2y ago

How to Move Your Instagram Feed to Pixelfed, the Photo App That Doesn't Track Your Every Move

www.wired.com

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/3228570

Pixelfed got featured on the Wired and here's what @dansup@mastodon.social, the author of @pixelfed@mastodon.social, says:
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All those long nights working on backend scalability and performance improvements are about to be put to the test
I wasn't anticipating this attention for a few more months, but I'm ready 😎

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Hope this gets Pixelfed the attention it deserves. The app has improved so much in the last few months.
Kbin/Lemmy is the only Fediverse thing I've been able to get into...Mastodon and Pixelfed just don't have the things/people I want to follow. I only use Mastodon here and there thanks to the bird.makeup instance which clones people's twitter accounts. If I didn't...that feed would be a ghost town...Is there one that clones Instagram for Pixelfed?
- Defo check out firefish.social if you’re not into Mastodon. It’s got a lot of lovely features I wanted out of other mastodon apps.
  
  Yeah. Firefish is to Mastodon what Kbin is to Lemmy
  
  Cool, thanks for the info!
Is there an android app?
- Yes, but it isn't on f-droid or google play.
  
  The apps are listed on the official website. The official app is in public beta, but I hope it gets a public release soon. You can follow @pixelfed@mastodon.social on mastodon for updates. There are also 3rd party apps, but I haven't tried any.
Pixelfed for iOS (Beta) still refuses to upload any of my photos from my iPhone.
- Ultimated Privacy Achieved!! lol
Thanks for this, registered on the .de site and the app seems to work. Now to post some photos....
they got stories?
- I am fairly certain they do.
  
  The backend capabilities are there. The front end for the Web view must be enabled by the admin and the mobile apps currently lack the feature.
- Yes. Scroll to the end https://pixelfed.org/features
@bady i haven’t used instagram in some years, it i still have a lot of photos and memories saved there from way back when. i might do this…
Awesome! Now, if only I could move my Mastodon toots or PixelFed photos to another server. Sure, I can redirect my accounts, but then I’m stuck with the old content on another feed.
Has this actually worked for anyone? I click on Review Uploads and the website either crashed or nothing happens.

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