Post #4381403
2026-07-27 11:00 UTC
PieFed (the software, so this relates to every instance) blocks links to certain websites, it is hardcoded and without a fork, you’d have to manually reallow them one-by-one (and there’s like 4000 of them).
A lot of them are blocked due to political motivations, and Rimu himself said software shouldn’t be politically neutral.
The flagship instance, piefed.social, also places warnings on several left-wing political sources.
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@Kraiden@piefed.social 2026-07-27 21:21
several left-wing political sources Tankies. You mean tankies. For anyone else reading, it’s not the same thing at all. There’s no subterfuge in what Rimu is doing. There’s an admin interface to manage the list for a start, and the list itself is open source and categorized by reason for blocking Suggesting that this is in any way the same thing as a secret hidden block list that contains specific users, presents as a network error, and has no way to be disabled is disingenuous at a minimum, but I’d go further and say it’s outright disinformation.