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

I am pinning this thread on both platforms for new users to pop in to and ask questions. Please give them a warm welcome!

  • Pixel_Jock_17@piefed.caEnglish
    20·
    8 hours ago

    Just joined. I was suggested to use an app called Voyager for this. Having some trouble getting that to work. Does any have a step by step? I’ve already registered and been approved for piefed.ca. So when I went to login, it gives me an network error.

    Edit: looking into it more, do we have to make a lemmy.ca server account as well?

    • Otter@lemmy.caOPMEnglish
      15·
      8 hours ago

      For sure! Here is what I did:

      1. Tap the profile icon in the middle of the bar at the bottom of the screen (it might have the text “lemmy.zip”)
      2. Tap “Get Started”
      3. Select “Log in”
      4. Type in “piefed.ca”, and confirm that you understand the support is experiemental
      5. Log in with your username and password

      The same app can be used to sign in to a number of websites, so that might be the point of confusion. However, once you have signed in, you should be able to use it normally from here on out :)

      • Pixel_Jock_17@piefed.caEnglish
        7·
        8 hours ago

        Thank you for this. This is exactly what I’ve done and I run into a connection error notice. Turned off wifi and tried again, still not working.

        • Otter@lemmy.caOPMEnglish
          11·
          8 hours ago

          Can you try again now? I think there are two potential causes:

          • Our server is being overloaded with new people
          • Around 15 minutes ago, we upgraded the server specs to handle the increased load, and so it might have been down right as you were trying it
          • Pixel_Jock_17@piefed.caEnglish
            5·
            7 hours ago

            I just reinstalled Voyager and tried it all again and the same error is occurring.

            I will take a break for now and try again later on. I love how much help I’ve received and hopefully my issue can be resolved and help others in the future.

    • pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      8·
      8 hours ago

      You might have to type in piefed.ca as your instance. I think it asks what instance you’re on, but it’s probably not on the list. Once you’re in, you’ll love it and all of this is worth it. I swear.

      Edit: Also, it looks like there is a voyager crypto app, be sure to get the lemmy version. https://vger.app/

      • Pixel_Jock_17@piefed.caEnglish
        3·
        7 hours ago

        I downloaded the app from droid-ify called Voyager for Lemmy, it looks exactly what you linked so not sure that’s the issue.

        Thank you

      • Otter@lemmy.caOPMEnglish
        4·
        8 hours ago

        Boost also supports Piefed, the login process is similar on Boost :)

      • Pixel_Jock_17@piefed.caEnglish
        4·
        8 hours ago

        I’ve installed Voyager already yes. On the app I select the “get started” from lemmy.zip and from there I can either click “join lemmy.zip”, “picker another server”, OR click “login”

        When I click login, I can select the piefed.ca server and then enter my info and that’s where it says “connection error, please try again”

        Do I need to first make a lemmy.ca account?