The decentralized Instagram alternative is a great option if you want to back up your feed, focus on photo-sharing, or cut loose from Meta's empire entirely. And making the leap is surprisingly easy.

Pixelfed got featured on the Wired and here’s what @[email protected], the author of @[email protected], says:

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All those long nights working on backend scalability and performance improvements are about to be put to the test

I wasn’t anticipating this attention for a few more months, but I’m ready 😎

  • hoodatninja
    3•1 year ago

    Someone give me a hard sell here! Why should I use this app? I used to use Instagram (photographer/cinematographer), and I stopped using it because not just the tracking and all of that, but frankly, the content itself. Not to mention the algorithms are so busted and all they do is show me rage bait or flagrant ads disguised as content I would actually care about.

    Why do people like pixelfed?

    • Peafield
      8•1 year ago

      As with all the fediverse stuff, it feels like early Instagram when you weren’t bombarded by a million ads and celebrity bullshit all the time. It feels like a great community of amateur photographers coming together to share and be inspired again to take photos. That’s why I like it.

      • hoodatninja
        2•1 year ago

        Sounds great. How does sorting work on it? Is it just who you subscribe to and show what was the most recent?

        • Peafield
          2•1 year ago

          Yeah it’s either the latest from who you follow, local timelines or the federated one.

          • hoodatninja
            1•1 year ago

            Cool! Just joined the largest instance via Verrisage (sp?) hope to see you around! Going to post some 35mm shots of mine soon.