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I almost never look at the app store but I popped in today in the wake of the TikTok ban and was shocked to see this.

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[–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 92 points 1 week ago (1 children)

https://pixelfed.fediverse.observer/dailystats

Be interesting to see what it looks like a month from now -- the size of plateau and drop-off.

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 58 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Me working with small businesses to switch off of Instagram

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 14 points 1 week ago

Thank you for your service

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[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 91 points 1 week ago

Hot damn, it moved up 3 spots from just the other day!

GO PIXELFED GO!

[–] Suoko@feddit.it 30 points 1 week ago (1 children)

37th pos in italy. 1st is Rednote :-O

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wait what?!

Why is Italians... When it's Americans... I'm so confused!

[–] Suoko@feddit.it 13 points 1 week ago

Me too. I guess because a lot of Italians like to pretend to be americans.

[–] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 1 week ago (8 children)

Does it work better on iOS? Because for me the app is very slow and sometimes just never loads anything

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 38 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't know. That's probably not an issue with the app but with your particular instance/server.

[–] secret300@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Dang, alright. I tried pixelfed.social and SDF. Guess I'll keep making accounts until I find one that works

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

.social works fine for me. I mean it's not lightning fast but it's not slow either.

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[–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 12 points 1 week ago (5 children)

pixelfed.social's starting to slow down. I think the growth's hitting it hard.

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[–] finley@lemm.ee 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Works fine for me. Just wish it had a dark mode.

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[–] breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Yes. The Android app has some serious problems right now. Pixelix is probably the best Android app for now - though it has it's own rough edges. It's $2.99 in the Play store but free on F-Droid.

Using them together, however, does make for one complete (but inconvenient) app.

Edit: one of the worst Pixelix pain points was that notifications didn't actually link to the things it was notifying you about. This was just fixed in an update. The only thing you really lose out on is push notifications in the official app now.

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[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

Fuck it, I'm joining now.

[–] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If they had gotten loops into the stores they could have gained so many users this past week im sure

[–] breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 week ago

Imagine being the one guy who runs both of those and having them both blow up at once though 🪦rip

[–] Raglesnarf@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I only heard of Pixelfed because of a post somewhere that was saying Facebook was blocking links to the website. I made an account and started using it for fun to spite Facebook. Now this could have simply been a bait post to drive engagement to Pixelfed **or ** Facebook is dumb and did some kind of Streisand effect.

It doesn't matter either way

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[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (9 children)

BlueSky being ahead of X is a real testament to how Mastodon users are insufferable and hostile. I love and use Mastodon but Jesus Christ, make some jokes and relax. Al Gore didn’t take the lead in creating the Internet for people to be insufferable. If a game is on, people might talk about it. Don’t chime in about colonialism or whatever during the game. Relax. We’ll talk about that on a weekday.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 39 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

"Here's my angry, unpopular, barely coherent diatribe apropos of nothing about this large and diverse group of people definitely being angry and hostile."

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[–] argon@lemmy.today 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You seem like a very relaxed person

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[–] tonytins@pawb.social 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's like saying all Lemmy users are hostile.

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 18 points 1 week ago (2 children)

FUCK YOU!

Pass the beans when you get a chance? Thanks!

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[–] brb@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 week ago

9th in Finland

torille

[–] Jimmycrackcrack@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Is there any progress towards marrying these different fediverse services together so I could use my Lemmy account on any of them? Is this a goal at all?

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ahhh I'm sure I've read something about it but I'm not the best person to ask.

I know it's possible because you can sign into Pixelfed with your Mastodon account right now.

[–] TrueStoryBob@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

You can follow Lemmy threads and users on Mastodon right now, but it's super clunky just from the fact both platforms are so different from each other. Here's this thread, as seen from my Mastodon account on the Tusky app.

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[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago (7 children)

EXPLAIN Pixelfed to me like I'm 5?

Can I use it to post photos into Lemmy groups?

I'm currently using a generic, slightly sketch website.

[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 35 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's a non-shitty instagram.

[–] viking@infosec.pub 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's Instagram with no content or algorithm. To me it's an empty page, because I have no idea how to subscribe to things that I would like.

I tried keywords like fun, sketch, photography etc etc, but those are catch-all phrases that get too much shit, and narrow keywords are so specific, I see next to nothing.

[–] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 18 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I have the same issue on Mastodon & Loops: lack of ways to find new content.

There needs to be a Lemmy thread of interesting people to follow so I can get some use out of the rest of the fediverse... Suggestions welcome!

[–] Blackmist 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I think there needs to be a way to plug algorithms in for those that want them.

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[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Open source and decentralized Instagram alternative.

Loops.video is an open source and decentralized TikTok alternative.

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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 11 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Well the very simple version is that it's an Instagram alternative (I assume 5 year olds know what Instagram is). Similar in almost every way, minus the ads.

Theoretically you can use it to share photos to Lemmy, but I have no idea how. There was discussion of Pixelfed groups at one point, not sure if they ever came to fruition.

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[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 15 points 1 week ago (7 children)

For you maybe. I had to scroll to #79 to see it.

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Gotta go by category, social media category specifically

With Play store Top Free across all categories, 79 is actually pretty good, even Amazon is "just" at 53

[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago

Did filter on Social category? I'm pretty sure the screenshot is for Social.

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[–] sol6_vi@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Can we advertise instances? lol I started one for makers making things. (it's brand new so its empty) Edit: It's https://pixels.makearmy.io/ for anyone who's curious. We're on a small time server so no promises as to performance, still working out the bugs and such but if you're curious check it out.

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[–] SatanClaus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Hopefully they can get the app to run well. It's seemingly shit on android right now. Unsure if it's something on my end.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Most likely nothing to do with the app itself, just the server. As with any product that experiences sudden growth.

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[–] Remmy@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Looks cool! But I'm confused about the hashtags. I followed a bunch but my home feed hasn't changed at all. What's the point of following hashtags?

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