You can see it if you check https://fedidb.org/. Monthly active users have gone from just a hair under one million to somewhere around 1.4 million and still growing. How do we think this will go? How do we feel about this influx of new users? Has PixelFed done something different that Mastodon hasn't?

I feel like I didn't really recognize having different "platforms" like Mastodon, PixelFed, etc would give multiple opportunities for the fediverse to make a "first" impression with people.

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[–] radiantshackles@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Don't wanna throw cold water on what should be a celebration, but are these all distinct active users? I have separate accounts on Lemmy, PixelFed, Mastodon, and Loops--do I still count as one active user, or am I four? If the latter, I think it's plenty likely that others like me have simply gotten used to the first fedi platform they chose and are branching out as they learn about more. Maybe doesn't account for all the growth, but would explain away some of the meteoric rise.

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[–] Hominy_Hank@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Nothing works on pixelfee for me. Half the photos are just black. It shows an account has a lot of posts, but I don't see anything. Searches being up results but selecting one of those results produces zero results.

How are y'all getting pixelfed to work?

[–] westyvw@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago

I joined an instance, I discovered some people who posted some cool pictures and so I added them to my feed.

Maybe try dropping the instance you started with?

I gotta say I am rather meh about it, but that isn't pixelfeeds fault. I just dont really care to see people posting random shit online.

But I gotta try so I can explain it to people who do because so many businesses (usually small artists) feel they can't leave Instagram because they don't know where else to market, and their followers won't leave because the business is there.

I can't recommend change without experiencing it so I can help support it.

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Its' pretty great.

As with the time I joined Mastodon, it takes a couple of weeks to find what you like and build up a good feed, but once you do that, it's useful and fun. I wish it had more curation tools, but I enjoy it.

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[–] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

👍

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The mood and anger here is starting to feel like Reddit recently and now I know why

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[–] Damage@feddit.it 5 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Is there a way to peruse pixelfed feeds from Lemmy or Mastodon? Or do I have to make yet another account?

[–] leadore@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Yes, you can follow a pixelfed account from your mastodon account and see their posts in your feed. Paste the url of their page into your mastodon search to bring up their profile, then you can view their posts and/or follow them.

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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Haven't really gotten around to checking it out yet. TBH I can read a lot faster than most videos explain concepts.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 3 weeks ago

How do I feel?

I was following my Lemmy rule and hunting out smaller instances rather than pile into the biggest one.
tried 4 separate smaller instance sign ups and never got a single one of them to work and send me a verification email, so I kinda gave up....

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 5 points 3 weeks ago

We just need to explain federation to them

[–] leadore@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

We feel good.

[–] Azerick@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago

Gonna check this out. Looks interesting thanks.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I find it sort of shocking that you didn't think people who use different types of social media would be swayed by non-micro blogging specific platforms. Nobody wants to join the fediverse because it's the fediverse. They want to join something that's fun and similar to what they're used to.

Micro blogging sucks. I hate it. I've always hated Twitter and none of that hate has come from anything related to who has owned it or their policies. I've just genuinely never felt a desire to communicate with 280 characters (historically 140). The discussion threads are also garbage and all over the place. Why would someone who is used to platforms like Reddit or Instagram want to use Mastodon?

Has PixelFed done something different that Mastodon hasn't?

Yes, it's done "not be a micro blogging platform".

I'm aware Mastodon doesn't always have the same character limits that Twitter does, but that's apart from the point.

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[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Lemmy can't federate with pixelfed yet can it? I know we have some integration with mastodon, but I'm guessing we can't connect to pixelfed directly yet?

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago

It can but you can't follow users from Lemmy, same issue as mastodon

[–] pigeonholedpoetry@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If it brings more diversity, I’m all for it. If it makes it even more super left psycho Echo chamber-y then it will just be annoying.

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

As we've proven, actual leftists can't really create an echo chamber because we vehemently disagree with each other on everything.

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[–] BilliamBoberts@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Excited. Anyone know if/when their gonna add dark mode?

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