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Re: Pixelfed – An alternative to centralized image sharing platforms

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Post by codewiz »

wicket wrote: post #23

> Registrations are closed. I think the lack of a common name/URL is the biggest problem that is preventing federated open source social networks from gaining mass popularity. I remember when identi.ca came out as an alternative to Twitter. It seemed like it was starting to gain some traction, then they switched to pump.io and closed registrations. I haven't heard of anyone using either since. Look at Diaspora, that…

Mastodon, however, has already picked up traction well beyond any of its predecessors, and continues to grow steadily.

https://the-federation.info/mastodon

Re: Pixelfed – An alternative to centralized image sharing platforms

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Post by CharlesW »

evolve2k wrote: post #27
wicket wrote: post #23

> Registrations are closed. I think the lack of a common name/URL is the biggest problem that is preventing federated open source social networks from gaining mass popularity. I remember when identi.ca came out as an alternative to Twitter. It seemed like it was starting to gain some traction, then they switched to pump.io and closed registrations. I haven't heard of anyone using either since. Look at Diaspora, that…

> Which pod do I choose? That is actually a great UX question. For federated services how do you think we best solve this? I mean everyone wants to just not pick one. But different loss suits people better in terms of location/interests/something else. UX folks, what patterns would you suggest to help solve this?

> For federated services how do you think we best solve this?

For distributed services, the solution must be such that the question "Which pod do I choose?" makes no sense. (There may not be a solution, in which case this may be distributed solutions' Achilles' Heel.)

Re: Pixelfed – An alternative to centralized image sharing platforms

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Post by AsyncAwait »

an4rchy wrote: post #28

On first glance, looks like a decentralized Instagram. A couple of questions: - What is the business model? If millions of people are on this and there's no ads/monetization -- how is the service covering costs? - If people had to pay, then it might limit adoption, how are you going to handle that? - How are you guys thinking about support, monitoring content (removing illegal/copyrighted content)

Each instance can be funded differently and you could pick the one you most like.

On Mastodon, most use Patreon, some are pay to sign up and some don't really accept donations at all.

Re: Pixelfed – An alternative to centralized image sharing platforms

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Post by AsyncAwait »

codetrotter wrote: post #11
muvek wrote: post #5

Twitter alternatives (mastodon), instagram alternative (pixelfed), reddit alternative (prismo.news)... Things are looking great!

For now I am still on Reddit but another open source alternative to Reddit that I learned about earlier today is https://tildes.net/ . Judging from the amount of votes and comments they have very few users as of yet. Will be interesting to see how Tildes develops over time.

https://tildes.net doesn't seem to be federated. Is it?

Re: Pixelfed – An alternative to centralized image sharing platforms

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Post by skinnymuch »

beardicus wrote: post #10

I've signed up for Pixelfed. It's nice enough. It doesn't seem like actual federation between Mastodon or other Pixelfed instances is up and running though. You can follow a Pixelfed account in Mastodon but not vice versa. Maybe I'm just doing something wrong. Anyways. It's fun... I post silly inconsequential pictures because I know only a half-dozen people will ever see them. The public timeline is not very lively s…

What’s made you sick of IG? Besides the news feed not being chronological order, nothing has susbtaintially changed for my day to day casual IG usage in a pretty long time. Yeah there are stories and more ads. If I don’t care about those, they can be easily ignored.

Re: Pixelfed – An alternative to centralized image sharing platforms

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Post by chris_mc »

codetrotter wrote: post #11
muvek wrote: post #5

Twitter alternatives (mastodon), instagram alternative (pixelfed), reddit alternative (prismo.news)... Things are looking great!

For now I am still on Reddit but another open source alternative to Reddit that I learned about earlier today is https://tildes.net/ . Judging from the amount of votes and comments they have very few users as of yet. Will be interesting to see how Tildes develops over time.

I used Tildes during the first round of public closed alpha and it's pretty nice, everyone was polite, and they didn't put up with rude folks or bullshit trolls. I ended up quitting because there wasn't enough content at the time and I was wasting too much time there, like I did on Reddit. However, I would say it might be worth going back there to check it out again. The platform itself is open source, I believe, and it uses as little JS as possible to make the site simple.

Re: Pixelfed – An alternative to centralized image sharing platforms

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Post by Kye »

thebaer wrote: post #29
beardicus wrote: post #10

I've signed up for Pixelfed. It's nice enough. It doesn't seem like actual federation between Mastodon or other Pixelfed instances is up and running though. You can follow a Pixelfed account in Mastodon but not vice versa. Maybe I'm just doing something wrong. Anyways. It's fun... I post silly inconsequential pictures because I know only a half-dozen people will ever see them. The public timeline is not very lively s…

That's pretty much how things are developing in the fediverse: each platform meant for its own content type, with the microblogging platforms generally being used for a "main" identity. So platforms like Pixelfed and Peertube can focus on photos and videos, respectively, while still interacting with the larger network. By not supporting following in the other direction, these specialized platforms can stay focused on…

It's a good theory in general, but I think in this specific case it's because there's one dev and he works on this in his spare time.

Re: Pixelfed – An alternative to centralized image sharing platforms

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Post by derefr »

evolve2k wrote: post #27
wicket wrote: post #23

> Registrations are closed. I think the lack of a common name/URL is the biggest problem that is preventing federated open source social networks from gaining mass popularity. I remember when identi.ca came out as an alternative to Twitter. It seemed like it was starting to gain some traction, then they switched to pump.io and closed registrations. I haven't heard of anyone using either since. Look at Diaspora, that…

> Which pod do I choose? That is actually a great UX question. For federated services how do you think we best solve this? I mean everyone wants to just not pick one. But different loss suits people better in terms of location/interests/something else. UX folks, what patterns would you suggest to help solve this?

Which email provider do I choose?

Email is a mature example of a federated system, and so if there is an answer to the general question, I'd expect we'll have figured it out in the context of email.

So... what's the "general strategy for picking an email provider?"

Re: Pixelfed – An alternative to centralized image sharing platforms

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Post by codetrotter »

AsyncAwait wrote: post #34
codetrotter wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For now I am still on Reddit but another open source alternative to Reddit that I learned about earlier today is https://tildes.net/ . Judging from the amount of votes and comments they have very few users as of yet. Will be interesting to see how Tildes develops over time.

https://tildes.net doesn't seem to be federated. Is it?

I don’t think so, no. They probably would have said so if it was.

I wonder if they are open to patches that would make it federated.

Re: Pixelfed – An alternative to centralized image sharing platforms

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Post by tgragnato »

skinnymuch wrote: post #35
beardicus wrote: post #10

I've signed up for Pixelfed. It's nice enough. It doesn't seem like actual federation between Mastodon or other Pixelfed instances is up and running though. You can follow a Pixelfed account in Mastodon but not vice versa. Maybe I'm just doing something wrong. Anyways. It's fun... I post silly inconsequential pictures because I know only a half-dozen people will ever see them. The public timeline is not very lively s…

What’s made you sick of IG? Besides the news feed not being chronological order, nothing has susbtaintially changed for my day to day casual IG usage in a pretty long time. Yeah there are stories and more ads. If I don’t care about those, they can be easily ignored.

E.g. some people don't want to be forced to ignore things.
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