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Chris Trottier
Chris Trottier • pleroma (AP)
“Why do we need #Pixelfed when #Mastodon already hosts images?”

Something to learn about the Fediverse is that it’s not about “need” it’s about desire. No one needs to make anything but if devs desire to make it, then it will be made—simple as that.

Mastodon may have some elements of image-sharing but that’s a secondary feature. Even then, its image-sharing abilities are limits and will always be subservient to being a Twitter-like microblog.

Pixelfed’s primary purpose is image-sharing, and text is secondary. In fact, you can’t just share text in Pixelfed—text-only posts are filtered out.

Many people also prefer the UI/UX of Pixelfed over Mastodon, and their preference is simply their preference. They won’t use Mastodon just because Mastodon can share images.

Nevertheless, Mastodon is made better when it can communicate with different ActivityPub-enabled platforms.
RE: https://mastodon.nz/users/SimonCHulse/statuses/113869121347611766

Ko Simon C. Hulse toku ingoa

2025-01-22 00:15:03


can someone explain to me why we need a separate image sharing site when mastodon already has this feature? I am confused, as I always have been about why insta needed to exist in the first place.

#Mastodon #pixelfed
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Mr Snrub
Mr Snrub • gotosocial (AP)
As a nostr user have you seen this?

https://olas.app/

It's an Instagram like frontend for nostr. And like all other nostr apps it just uses your nsec key as a login.

This is the kind of stuff I really wish the fediverse would do.

Feel like looking at a picture heavy front end? Hit this app.

Want a Twitter/x feel: hit this other app

But it's all your same single account still.

That seems like it would put a lot of complaints around having different fedi apps to rest.
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Chris Trottier
Chris Trottier • pleroma (AP)
@snrub Yeah, I’ve seen it. It’s got a nice UI but I’m paranoid about giving any web app my private key. So until there’s a mobile app, I’m not logging in.
@Mr Snrub
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Chris Trottier
Chris Trottier • pleroma (AP)
Here’s a list of ActivityPub services that are not Twitter-like, along with a description of what each service does:There’s a lot more stuff, so let me know what I may have missed.

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Ko Simon C. Hulse toku ingoa
Ko Simon C. Hulse toku ingoa • mastodon (AP)
can someone explain to me why we need a separate image sharing site when mastodon already has this feature? I am confused, as I always have been about why insta needed to exist in the first place.
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Chris Trottier
Chris Trottier • pleroma (AP)
Something to learn about the Fediverse is that it’s not about “need” it’s about desire. No one needs to make anything but if devs desire to make it, then it will be made—simple as that.

Mastodon may have some elements of image-sharing but that’s a secondary feature. Even then, its image-sharing abilities are limited and will always be subservient to being a Twitter-like microblog.

Pixelfed’s primary purpose is image-sharing, and text is secondary. In fact, you can’t just share text in Pixelfed—text-only posts are filtered out.

Many people also prefer the UI/UX of Pixelfed over Mastodon, and their preference is simply their preference. They won’t use Mastodon just because Mastodon can share images.

Nevertheless, Mastodon is made better when it can communicate with different ActivityPub-enabled platforms.
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Ko Simon C. Hulse toku ingoa
Ko Simon C. Hulse toku ingoa • mastodon (AP)
makes sense. So you can’t have a pixelfed account as your main and follow people on mastodon then?
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Chris Trottier
Chris Trottier • pleroma (AP)
@SimonCHulse You can but you’ll only see posts that are accompanied by images. Text-only posts won’t be seen.
@Ko Simon C. Hulse toku ingoa
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🇵🇸 Mari :nb_crossbow:
🇵🇸 Mari :nb_crossbow: • mastodon (AP)
@KristinHenry hey actually Pixelfed isn't a great thing to be supporting. just post photos on your fedi account as it is https://spanner.works/@bouncinglime/113856316093137340

🇵🇸 Mari :nb_crossbow: (@bouncinglime@spanner.works)

with all the folks lauding the move to #Pixelfed I'm gonna have to set a hard limit - the creator is transmisic and a gaslighter, and demonstrably gives zero shits about safety and ethics.
spanner.works
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Chris Trottier
Chris Trottier • pleroma (AP)
@bouncinglime @KristinHenry Multiple times, you’ve tried to hijack my mentions by sending this exact same message. The last time I replied to you, you did not reply back.

I now regard you as a spammer, and I don’t tolerate spam.
@🇵🇸 Mari :nb_crossbow: @KristinHenry
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KristinHenry
KristinHenry • mastodon (AP)
Umm...Just to clarify, may I assume that you are referring to the account that replied when I boosted your post?
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Chris Trottier
Chris Trottier • pleroma (AP)
@KristinHenry Yep, they sent me this exact message previously. They did not reply when I responded to them. And when someone behaves like that, it’s downright spammy.
@KristinHenry
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Chris Trottier
Chris Trottier • pleroma (AP)
@cb I thought about that, but I think it may be too Twitter-like for this list.

CMS = content management system
@Christopher Burton
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Orcus | Audio Alchemy
Orcus | Audio Alchemy • RSS/Atom (via ActivityPub)
there is also a TikTok-like app called loops.video that is currently in testing.
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Chris Trottier
Chris Trottier • pleroma (AP)
@auditurgy Appreciate it. Loops is already on the list.
@Orcus | Audio Alchemy
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GlitchyZorua :blobfoxcofe:
GlitchyZorua :blobfoxcofe: • mastodon (AP)
you spelled loops.video link wrong
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Chris Trottier
Chris Trottier • pleroma (AP)
@dpflug I agree, that’s a good list and has made me aware of stuff I didn’t know.
@dpflug
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Chris Trottier
Chris Trottier • pleroma (AP)
@kaosmage Still a work in progress but it’s being built in the open.
@kaos
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