Guys check out pixelfed. Its better than Instagram.Same concept of fediverse as Lemmy and Mastodon.
Website: https://pixelfed.org
Servers: https://pixelfed.org/servers
Even has a android client called pixeldroid on fdroid.
I love the idea of this, but the only reason I check Instagram is to see what my friends are posting, which I couldn’t do on an alternative, sadly.
That really is an issue. Shave your head, put an orange robe on and evangelize… I’ll try to convince as many people as possible in my friends circle!
This is actually why I’m excited for ActivityPub in Threads. I’m hoping that it can function as a gateway drug to the Fediverse.
“Like Threads? Then continue to follow all your friends there while moving to an ad-free Mastodon client!”
Totally, I really wish the panic would die down. I’d love it if I could bring my friends over here, and there’s no way they’re going to do that without something like Threads.
Lol
I use Instagram (well, Instander) for the bands I like. I wish I didn’t have to but it’s useful for these reasons. Ditched Facebook but unfortunately can’t loose them both 😤
Same for me. Same with Snap. I’ve never used SnapChat before, but once I actively went to parties it’s impossible to not use it.
This is why I have a barebones Facebook account. Simply so people can reach me that only use that.
This being said it is also sandboxed into web browsers and I refuse to give them permissions for my phone.
I don’t really understand how that would work. I’m on Instagram because I follow some specific artists, collectives, companies, labels, etc., and secondarily for friends. If those are not on Pixelfed, what is there to follow?
Although Lemmy suffers of quite a content draught on less populated communities, it still works like Reddit since you follow topics, not people.
Instagram differs from Reddit in the sense that most people use Instagram because that’s where their friends and family are. You’re posting more personal things there. An alternative doesn’t really work for most users if no one they know is using it. Good luck with the push, though.
Yeah this is the issue I have. I wouldn’t even be on instagram if it my friends weren’t on it. Pixelfed has a much tougher road to snatch users than a place like Lemmy or even Mastodon for that reason. If everyone I know hopped over with me (which let’s be real, I would never be able to get everyone to do that because they would run into the same issue with their own friend networks) then i’d gladly move over.
Instagram also has a full account data export feature, and Pixelfed can import from that data. When I used it earlier this week it seemed to ignore my latest posts, which use the webp format instead of jpg or png. But since the import is processed server-side once they resolve that I should be able to import from the same zip and get just those missing posts.
I didn’t know this was possible! Thanks for sharing, will give this a try.
Hate the be a downer but I can’t see anyone but “tech savvy” people joining this. I can’t even get my sister to verify her Zelle account to get money I sent her. Having to choose a server is going to be wildly confusing to most people.
Out of curiosity how would you choose a server? I joined Lenny.ml as it was the first one I saw.
Just so you know the ml stands for marxist lennist I’m pretty sure
well do you know what “ml” stays for in your full user name?
I joined after the Apollo debacle started with Reddit, so I joined what had the most users at that moment and it was lemmy.world. But I already had a good idea of how these federated apps work, so I wasn’t super worried about which I picked. I imagine a random normie instagram user would delete the app as soon as they saw the list of servers, if they even got that far.
Go to their homepage and see what the general vibe is of the posts, you can tell almost immediately what it’s all about.
Well, to be fair, Zelle sucks, but point taken.
They will adapt or be left behind, at least for a while. In fact, that might be a good thing.
Are there any mobile apps for pixelfed?
PixelDroid is the main app for Pixelfed. It is not the official app, that is still in development.
You can also login to pixelfed from https://tusky.app
Stupid question: how?
Just enter the domain of your pixelfed account. Then enter username and password.
Pixelfed also has the mastodon api built in so tusky can be used.
Yes, several. An official app and a good number of other 3rd party apps.
The creator has an official app pending in the iOS App Store right now.
In addition, they’re releasing a “log in with Mastsdon” feature within like the next 24 hours.
Creator here: https://mastodon.social/@dansup
There’s also the Tusker app while we wait for the official app.
Is the instance admin able to view posts/messages of private accounts like they can do on Lemmy?
Your private messages are never private unless you’re on a platform that specializes in private messages (Signal. Matrix, WhatsApp (if they are to be believed), XMPP via OMEMO…)
I understand that encryption will not be present but the software should atleast not allow the admins to view the private pictures or messages by default as part of admin tools.
I wouldn’t use this until I’m assured of that as posting pictures can lead to being doxxed or they can be found in some unpleasant places on the internet if the admin is not trustworthy
They’re adding support to sign up to pixelfed with your mastodon account as well. Pretty neat.
https://mastodon.social/@dansup/110671802845980100Oh sweet!
the best thing is for people like me who just used instagram to lurk it works really well with mastodon or calckey. just follow whoever you like and it’ll show up in your feed no problem
Pixelfed seems to only show Mastodon posts with an image attached. Which seems intuitive when you think about it, but the user profile page is a bit wonky as the summary line lists a different number of posts for the person than what it shows for that person’s feed. Vice versa, following Pixelfed profiles from Mastodon, seems much more consistent so far.
@Yoz I’ve been on Pixelfed for about a year; highly enjoyable. All the good of instagram without the celebrities and “influencers”. I also follow my Pixelfed account from my mastodon so I can boost to all of my mastodon followers as well.
I’ve never used Instagram before but I would like to start posting photos, however the vibe I’m getting from Pixelfed is this is a medium for photography art. I’m learning to facet gemstones and thought it would be cool to do photos of my gems that I cut to show my talent progress. Would that kind of non-photography art fit in on Pixelfed?
yes. I follow some guy (gal?) who does ceramic jewelry work. the only way to make the fediverse more interesting is by adding multiple perspectives, hobbies and interests. your content will undoubtedly be welcomed.
yes. I follow some guy (gal?) who does ceramic jewelry work. the only way to make the fediverse more interesting is by adding multiple perspectives, hobbies and interests. your content will undoubtedly be welcomed.
Thank you for the reassurance, I think I will share my hobby once I start! Maybe someday you’ll see a gemstone on your feed and recognize my name. 😄
@meggied90 I’m not a photographer in any sense; I literally post the same things I would have posted on instagram - restaurants, things I see on daily walks, family photos. I follow people who post their exercises/run routes, dogs, whatever. I got the same initial vibe you mentioned, but I assure you, it has been an extremely welcoming community to me.
Thank you! You’re soothing my nervousness quite a bit lol, I’ll take the plunge and start posting as soon as I have my equipment!
What is there to do? Is it just meme accounts or did your friends start using it too?
I mostly use instagram to interact with IRL friends and follow some meme accounts, so I’m curious what this app even looks like if my friends aren’t on it.
I only wish it was easier for me to find people to follow, really wish more people I knew IRL joined PixelFed
You can’t be on what amounts to the bleeding edge of Social Media and expect your friends to be as well unless they’re all nerds that actually care about such things (like all of us clearly are).
No social media site started with millions of users and all of your friends. They all started small, and slowly grew to that size.
Well said, the problem is, I post nothing on instagram. So my presence on pixelfed is not at all a reason for anyone in my circle to join lol. I imagine since we’re all the nerds of our families/friend-groups here, this is probably the case for a lot of us.
I don’t understand Instagram, Facebook or Twitter, so I really have no use for Pixelfed or Mastodon.
Edit: I really don’t know why my top level comments get posted as a reply…
I find Instagram useful to see posts about local events, all artists are there
I enjoyed Instagram in its early days when it was mostly just photography instead of what it is now when even photographers have to turn photos into videos to reach anyone
Your comment is a top level comment, not a reply. At least it is on kbin.social. What are you using?
I guess then it’s one of the scripts acting up somehow.
Kbin replaces Reddit for me.
Why not lemmy?
@activator90
@Yoz Long story…Because when you search for a community on kbin, you can join communities from the search results. As far as I can tell, in Lemmy, you have to click into each community in order to join, so building my list of subscribed communities on Lemmy will take a while, especially considering all the server load problems Lemmy instances have been having with the influx of new users.
For me Lemmy is more accessible so i use it even that i know that kbin can not only see stuff from lemmy and kbin, but mastodon too (at least following people is possible)
So kbin has more features. As i was testing it there where some conversations about people switching for the better algorithm.
I think kbin is in general (with features) better but i like lemmy more.Different strokes!
Kbin federates with lemmy so what’s it matter?
@float
@Yoz @activator90 Well, Lemmy.ml blocks kbin instances. Which is not cool, try to avoid that instance.
I’m using Pixelffed to get replace Imgur and IG at the same time. One, it’s federated image site I can use to share image links on Lemmy. Two, while I haven’t found any of my social circle on there, it let’s me see all pictures posted throughout the Pixelfed fediverse while a lot from Mastodon. I like this feature because it helps me expand my exposure to users and images I wouldn’t have seen otherwise on IG.
Taking a quick glance of Pixelfed now, and while I don’t think I quite understand it, I didn’t really understand Instagram either
