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Why is there Mastodon and Pixelfed? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 8 months ago by beta_tester@lemmy.ml to c/mastodon@lemmy.ml
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Why is there #Mastodon and #Pixelfed?

On pixelfed there's only images but you can filter mastodon for images. Why would I make two profiles and when do I post which image to which platform?

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[โ€“] beta_tester@lemmy.ml 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Better marketing?

I don't know

[โ€“] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 3 points 8 months ago

It might have a bit to do with people being tired of mainstream social media sites trying to be everything and clone each other. Snapchat was a neat novelty to me initially but they tried to do too much and lost my interest. They may want to focus on doing one things exceptionally well