It's as a reaction to the news about TikTok possibly being sold and people jumping to "Red Book", the other Chinese platform. Maybe some people will read the TechCrunch article and consider Pixelfed.

[–] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I like pixel fed, but like all federated websites, it doesn't have a lot of content yet.

HMU bb https://pxlmo.com/jakelec

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[–] wheeldawg@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago

I'm still trying to figure out why anybody uses ANY software of Chinese origin.

But all it needs to be is "fun" I guess. People literally don't think past that. Then they all do the surprised Pikachu face when something bad happens.

I've always hated TikTok, and avoided it like the plague. I'm not convinced it's a whole psyop or anything, but my trust of it is basically negative.

As for government meddling, I'm not sure yet how I feel about it in this case.

[–] M137@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The beta, not sure how you missed that.

[–] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Damn, you are right. Now that you mention it, I did signup for the beta through their website. I just forgot.

[–] breadcat@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

its been on fdroid since last october, this is just the first official release on gplay and apple

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[–] aliser@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago (3 children)

once again tried to register. this time, the biggest instance doesn't even load.

[–] little_beefy@lemm.ee 6 points 4 days ago

pixey.org is a good one to try

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[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Is that like a federated version of flikr?

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[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 days ago

Yeah I tried the beta before. I just got a new smartphone so I'm happy it's available I the app store.

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