The decentralized Instagram alternative is a great option if you want to back up your feed, focus on photo-sharing, or cut loose from Meta's empire entirely. And making the leap is surprisingly easy.
  • nbailey@lemmy.caEnglish
    9·
    2 years ago

    Absolutely love Pixelfed. It really captures the vibe Instagram had in 2012 before FB ruined it.

  • DetachablePianist@lemmy.ml
    41·
    2 years ago

    I got far enough on pixelfed.social to confirm my email address, now I just get a blank blue screen. Not an encouraging first impression. Perhaps I tried to join during a media-caused mad rush or something?

    • Bady@lemmy.mlOP
      2·
      2 years ago

      Perhaps, but pixelfed.social is said to be fine with the traffic as mentioned here. Did you try after some time? Were you able to get past it?

      • DetachablePianist@lemmy.ml
        1·
        2 years ago

        Problem seems to be the main site page doesn’t work on modern iOS, at least not with Lockdown Mode enabled. It loads fine on desktop, but not in any popular iOS browsers (all browser use the same underlying WebKit rendering tools from Apple anyway). That’s a bummer

  • ReallyKinda@kbin.social
    01·
    2 years ago

    Sounds great! Unfortunately insta is the only site I’ve kept to keep up with irl friends and family and I use it almost exclusively for that purpose (I don’t browse strangers’ posts) so it’s a much harder shift than Reddit —> kbin