This is the instance view from the third-party app Mlem.

Oh GROSS it's a lemmy framework?

Not shown here is the transophobic pro-genocide lemmy developers. Check this link out.

What's more important for most users: How long until it shuts down and users need to make a new account.

Not only is that process annoying and you may even lose stuff like block lists; some ppl will also judge you by your account age or number of posts for a cherry on top.

I've been on Lemmy.ca for a few years. What's the difference that should make me want to switch to piefed.ca?

Piefed has consolidated comments, flairs, best answer highlighter, polls, ai filter, events, topics, responsive devs.

There needs to be a way to archive and preserve old accounts and their content, as well as securely linking them to a replacement account like daisy chaining using security tokens.

In wider society, the red pill represents political extremism while the blue pill is... I dunno, blissful ignorance I guess?

Perhaps taking either pill is woke, whereas refusing to take any is Reddit.

Why oh why didn't I take the blue pill?

What are "consolitated comments"? Idk what that means

It’s where the comments from the cross-posts also appear below the original post.