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I've turned off registration temporarily while we resolve the below question, since people would have to re-register if we migrate domains.
Sooo uh. Right after we launched this, Dan (pixelfed dev) got back to us and said we could have pixelfed.ca if we want it.
How does everyone feel about pixelfed.ca vs pixeld.ca for our base domain? Now's the time to pivot!
Edit: We're up at https://pixelfed.ca/ now instead, come on over! You probably do not want to to try to migrate an existing account.
I do think pixelfed.ca sounds more organic.
I agree. I'm inclined to switch once the domain transfer finishes.
I like pixelfed.ca for the simple reason that it shares the name with the service, same as Lemmy.
Pixelfed.ca is way better. If you type pixeld.ca on mobile, autocorrect will try to change it to pixels.ca. Constantly. It’s very annoying. pixelfed gets suggested to pixel fed or pixelated, both which are a bit more obvious
Pixeld.ca feels really awkward to say/read, pixelfed.ca is definitely better.
A bit too late to vote (pixelfed.ca would have been mine anyway), but I love how something like this can happen on the fediverse. Other types of services (eg: x.com) are all about competition and screwing over the other guy, and then here you have one instance handing over a perfect domain to another so they can have a better presence.
Huge props to Dan for giving up his domain, as well as to the lemmy.ca team for expanding the fediverse.
Pixelfed.ca is the winner, I say.
Agreed, it sounds better to my ears!
I like pixelfed.ca. I love feeding myself with some pixel cats photos (get it?... Yeah...).
So glad this worked out! It's a better choice domain wise!
@Shadow@lemmy.ca am I missing something with how federation works? I'm trying to follow the admin over at stux@pixey.org; I am able to search for them and I can see the account but there are 0 posts.
I can see there are some posts on the Global feed from accounts on .social, so I guess I'm just not sure if I'm doing something wrong or if it'll just take a bit to sync up.
Unfortunately I don't think historical posts are pulled in, just things that have happened since our server started watching their server. If you follow them you'll see any future things they make (as will other users on our server).
Hey, quick question:
If we import our content from Instagram, what's the default visibility? I tried importing it on another instance and the default was "unlisted" meaning it was still public, but not displayed in searches and public feeds.
Is that something you guys can set server side? If so, I'd prefer they be private and only visible to my approved followers.
I don't think there is an option in the main admin console for that, but we can look around for any settings in the config.
On that other instance, was your account set to private initially?
Yes it was.
I think there is an open bug about this in their github. This might change in the future.
Also, is it normal that I see no posts in the main page feed? Will I only see posts of people I exclusively follow?
There should be three feeds actually:
I love how it's just pet pics and nature haha
Great. I'm slowly but surely leaving American social networks, so it's great to ee more options.
Is it possible to just use our lemmy accounts to log in? My understanding of activity pub and the fedeverse is that it should be possible, but maybe I'm misunderstanding something.
Unfortunately you can't do that yet. That's one of those things that will hopefully be possible eventually with the Fediverse. Right now you can view content from elsewhere, but the accounts are tied to the instance that you are on.
It is possible to sign in with a Mastodon account on some instances, thanks to an integration they set up. It might be possible to do something similar with Lemmy, but I imagine it would be more difficult. Mastodon and Pixelfed were relatively similar already.
For example, it's technically possible to view your lemmy user on pixelfed.ca: https://pixelfed.ca/i/web/profile/798599852495369073
You can also view a pixelfed.ca user on here: https://lemmy.ca/u/shadow@pixelfed.ca
However both profiles are blank, so federation between Pixelfed and Lemmy isn't as smooth as say, Pixelfed and Mastodon
This is great. I downloaded the app a while back but held off on proceeding past the instance selection, as I was hoping to see a simple .ca option. Guess I'll go back and sign up!
Yes! It's finally here! My first experience with Pixelfed was back in 2019 on an instance which got shut down shortly after I signed up. It really demonstrated the importance of picking the "right" instance. Given Fedecan's track record with Lemmy.ca, I know Pixelfed.ca won't suffer the same fate. 😊
Awesome! I dropped my barely-used account and set up a new one on our instance.
It’s all cat pictures!
I always need more cat pictures
Have y'all been in contact with Chad over at mstdn.ca? Would be pretty cool if we could support the mastodon folks in some way as well!
We've messaged back and forth :) Nothing official yet
Would be pretty cool if we could support the mastodon folks in some way as well!
Agreed!
Is there a way to login with my mstdn.ca account like I can with the main server?
Update: It should be working now!
We're going to explore some more. We didn't disable it, so it might be in the config somewhere
It's been out for a while: https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed/110727848627479712
Personally I found the mastodon sign up to be unreliable, and ended up making an account separately, back when I was on another Pixelfed instance
Woohoo another nail in the Meta coffin! Lets use canadian social media!
Oh there was already one called pxlfd.ca to mimic mstdn.ca in terms of hostname.
Amazing work! Made an account as a placeholder (for now) and the site's really snappy.
Edit: Goodbye account. It was nice knowin' ya 🫡
Edit2: Hello, even newer account! 🫡
~~Welcome~~ Welcome!
I’m an existing user on pixelfed.social, are you going to support migrating accounts? Or is that on by default with pixelfed?
I think it's on by default, I'm not seeing any config options. If you have trouble let me know!
Good, can we do some kind of CAN/UE fusion ? There's apparently nothing left of any ideal worth pursuing in the US. Time to stand together I guess.
American here. Fantastic job, guys! Keeping my fingers crossed for you. Don't break this boycott, you have more power than the fascists want the world to think!
You can do this. I believe in you!
Now that I’m all set up i put my profile on Facebook to see if I can attract some more “regular” people.
I have an artist friend who was interested in the idea of running a Pixelfed account side-by-side with his instagram, but Instagram linking to the Pixelfed with some bonus content there. I’m gonna see if he needs help with that later today.
This is awesome. Thanks for doing this!
I’m trying to sign up through the Pixelfed app, but it doesn’t show this server and I don’t see anywhere to type it in. Help?
Edit: Oh I found the entry box under Other, way down at the bottom then sign-in to custom server.
I’m thinking I need to sign up on the webpage though.
Edit: signup isn’t working for me the mobile website. I’ll try on desktop later.
Thats a bad login flow for a fediverse app if you arent clearly presented with a homeserver choice at first run :/ There are other (possibly better) pixelfed apps but i havent tried pixelfed at all so cant really comment on them.
Gotta scroll down a bit https://pixelfed.org/mobile-apps
Yes the UX needs some work =(
It is very bad. Thanks for the link :)
Super. Been looking forward to this.