A brief on this question from the project website. Now to your question about Pleroma and Friendica, its not something I tried yet so I'm unable to answer that

its more about trying to approach something in a more different way and explore more your skills, i still remember the one entry that tried to replicate a micro OS (not really an OS, but looked like one), seeing people doing such things in a short timeframe also feels inspiring for others to try doing something too

thanks to this post i found out about tags browsing on PieFed, what a neat platform im already liking it best than Lemmy, theres a gridview of posts too which is great for communities based mostly on images (memes, comics, general pics-oriented communities)

exactly this. But he listened and already reverted i wouldnt know about this unless for this topic. PieFed default icon looks nice as it is too, i honestly get tired faster with Lemmy's icon than PieFed's, i find the PieFed icon and logo very visually pleasing and a visual representation of what PieFed stands for and is part of, everyone can have your piece.

changing color scheme of it? that'd do if you want to make it different, look at piefed.ca example for more different, i think they did great for their logo with Canada color scheme and a maple leaf on top