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[–] umbraroze@lemmy.world 141 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Funny thing, Pixelfed isn't even a competitor to Instagram in the very very strictest sense.

Pixelfed is a federated service for posting photos.

Instagram started out as a service for posting photos, but it has become this... thing. I don't even know anymore.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 68 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You don't even see photos anymore. It is 99% videos at this point.

[–] tgxn@lemmy.tgxn.net 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 10 points 1 week ago

The adverts are videos also

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 49 points 1 week ago

Instagram started out as a camera filter app. Then you could post pictures. When I first downloaded it to my iPhone 3 it was only a filter. I was very confused when I tried it again on android years later.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 40 points 1 week ago (2 children)

but it has become this... thing.

It's very appropriate to call Instagram now.... a thing. The site just became something to post bragadacious, fake rich lifestyle photos, people wanting to become meme themselves, or scantily clad girls looking for attention for themselves if not for their OnlyFans.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

bragadacious. I learneded a new english today.

Err I mean. Obviously I already knew the word and it's meaning, and even how to say it. I know a lot of words. People always comment on how many words I know. Im just really smart, to be honest.

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A misinformation-peddling service for the oligarchy?

[–] Garibaldee@lemm.ee 119 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Owned by someone almost no one likes, shoves 1000s of ads down your throat, can't even look at something someone else sent you because you don't have an account. Why are people leaving???

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[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 49 points 1 week ago

Not, it isn't. It was most likely a spam filter. Images and longer messages work fine.

[–] Petter1@lemm.ee 48 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Funny how it was outrageous when Musk did it, and now it’s already common and accepted…

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 42 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm old enough to remember Nintendo suing GameGenie for making the test codes on their games more broadly accessible. And Apple suing indie firms that made 3rd party peripherals for their devices. Don't forget Microsoft's unholy war on Netscape Navigator, as they deliberately tried to sabotage the popular third party web browser from working via various Microsoft updates. Hell, I think you can find case law in the 1920s on Ford Motor Company fighting spare parts manufacturers and trying to box them out of the industry. Corporate dinosaurs fighting to keep startups from interfacing with their products is a tale as old as time.

Historically, Facebook/Google/Twitter/et al were focused on integrating with common systems, because they were the underdogs struggling against firms like Microsoft and Comcast who were trying to maintain their Walled Garden. Now they're kings of the hill, pushing competition off their doorstep.

Its sleazy and toxic and ultimately bad for the industry as a whole. But its nothing new.

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[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 44 points 1 week ago

I haven't heard of PixelFed, but thanks for informing me and I shall go!

[–] bruhsoulz@lemmy.ml 34 points 1 week ago

App came out and looking super solid <333

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 1 week ago

Zucky is feeling insecure.

I'd say provide links (maybe in an escape hub page) for all the Meta main service pages, to assert dominance.

If you want to be nasty, track how often those links have been clicked. (Meta can't win. If it's too low, it shows nobody wants to go there. If it's too high, it means people are using the page as a Meta hub.)

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 week ago

We are in the then they fight you stage.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I"ve been on Pixelfed for three days and, sadly, it's pretty underwhelming.

I'm going to give it a few weeks though and build up a feed.

[–] ChapulinColorado@lemmy.world 46 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Lemmy was pretty sparse on posts not that long ago. Time can help.

[–] potustheplant@feddit.nl 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] priapus@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

You might be spending too much time on Lemmy if you're still finding it lacking in content. Unless you're referring to the amount of content in niche communities, in which case I'd agree.

[–] WhatSay@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Old enough to remember when you could get to the "end of Twitter", because you'd swiped through all the active posts of the day.

[–] murph@lemmy.sdf.org 22 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Remember, there is no algorithm pushing people towards you, look around, follow people, and see who they follow.

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[–] murph@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 week ago

Follow hashtags for things you're interested in too.

[–] arapirilous@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

Yeah sadly there's not much people on there.

[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Try MetaPixl

[–] ryper@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 week ago

This is why we gotta ban TikTok!!!! \s

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

What would the EU think of this?

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lemmy.world too. At least in admin chat.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)
[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Last week. Was is admin chat talking about moving a group to lemmy. And FB deleted admin chat posts containing links to lemmy.world.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

So not .world, it was Facebook?

Edit. Ah! Im slow lol I get you now. FB removed the lemmy link. Thanks

[–] Jeffool@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

hah thanks for your line of questioning. I too initially thought they were saying LW was blocking PixelFed.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Oof looks like they're down for the count on top of it

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

If you’re running an instance why not just cut the shit and block Meta?

[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Of course they are

[–] spireghost@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I don't get why people rush to the next replica platform that will go down the exact same path of overstimulating you / mentally harming you.

Just delete Instagram.

Don't replace it.

[–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 37 points 1 week ago (1 children)

One advantage of Pixelfed is that it not a commercial company. So unlike Instagram, they do not have financial motivation to addict and exploit. So for people who are interested in seeing and sharing picture galleries, that seems like a good option to me.

(Personally I don't use Instagram or Pixelfed, or any other similar service.)

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 6 points 1 week ago
[–] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I deleted instagram. I held on to Facebook for 2 reasons. One, marketplace has taken over as the only viable local resell platform. And Two, it's the only platform I can use to share my music locally and vastly. I want my friends, family, and neighbors to hear my music and other than handing out a card with QR code to my Spotify, then I kind of stuck.

[–] peregrin5@lemm.ee 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I refuse to use Facebook even for Marketplace. I still have pretty good luck with Craigslist.

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[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 4 points 1 week ago

I don’t get why people rush to the next replica platform that will go down the exact same path of overstimulating you / mentally harming you.

I think they get used to the level of stimulation and now feel "wrong" without it. It takes a certain self-awareness to realize that it would be healthier to recalibrate your expectations. (I don't think Pixelfed is a comparatively harmful platform at the moment anyway, although I suppose it could someday become one.)

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