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It seems that a lot of new people have learned about these platforms from a popular post on Reddit. We currently see ~~78 notifications (and counting) and a pile of applications on piefed.ca~~ too many registration applications for me to keep this up to date.
I am pinning this thread on both platforms for new users to pop in to and ask questions. Please give them a warm welcome!
Please let us know how we can help! For example, here are some tips on finding communities: https://fedecan.ca/en/guide/lemmy/for-users/how-to-find-communities The guide says Lemmy, but the steps are the same on Piefed
Since a lot of people arrived here from r/BuyCanadian, maybe you will be interested in !buycanadian@lemmy.ca
🍁 Finding Canadian Communities on Piefed
- Open a topic from this list: https://piefed.ca/topics
- Browse that entire topic, or subscribe to individual communities from the sidebar
edit: 392 new users on the first day and hundreds more since then, all from one post 🥳
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I saw this thread on Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/BuyCanadian/comments/1qr4tji/a_canadianrun_reddit_alternative/
This might have helped add some users.
Hopefully there isn't too much friction in joining and finding communities across the Fediverse.
And welcome everyone!!
Joined from that thread as well!
Byw the Summit app is Canadian🇨🇦!
Is there an iOS version?
You can use Mlem instead written in Swift.
Is Mlem Canadian?
Sadly it’s American but it’s a good app.
Okay well thats better than nothing I guess. Blorp is also a good app that supports Piefed. Don't know which country it originates from though
Blorp dev here. I’m based out of US. But since I actually lose money on Blorp, I would argue you are kinda supporting Canada indirectly. If that’s not enough to convince you, I would consider moving to Canada if you’re accepting applications.
Hi! Your app is great. I’ve tried a lot of different ones but yours is my favourite.
As per moving to Canada, I’m sure if you applied at some Canadian tech companies you could get a work visa. Alternatively you could move up north, where there’s a lot of job opportunities and you’re more likely to get permanent residency (but it’s very cold up there tho, Winter averages of below -30C in some places, so prepare yourself). If you're going for citizenship then things will be a lot easier if you learn to speak French.
Thank you! I will try it!