On-topic: PieFed is packed with a bunch of interesting stuff, mentioned by another user in that thread: better resource usage, better mod tools, gallery view, the ability to combine comments from different comms, a multi-reddit-like feature... and, additionally:

a button to mute all replies to your comment
an "attitude" score, to detect people who are excessively combative
filter posts based on keywords

I'm actually rather excited for it, because it seems to be progressing at a fast pace.

[–] JayGray91@piefed.social 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

the unfortunate event of lemm.ee shutting down lead to a lot of new instances adopting piefed. the dev team said this lead to a lot more feedback that drives development.

I'm so onboard with this.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

There's always some silver lining.

I think this increased adoption of PieFed might even benefit instances sticking to Lemmy; Lemmy development will likely speed up, to avoid making Lemmy seem "obsolete" in comparison with PieFed.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Not too sure about this.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 3 points 4 days ago

Perhaps. I can't rule out completely the possibility of Lemmy stagnating. In that case as PieFed development progresses, and the feature gap becomes wide, more and more instances shift from one to another. I do think however the Lemmy devs won't simply see their software being replaced without "fighting back" (in a good way).

A third possibility would be specialisation - PieFed and Lemmy still coexisting, but taking different niches.