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What is Cara, the Instagram alternative that gained 600k users in a week? (www.creativebloq.com)

submitted 5 months ago by ekZepp@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Key points:

Cara's Rapid Growth: The app gained 600,000 users in a week
Artists Leaving Instagram: The controversy around Instagram using images to train AI led many artists to seek an alternative
Cara's Features: The app is designed specifically for artists and offers a 'Portfolio' feature. Users can tag fields, mediums, project types, categories, and software used to create their work
While Cara has grown quickly, it is still tiny compared to Instagram's massive user base of two billion.
Glaze Integration: Cara is working on integrating Glaze directly in the app to provide users with an easy way to protect their work from be used by any AI

more about: https://blog.cara.app/blog/cara-glaze-about

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[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 41 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Pixelfed looks like they are doing a huge push to get up to speed. It has been an immature app/platform for a long time and slow to get the features that people need from a photo sharing social media.

According to their mastodon, they are working for better AI management features, and launching an app that will make it a genuinely positive experience.

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The official app is available in beta. I’m very impressed w it

[–] ams@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 months ago

I really want Pixelfed to take off and this really could have been a moment, but after using it for more than a year now, I just can't see it. Development is very slow - it feels like a one-man show (it might not be). We do need an alternative to Instagram, but yeah..