I’m definitely not a socialist. .ml is where I landed when I joined due to not knowing any better and joining the largest (at the time) instance, and honestly the outside hate is keeping me there.
PieFed is absolutely a "derivative" in terms of its DNA. It’s basically built as a love letter to Lemmy’s specific flavor of ActivityPub.
If you look at the raw JSON, PieFed isn’t just "using ActivityPub", it’s specifically implementing the "Lemmy-isms" that make the Threadiverse work. It uses the same Group actor logic, the same Dislike activity extensions for downvoting, and even mirrors Lemmy’s API routes so you can use apps like Jerboa.
In a way, it’s like how a 3rd-party controller is a "derivative" of a PlayStation controller. The internals are completely different, but it’s shaped exactly that way so it can plug into the same console and work perfectly. PieFed chose to speak "Lemmy-ish" instead of just "ActivityPub-ish" to ensure it wasn't an island.
Lemmy isn’t compatible with Reddit. Piefed is literally implementing Lemmy’s data structures to specifically be compatible with Lemmy.
So since your stated goal is counter to reality, I have to wonder what your real intent is. I only see this drama as weakening Lemmy and Piefed by extension, not strengthening anything.
I really do not understand all the .ml hate. If you have it so much why are you using their technology (Lemmy)? So much bullshit being reposted as fact. Basically echo chamber brigading. I left Reddit to escape this shit…
Edit: although judging by your post history you lack conviction and joke about everything, so maybe I missed the mark
Thanks for pointing out the actually definition of security by obscurity. Popularity has nothing to do with it.