a separate protocol like:

Matrix

XMPP

Delta Chat

Session

Briar

SimpleX

OMEMO (XMPP Extension)

etc.

And used that instead, for the DM/GC?

That way, Lemmy wouldn’t have to donate resources to DM/GC, but users would still be able to message each other.

And not have to have two separate accounts on two different platforms.

Are the tags similar to how reddit allows users to put custom labels / tags in a Subreddit?

Or are they more like content moderation?

The GitHub.