Decentralized Instagram alternative Pixelfed launches mobile apps : fediverse

[-] finley@lemm.ee 66 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

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[-] sjmarf@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

~~It has a dark mode now (on iOS, at least. Maybe they’ve got a different codebase for Android)~~

Edit: Scratch that. Only the login flow has dark mode.

[-] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

I hope they also add a feature for short video clips.

[-] tisktisk@piefed.social 17 points 1 month ago

loops.video integration wen?

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

you gotta keep ’em separated

[-] tisktisk@piefed.social 7 points 1 month ago

Hey, man, you talkin' back to me?

[-] sorghum@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

Hey! Man you disrespectin' me?

[-] JudahBenHur@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

did you know the singer for the offspring came up with that line when he was working in lab- he was making petri dishes and you make them hot and then cool them to a certain temperature.. so he was trying to wrap up and the petri dishes weren't cooling down quickly enough, so he moved them all apart to allow air to flow between them and kept saying "you gotta keep em seperated" in his head, and then used this one riff they had while they were working on the album with that line. come out and play was the last song they made for that album

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

…when the Undertaker threw Mankind off hеll in a cell, and plummeted sixteen feet through an announcer’s table.

[-] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago

oooooOOOOOoooo!!! I didn't even know about this. But yes.

[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

They've had one for a while.

[-] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

I haven't been able to upload any videos.

[-] madjo@feddit.nl 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Keep your reels off Pixelfed please. Use loops.video instead.

Pixelfed is a photo sharing platform

[-] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago

The screencap in the article looks pretty dark to me? Is there something that needs to be dark that the example pic doesn't show? Asking as someone that turns everything to dark mode.

[-] chris@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

As of now, the iOS app does not have a dark mode. Though, I believe the Android version does.

[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago

It doesn't.

[-] chris@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

Weird. I feel like at some point I remember it having a dark mode on one or the other. Wonder when and why it was removed.

[-] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

It wasn't removed, there was never an app before.

[-] veganpizza69@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

how are they paying for the hosting?

[-] Fitik@fedia.io 26 points 1 month ago

Donations and NLNet grant, you can support Pixelfed yourself

https://pixelfed.org/support-our-project

[-] TheFederatedPipe@fedia.io 15 points 1 month ago

I just installed and is pretty neat. Truly a photo first social media.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago

Is Pixelfed an appropriate place to upload an image to share on Lemmy / Mastodon?

[-] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 7 points 1 month ago

It’s doable, but you might as well just upload it here. But for smaller albums, it would be a good idea.

[-] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

What's the intended use case for Pixelfed?

[-] Blaze@feddit.org 22 points 1 month ago

Instagram replacement rather than Imgur

For that there is https://catbox.moe/ and https://imgbb.com/

[-] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 1 points 1 month ago

Pixelfed can be used as image hoster likewise, those 2 you mention are proprietary, so if one cared about that, they might prefer Pixelfed

[-] RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago

It acts as a Instagram replacement (but is actually about photos and not videos)

[-] Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 2 points 1 month ago

loops.video is aiming for the video segment. Tho' it seems like one app for pix and vids would be nifty.

[-] RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Pixelfed does videos to, and I think federation with loops is planned

[-] Microw@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

Whatever the usecase for Instagram is

[-] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 3 points 1 month ago

https://pixelfed.org/

[-] MxRemy@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago

I've been doing that exact thing, but only as long as the images would be Instagram-worthy in the first place. Not just temporary junk. I figure it's probably more optimized for picture storage, since that's the whole point right? Plus then I get it two places instead of one!

If you use the raw media link itself instead of the link to the post, it displays on Lemmy exactly the same as if you'd uploaded it here in the first place. So that's nice.

[-] garretble@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

I have a Pixelfed account and have tried the app.

But I can't actually make posts using it. Don't know where the hiccup is.

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 6 points 1 month ago

No dark mode, no use.

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[-] aliser@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

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

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

It might help to pick a smaller instance.

[-] little_beefy@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

pixey.org is a good one to try

[-] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

That's odd. I've had the app for like 3 months.

[-] atro_city@fedia.io 1 points 1 month ago

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 1 points 1 month ago

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

HMU bb https://pxlmo.com/jakelec

[-] M137@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

The beta, not sure how you missed that.

[-] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

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 1 points 1 month ago

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

[-] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

That's probably where I got it then.

Add me! https://pxlmo.com/jakelec

[-] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

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

[-] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago

The Impressia for Pixelfed app has been serving me well the past 6 months.

[-] Sunshine@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

I was wondering about that app as I saw the listing. I'm glad someone likes it.

[-] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I’m a little underwhelmed by the iOS app itself, but the content is great

Hopefully Pixelfed continues to bloom into a solid community!

The app doesn’t really feel native, and doesn’t have features like clicking to enlarge an image. If it’s open source I’d look into helping though

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