I also have to admit: the past months or so I have been almost completely passive on pixelfed, not giving many likes and shares but just getting them, well and producing content…
Ok, I just noticed: during the first days of the wave my new followers defintely came from pixelfed.social, but since one or two days they seem to come from other pixelfed instances as well.
I can’t upload anything at the moment. It’s got a few shots uploaded previously but can’t get it to work right now. Maybe the files are too big. Does it downscale the pics automatically, u know?
Edit: Only works in browser where I can adjust size
What does It mean?
“Federates” means that all the instances of pixelfed, mastodon, etc. can all talk to one another. This is done via a protocol called Activity Pub. It means you don’t need an account on the “flagship” server, because your posts from another served will be sent to the “flagship” server. Its very close to how email works: not everyone has gmail, but you can send and receive messages to/from gmail.
The idea of pixelfed/mastodon is that you can have a bunch of smaller instances that doesn’t can talk to one another.
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I looked into pixelfed several months ago and found things a little sparse and not very responsive. After reading this thread I tried again and even uploaded some photos. Things are running much more smoothly and there seems to be a very large influx of new users on a daily basis. I absolutely refuse to participate in Instagram or any other social program that harvests information (X, FB especially). Although it can still be a little clunky I think pixelfed is something that I could really grow to like.
Yes. It’s improved in the past few days and I’ve posted a few items. Quite like that it’s photo focused and so far it does seem to be people interested in photography rather than memes
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You have a new follower
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