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How to Move Your Instagram Feed to Pixelfed, the Photo App That Doesn't Track Your Every Move (www.wired.com)

submitted 1 year ago by bady@lemmy.ml to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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

Pixelfed got featured on the Wired and here's what @dansup@mastodon.social, the author of @pixelfed@mastodon.social, 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 😎

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[-] ashtrix@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 year ago

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

[-] dreamfall@artemis.camp 12 points 1 year 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?

[-] TaleOfSammy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year 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.

[-] macallik@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah. Firefish is to Mastodon what Kbin is to Lemmy

[-] dreamfall@artemis.camp 1 points 1 year ago

Cool, thanks for the info!

[-] RinseDrizzle@midwest.social 6 points 1 year ago

Is there an android app?

[-] ultrasquid@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Yes, but it isn't on f-droid or google play.

[-] bady@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year 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 @pixelfed@mastodon.social on mastodon for updates. There are also 3rd party apps, but I haven't tried any.

[-] jeanofthedead@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

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

[-] On@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Ultimated Privacy Achieved!! lol

[-] bretti_kivi@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

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

[-] darkkite@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

they got stories?

[-] 10EXP@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I am fairly certain they do.

[-] PhictionalOne@feddit.de 3 points 1 year 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.

[-] tinker@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Yes. Scroll to the end https://pixelfed.org/features

[-] mishamouse@hachyderm.io 3 points 1 year 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…

[-] signofzeta@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year 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.