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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by bady@lemmy.ml to c/fediverse@lemmy.ml

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 ๐Ÿ˜Ž

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[-] hoodatninja@kbin.social 5 points 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@programming.dev 9 points 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@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 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@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

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

[-] hoodatninja@kbin.social 3 points 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.

[-] itsmistermoon@feddit.cl 3 points 1 year ago

Well, for starters it has none of those things that you dislike so much about instagram.

this post was submitted on 12 Aug 2023
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