I almost never look at the app store but I popped in today in the wake of the TikTok ban and was shocked to see this.
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Does anyone know if you can only have one pixelfeed account per email address? I want to make one for personal use and one just my garden pictures?
I only heard of Pixelfed because of a post somewhere that was saying Facebook was blocking links to the website. I made an account and started using it for fun to spite Facebook. Now this could have simply been a bait post to drive engagement to Pixelfed **or ** Facebook is dumb and did some kind of Streisand effect.
It doesn’t matter either way
And if you didn’t already know, you now know about the Streisand effect.
9th in Finland
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As someone who doesn’t use these platforms (except Twitter), why does Pixelfed’s UI look just like Instagram, and why does Bluesky’s UI look just like Twitter? Are they just cut/paste copies?
They’re not cut/paste copies, they’re rebuilt from the ground up. The UI is similar because they want to retain familiarity and decrease barriers to entry. Much like Lemmy.
meabouttoleaveatremendousreviewthere
Can somebody help an old out here. I want to look at pictures of art people make and stuff like that. I really don’t care about some randos selfies. Right now, there are image heavy lemmy groups that fit that bill. Should I go check out Pixelfed for more content? Or is it a fediverse Instagram thing only?
Lemmy really works for me in the sense of following topics instead of people.
Pixelfed.art is all artists posting their work!
Wow, I just followed the link and browsed a little bit. There’s some really amazing stuff there!
Pixelfed doesn’t have any sort of “communities” or other way to curate content (not even hashtags) so you’re just going to see whatever people are posting.
As another commentor mentioned, you can join a specific instance intended for a specific type of post, but there’s nothing stopping someone from joining there and posting selfies other than good will.
https://pixelfed.fediverse.observer/dailystats
Be interesting to see what it looks like a month from now – the size of plateau and drop-off.
Me working with small businesses to switch off of Instagram
Thank you for your service
My girlfriend runs a kid-friendly café for younger moms and sadly it would probably tank her business moving over to pixelfed… It’s quite a big risk for those kind of small businesses…
You can post the same stuff on as many social media platforms as you want.
Hot damn, it moved up 3 spots from just the other day!
GO PIXELFED GO!
Is there any progress towards marrying these different fediverse services together so I could use my Lemmy account on any of them? Is this a goal at all?
You can sign in to Pixelfed with a Mastodon account…presumably this is how you can share your Pixelfed posts to your Mastodon account. Although the poster that posted about this said it wasn’t a good option and I can’t remember why. You can also see Mastodon posts on Lemmy….or maybe vice versa.
Ahhh I’m sure I’ve read something about it but I’m not the best person to ask.
I know it’s possible because you can sign into Pixelfed with your Mastodon account right now.
You can follow Lemmy threads and users on Mastodon right now, but it’s super clunky just from the fact both platforms are so different from each other. Here’s this thread, as seen from my Mastodon account on the Tusky app.
Do we actually want that? I like that each service is its own.
I actually agree. Some of these federated services are fundamentally different and when they interact, shit can get weird. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think, for example, Sharkkey shouldn’t interact with Mastodon, because they are both microblogging platforms, but I wouldn’t want to see a picture of a tweet from Mastodon on Pixelfed.
Lemmy currently don’t have API for that.
Fuck it, I’m joining now.
If they had gotten loops into the stores they could have gained so many users this past week im sure
Imagine being the one guy who runs both of those and having them both blow up at once though 🪦rip
Can we advertise instances? lol I started one for makers making things. (it’s brand new so its empty) Edit: It’s https://pixels.makearmy.io/ for anyone who’s curious. We’re on a small time server so no promises as to performance, still working out the bugs and such but if you’re curious check it out.
Fine with me 🤷
BlueSky being ahead of X is a real testament to how Mastodon users are insufferable and hostile. I love and use Mastodon but Jesus Christ, make some jokes and relax. Al Gore didn’t take the lead in creating the Internet for people to be insufferable. If a game is on, people might talk about it. Don’t chime in about colonialism or whatever during the game. Relax. We’ll talk about that on a weekday.
“Here’s my angry, unpopular, barely coherent diatribe apropos of nothing about this large and diverse group of people definitely being angry and hostile.”
Sorry, I’ve been in a sour mood of late due to being an American and all my favorite sports teams being in last place. The only thing that can cheer me up is watching college kids do dumb shit on TikTok. Now let me take a big sip of water and open the app.
(I know I can just use a VPN. I’m too crotchety and old to be using TikTok anyway, though.)
You seem like a very relaxed person
It’s not really a fun time to be an American leftist in a very blue city in a very red state. But I’m trying to be cautiously optimistic.
That’s like saying all Lemmy users are hostile.
FUCK YOU!
Pass the beans when you get a chance? Thanks!
Are they the kind that make you hold in your poop? Asking for a friend.
But the thing is that here in Europe, we are more relaxed than USians because we have government mandated vacation days. It’s even better when I get sick at the same time because I can catch a free ambulance ride to the hospital near the beach since there is no “out of network” medical care (whatever that means) here. I can then take mass transit from the hospital to the beach and make university-educated friends with everyone because tuition here is free. Because I didn’t die in a mass shooting when leaving the beach, I can order a reasonably-sized meal that doesn’t cause instant cardiovascular disease and not leave a tip because our servers are paid a living wage. I can’t imagine the horror of living in such an underdeveloped country as USA. I am so glad I am in the EU.
- Sent from my phone without concern of being doxxed or tracked thanks to EU privacy laws
TIL Al Gore invented the internet?
In the same way that Elon Musk created Tesla’s cars and SpaceX’s rockets, yes.
Hear hear. I subscribed to a couple news accounts and for last minute news its just perfect. But man, start browsing the popular section and you’re in for a fuckton of activism.
Al Gore didn’t take the lead in creating the Internet for people to be insufferable.
I dunno man, it seems pretty in-character to me! 🤓
37th pos in italy. 1st is Rednote :-O
Wait what?!
Why is Italians… When it’s Americans… I’m so confused!
Me too. I guess because a lot of Italians like to pretend to be americans.
EXPLAIN Pixelfed to me like I’m 5?
Can I use it to post photos into Lemmy groups?
I’m currently using a generic, slightly sketch website.
It’s a non-shitty instagram.
It’s Instagram with no content or algorithm. To me it’s an empty page, because I have no idea how to subscribe to things that I would like.
I tried keywords like fun, sketch, photography etc etc, but those are catch-all phrases that get too much shit, and narrow keywords are so specific, I see next to nothing.
I have the same issue on Mastodon & Loops: lack of ways to find new content.
There needs to be a Lemmy thread of interesting people to follow so I can get some use out of the rest of the fediverse… Suggestions welcome!
I think there needs to be a way to plug algorithms in for those that want them.
Agreed. Bluesky-style customizable algorithms (I’ve played around with creating these myself) in conjunction with “recommended follows” curated by the instance admin would go a long way.
Agreed, you could pick your own algorithm(s) to follow just like hashtags, maybe just a “follow this hashtag and similar engagement posts”. It might be an easier transition from the imposed monolithic algorithm God that meta/google impose if people are in control of how the app feeds them.
Thats the problem that their algo tries to solve. When you do it in scale some kind of algo is needed.
I guess looking for interesting people is not the way the fediverse is supposed to be used. People should look for interesting content to imitate or to learn from, content coming from any user, not from users paid to do unbelievable actions or stunts
Start following hashtags that match your interests.
Ty
Open source and decentralized Instagram alternative.
Loops.video is an open source and decentralized TikTok alternative.
just being pedantic here, not confrontational, but loops.video is implementing federation but hasn’t finished yet. i was a tad disappointed but have hopes for the future that they get it done and it doesn’t flounder
Ty
Instagram minus Meta.
Well the very simple version is that it’s an Instagram alternative (I assume 5 year olds know what Instagram is). Similar in almost every way, minus the ads.
Theoretically you can use it to share photos to Lemmy, but I have no idea how. There was discussion of Pixelfed groups at one point, not sure if they ever came to fruition.
(I assume 5 year olds know what Instagram is)
ELInot5 what Instagram is?
Seriously, I’ve never understood the point of it.
It’s a place to post your photos cropped into squares. You can get gratification there because all your friends have to like your photos.
I don’t really understand it either. I think it’s dumb. And I think PixelFed is dumb. And Mastodon. And Loops. But I’m glad they exist. Everyone is better off if people start switching. Everyone except Meta.
I’m happy with Lemmy+Photon.
Seriously, I’ve never understood the point of it.
To sell Ads, like most commercial meida eg newspaper, TV etc etc. Flogging advertising makes money for metas stockholders and others.
Instagram
It’s like federated insta. But for your purposes you can upload images directly to your lemmy instance.
I use a 3rd party app, “Boost” and I mostly get errors trying to upload photos.
