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.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/3228570

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 😎

  • @[email protected]
    24•11 months ago

    Hope this gets Pixelfed the attention it deserves. The app has improved so much in the last few months.

  • dreamfall
    12•11 months ago

    Kbin/Lemmy is the only Fediverse thing I’ve been able to get into…Mastodon and Pixelfed just don’t have the things/people I want to follow. I only use Mastodon here and there thanks to the bird.makeup instance which clones people’s twitter accounts. If I didn’t…that feed would be a ghost town…Is there one that clones Instagram for Pixelfed?

    • SammyEnglish
      4•11 months ago

      Defo check out firefish.social if you’re not into Mastodon. It’s got a lot of lovely features I wanted out of other mastodon apps.

  • @jeanofthedead
    English
    5•11 months ago

    Pixelfed for iOS (Beta) still refuses to upload any of my photos from my iPhone.

    • On
      7•11 months ago

      Ultimated Privacy Achieved!! lol

      • BadyOP
        4•11 months ago

        The apps are listed on the official website. The official app is in public beta, but I hope it gets a public release soon. You can follow @[email protected] on mastodon for updates. There are also 3rd party apps, but I haven’t tried any.

  • @[email protected]
    4•11 months ago

    Thanks for this, registered on the .de site and the app seems to work. Now to post some photos…

  • MishaMouse :serenity:
    3•11 months ago

    @bady i haven’t used instagram in some years, it i still have a lot of photos and memories saved there from way back when. i might do this…

  • @[email protected]English
    2•11 months ago

    Awesome! Now, if only I could move my Mastodon toots or PixelFed photos to another server. Sure, I can redirect my accounts, but then I’m stuck with the old content on another feed.

      • Phi
        3•11 months ago

        The backend capabilities are there. The front end for the Web view must be enabled by the admin and the mobile apps currently lack the feature.

  • jeanofthedead
    1•11 months ago

    Has this actually worked for anyone? I click on Review Uploads and the website either crashed or nothing happens.