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recc’ing from the heart
As pi.fyi gains popularity I notice more and more people using it like twitter/trying to hit an algorithm/”tweetdecking” recs/memeing so incongruent to me because pi truly feels like a place of respite from all the aforementioned internet behavior. using it to identify and share small joys from your day, talk about things you want more of in your life, share about yourself, explore things you’re curious about … I promise that’s “good content”. 🫶
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@sunnyd123
Mar 7, 2024
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@ruffianbandwidth
Yes, as I've said before, pi.fyi is the john wick hotel of the internet. Leave all that other shit at the door. It doesn't mean that all that other stuff is bad or that you should ignore it, but there are so many other places for memes, politics, etc. It's nice to have one safe harbor that is more focused and reckons back to an earlier age of the internet, avoiding the modern algorithmic flattening of all culture, focus, and interest. Not every website needs to be immediately colonized and made to be like everything else. It's really interesting to see this struggle and dynamic play out in real time.
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seeing pi.fyi become its own thing
I don't think it's quite there yet, but I do think it's in the process of, as I notice increasing recs from people who aren't featured on the PI newsletter, get on the main page the day famous / recognized people are being featured. This tells me organic recs are being valued more than what people in the newsletter have to say. Sometimes the people who get a feature without being members of the community don't even make it in the What's Hot section, or they take too long to get there, or only one to a few recs of theirs get on the main page. Instead, people prioritize something that they can relate to, coming from a typically old profile that knows the platform. I've also seen a rise in people actually recommending stuff, which is great to see. Most of the time, what makes it on the main page is an abstract thought, but more and more people are leaning into the nature of the site, which is making recommendations. Love.
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@mariamaria
Jun 24, 2025
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posting on pi.fyi
Since I started using PI.FYI last month, I've posted 100 times in three weeks—a combo of asks and recs. Sidebar: I think there's not too much or too little posting. You could post dozens of times daily or you could never post at all, and if it is the right fit for you, then good! — Embrace the right fit for you and shun any kind of comparisons with anyone or any false self bullshit measuring sticks. For me one hundred posts in three weeks is prodigious. A casual scan back at my usage of other social media type sites—Fartbook, Instabutt, Substack Nuts, etc—shows that it would have taken several years to hit three digits. Something about this space—which I think is the most exciting online place since 2020-era Substack, RIP—has re-sparked that creative community spirit. I love: - the people - the structure that is organized around asking and offering - the fact that I've picked up stupendously great advice on a whole range of things — from notebooks to health tips to life hacks and new music and books and so much more - the sincerity: I've seen this recced before, yes! — maybe this is #1
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@mattshawsome
Oct 10, 2024
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instagram rec
some guy recommends cool parts of the internet and i was lucky enough to see that video and find pi.fyi :) i absolutely love it, i already got three of my closest friends to download it lol (but i sent them the wrong link so i accidentally only referred one of them loln't... there goes my mug) i definitely do, i feel like in other apps/social media there's just this expected behaviour or social cues u must follow that make me barely post or just severely overthink whenever i do. that never happens here, it really feels like a journal with cool people who support ur every move, no matter how silly it is hehe
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