I love the idea of this, but the only reason I check Instagram is to see what my friends are posting, which I couldn’t do on an alternative, sadly.

I don’t really understand how that would work. I’m on Instagram because I follow some specific artists, collectives, companies, labels, etc., and secondarily for friends. If those are not on Pixelfed, what is there to follow?

Although Lemmy suffers of quite a content draught on less populated communities, it still works like Reddit since you follow topics, not people.

Instagram differs from Reddit in the sense that most people use Instagram because that’s where their friends and family are. You’re posting more personal things there. An alternative doesn’t really work for most users if no one they know is using it. Good luck with the push, though.

Taking a quick glance of Pixelfed now, and while I don’t think I quite understand it, I didn’t really understand Instagram either

I don’t understand Instagram, Facebook or Twitter, so I really have no use for Pixelfed or Mastodon.

Edit: I really don’t know why my top level comments get posted as a reply…

They’re adding support to sign up to pixelfed with your mastodon account as well. Pretty neat.
https://mastodon.social/@dansup/110671802845980100

I’m using Pixelffed to get replace Imgur and IG at the same time. One, it’s federated image site I can use to share image links on Lemmy. Two, while I haven’t found any of my social circle on there, it let’s me see all pictures posted throughout the Pixelfed fediverse while a lot from Mastodon. I like this feature because it helps me expand my exposure to users and images I wouldn’t have seen otherwise on IG.

Kbin replaces Reddit for me.

Oh I forgot about this. Just tried it, awesome. Low user count for my niche interest but I hope it can grow

What are some good places to follow on Pixelfed? I haven’t had much luck finding accounts that appeal to me. I’d love to replace Instagram, but their algorithm is so damn good, and I’m struggling to find stuff that compares (which I’d expect since it doesn’t hold the same “influencer” weight and has a smaller community to begin with)

the best thing is for people like me who just used instagram to lurk it works really well with mastodon or calckey. just follow whoever you like and it’ll show up in your feed no problem

Love PixelFed, I just like chronological and tag based systems. This way every user gets an equal opportunity to be seen. Unlike what’s happening with recommendation systems, where only a few super stars are pushed by the algorithms. If anyone like traditional illustrations, here’s my profile: https://pixelfed.social/i/web/profile/495699973550816234

@Yoz I’ve been on Pixelfed for about a year; highly enjoyable. All the good of instagram without the celebrities and “influencers”. I also follow my Pixelfed account from my mastodon so I can boost to all of my mastodon followers as well.

Are there any mobile apps for pixelfed?

Exactly what I’ve been looking for! Does it include photo editing tools?

I would need an app on the Play store though, my phone doesn’t allow sideloading.