#Pixelfed is getting talked about on TikTok as an alternative to #Instagram.
Almost every video about it has people in the comments saying "Why do I have to pick a server? What does that mean?"
Either people are just dumb beyond help, or we need to do better at onboarding people to the #fediverse.
Edit: I love the ideas and discussions this post is stirring up!
Almost every video about it has people in the comments saying "Why do I have to pick a server? What does that mean?"
Either people are just dumb beyond help, or we need to do better at onboarding people to the #fediverse.
Edit: I love the ideas and discussions this post is stirring up!
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Andrew Melder •
The email analogy doesn't line up when the expectation of modern social media is go to one website and sign up. Not to mention the choice of identity with the different servers.
This is one of the reasons why Bluesky works. Even if AT Protocol gets federated among multiple services, when you sign up for Bluesky, the hosting server is auto selected to them.
Jolly Jcrabapple •
yuhasz01 •
Andrew Melder •
Curious of the specific benefits you propose that would persuade the general public to make the additional effort over other streamlined and centralised services?
yuhasz01 •
Andrew Melder •
- More privacy: they don't care
- Control over your account: they don't care
- Less creepy garbage in your feeds: they might care but depending on what you define as creepy and what you actually see in your feed (opposed to what other people see)
- Less ads or surveillance: they don't care
- better sharing and comms with people you care about: again maybe but people don't leave Instagram yet despite this.
Andrew Melder •
They have consistently done everything against these goals for two decades, yet they are still the biggest player.
AnneTheWriter •
Before joining #Mastodon, I did not know what an "instance" was, nor did I care. My husband is a Network Engineer, so I understood a bit about "servers." But I made three attempts before successfully creating a Mastodon account. I nearly gave up!
Only after I had been on Mastodon for a long time did I realize WHY things are spread out in the #Fediverse and the many benefits to #federation .
Why should I have to take a computer class or learn to be a computer expert just to chat with people? I don't need to do that to send emails, or texts, or to post on corporate platforms. I shouldn't have to speak like a computer programmer just to talk to people.
Make the Fediverse "Granny Friendly." Don't ask me to pick something when I don't even know what it is, or choose between options when I don't know why I should choose one over another...
AnneTheWriter •
Even when googling, I could find no list to say anything about the instances. When signing up for Mastodon, there was a list showing what each instance specialized in or most appealed to. Did I like humor? Science? Music? Did I want to focus on politics? I could see which Mastodon/Fediverse server to sign up with for that.
But not so for Pixelfed. That needs to be addressed.
Maybe @FediTips or someone at @pixelfed could make a linked list of them, with some description abt what their focuses are? That would be nice.
Fedi.Tips •
Pixelfed's official website https://pixelfed.org also has an instance list at https://pixelfed.org/servers
At the moment though, they tend to be mostly general purpose servers, possibly because Pixelfed is newer than Mastodon?
Fedi.Garden
fedi.gardenAnneTheWriter •