Damn the fediverse is really having it's moment. I guess even non-techie people really are truly getting fed up with corporate social media.
this post was submitted on 12 Aug 2023
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My personal observation is that people have been fed up for quite a while, not so much by the Instagram app itself but by Meta's brand, their untrustworthiness and the general vapid and scammy nature of the hordes of Influencers and "hustlers". It's just regular folks aren't aware of decent alternatives or the alternatives aren't quite there yet.
I mean we're still a long long way from reaching mainstream status.
I think lemmy and it's growth is the biggest step forward in the direction of the fediverse becoming "mainstream" alongside twitters implosion As this platform specifically develops more and the front end UI improves in spite of its current flaws, I feel like lemmy and kbin are probably the most likely to be picked up by the general public as it is the easiest to navigate and populate with content. You can federate whole communities in with tons of content, instead of just individual users. There are quirks but I think it has the most potential, it's like the fediverse was made for this kind of platform in mind specifically.
Mastodon currently comprises about 90% of Fediverse users so I'll have to disagree on that one.
Not everything needs to be mainstream to be great. Sometimes being less known is what makes sites great since you are sure that the user base that is on there are there because of similar reason. Unlike mainstream apps where users trend to be there only because it is hip to be there but don't care for what the sites actually stands for. Hence the proliferation of garbage material in large mainstream sites.
Someone asked this before, but is there a Canadian instance for pixelfed? That's what's kept me from trying it out.
I see that pixelfed.ca is registered, but doesn't seem to go anywhere.
Otherwise is there another good instance to make an account on?
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?
In my experience it is very much focused around photography, similar to Instagram when it was still good. The lack of algorithms pushing bullshit makes the feed feel much more organic, showing the people you follow - and there are already, in my experience, a healthy amount of talented people sharing interesting content.
Then again, I appreciate nature photography, so I'm not hard to satisfy.
Pixelfed is great but it never had a mass migration like Mastodon or Lemmy. So it lacks users.
Yes, but things can change. Stories of Mastodon and Lemmy are inspiring. When Reddit backslash happened, Lemmy was already there as a good alternative for people to switch to. So was the case of Mastodon with the Twitter exodus. It's good that we've Pixelfed, it may be just a matter of time.
I'm on pixelfed, and truthfully, the lack of professional grade photos there are what actually made it great for me. I want to see ordinary photos from ordinary people. Taken during their ordinary day to day life.
I've been posting on pixelfed.social but haven't had much interaction, but maybe this will get the word out a bit.
Some will say
Touch the real grass, outside...
*JK, better have real social interaction outside tbh
All my pictures are of outside activities, figured maybe someday someone local may see then interact outside as well.