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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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[–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 91 points 4 days ago (1 children)

https://pixelfed.fediverse.observer/dailystats

Be interesting to see what it looks like a month from now -- the size of plateau and drop-off.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 57 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Me working with small businesses to switch off of Instagram

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 13 points 4 days ago

Thank you for your service

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[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 90 points 5 days ago

Hot damn, it moved up 3 spots from just the other day!

GO PIXELFED GO!

[–] Raglesnarf@lemmy.world 21 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 5 points 4 days ago

And if you didn't already know, you now know about the Streisand effect.

[–] dumples@midwest.social 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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?

[–] dbkblk@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Why won't you be able to create two accounts?

[–] dumples@midwest.social 2 points 1 day ago

Some systems tie one email address to one account only. Just wondering. I'll try it out to see i guess

[–] brb@sh.itjust.works 21 points 4 days ago

9th in Finland

torille

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 24 points 4 days ago

Fuck it, I'm joining now.

[–] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 21 points 4 days ago (6 children)

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?

[–] ThomasCrappersGhost@feddit.uk 6 points 4 days ago

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.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] TrueStoryBob@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago

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.

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[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 23 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If they had gotten loops into the stores they could have gained so many users this past week im sure

[–] breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca 15 points 4 days ago

Imagine being the one guy who runs both of those and having them both blow up at once though 🪦rip

[–] Suoko@feddit.it 29 points 4 days ago (1 children)

37th pos in italy. 1st is Rednote :-O

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 17 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Wait what?!

Why is Italians... When it's Americans... I'm so confused!

[–] Suoko@feddit.it 13 points 4 days ago

Me too. I guess because a lot of Italians like to pretend to be americans.

[–] xorollo@leminal.space 9 points 4 days ago (2 children)

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.

[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Pixelfed.art is all artists posting their work!

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[–] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 5 days ago (10 children)

Does it work better on iOS? Because for me the app is very slow and sometimes just never loads anything

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 38 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I don't know. That's probably not an issue with the app but with your particular instance/server.

[–] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Dang, alright. I tried pixelfed.social and SDF. Guess I'll keep making accounts until I find one that works

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[–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 12 points 4 days ago (5 children)

pixelfed.social's starting to slow down. I think the growth's hitting it hard.

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[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 20 points 4 days ago (7 children)

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.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 35 points 4 days ago (2 children)

It's a non-shitty instagram.

[–] viking@infosec.pub 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 18 points 4 days ago (4 children)

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!

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 8 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I think there needs to be a way to plug algorithms in for those that want them.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 4 points 4 days ago

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.

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[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Open source and decentralized Instagram alternative.

Loops.video is an open source and decentralized TikTok alternative.

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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 11 points 4 days ago (4 children)

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.

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[–] sol6_vi@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

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.

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[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 21 points 5 days ago (12 children)

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.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 39 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

"Here's my angry, unpopular, barely coherent diatribe apropos of nothing about this large and diverse group of people definitely being angry and hostile."

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[–] argon@lemmy.today 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You seem like a very relaxed person

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[–] 7dev7random7@suppo.fi 4 points 3 days ago

meabouttoleaveatremendousreviewthere

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 15 points 4 days ago (7 children)

For you maybe. I had to scroll to #79 to see it.

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[–] SatanClaus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Hopefully they can get the app to run well. It's seemingly shit on android right now. Unsure if it's something on my end.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 13 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Most likely nothing to do with the app itself, just the server. As with any product that experiences sudden growth.

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