Why is Pixelfed an extra network and not just a Mastodon client? (leminal.space)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by SebZuen@leminal.space to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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Hey group,

Why is there not a Mastodon client to only utilize the media grid and pack it into an Instagram layout?

When I was exploring Bluesky and its clients a while ago, I actually liked the approach of having one central protocol and then having clients strip different masks over it. The Flashes app, for example, packed the media posts from your regular Microblog-profile into a Instagram-layout, while still keeping all your regular followings.

The federation between Pixelfed instances and Masto instances doesn't seem to be 100% working to my eyes. Likewise, when I look at my Pixelfed account via Masto client, it doesnt show me the pictures in the media grid.

I know this touches the very core of ActivityPub federation, but during the last years I couldn't figure out why fedi-networks never interacted completely.

Please correct me if I got something wrong or you know about obvious alternatives that I haven't stumbled upon yet.

Cheers! Enjoy the sun today!

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[-] SebZuen@leminal.space 1 points 1 week ago

Hey y'all! Thanks for taking the time to share your technical and philosophical knowledge!

I think I fall prey early on to making too much of marketing claims like 'all platforms can speak to each other' for the Fediverse. Now, I understand better that the platform-tech might be friendly with each other, but do not necessarily have to use the same slang.

my dilemma is that I truly appreciate grassroot/self-governed/community places – but then again: network effects network effects network effects are the only way to get people to switch.

Bottomline is that this is a dilemma as old as the fediverse. Thanks for thinking along,

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