• infotainment@lemmy.world
    8·
    1 year ago

    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.

    • newIdentity@sh.itjust.works
      0·
      1 year ago

      Same for me. Same with Snap. I’ve never used SnapChat before, but once I actively went to parties it’s impossible to not use it.

    • DustyNipples@lemmy.world
      0·
      1 year ago

      I use Instagram (well, Instander) for the bands I like. I wish I didn’t have to but it’s useful for these reasons. Ditched Facebook but unfortunately can’t loose them both 😤

  • Mesa@programming.dev
    6·
    1 year ago

    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.

    • Garrathian@fanaticus.social
      1·
      1 year ago

      Yeah this is the issue I have. I wouldn’t even be on instagram if it my friends weren’t on it. Pixelfed has a much tougher road to snatch users than a place like Lemmy or even Mastodon for that reason. If everyone I know hopped over with me (which let’s be real, I would never be able to get everyone to do that because they would run into the same issue with their own friend networks) then i’d gladly move over.

  • Emma <MarmadileManteater>@social.fossware.space
    3·
    1 year ago

    I like pixelfed. I have a pixelfed account, and feature-wise, I see how it could replace someone’s use of instagram, but personally, I was never on instagram for its features. I was on instagram because I made friends in real life who I couldn’t keep in touch with in absolutely any other way. Meanwhile, I am on pixelfed because I like the idea of a federated social media platform based around images, but I have zero connections on that platform.

    I posted to it twice. Then, I realized that, unless I could convince the people that I knew on instagram to join pixelfed, it would never be the same experience, so I stopped. I would just rather post pictures to my mastodon account which has more reach than my pixelfed. The concept of an image based social media platform is less compelling when you don’t know anyone there, and this is what Meta is banking on.

    Sure, there are alternatives to Instagram that are better, but all of my IRL friends & family are on Meta platforms already and don’t want to leave 🤷‍♀️, so what’s the point? Even if I manage to convince someone that it is important, they might bail at some point because they can’t convince the people they know from instagram to join the alternative, and that’s how it is all down the line: friction, friction, friction.

    • SankaraStone@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      Here’s a good reason. Since Facebook likes to spy on you, I put Instagram on my work profile on Android, effectively sandboxing it. I’d had the account for several years at this point. Just the other day, it told me that my account had been flagged for violating the rules and trying to access data I wasn’t supposed to have access to. It asked me to upload an image of myself with a code written on a piece of paper to prove I wasn’t a bot, and they still deleted my profile and said I was acting as a bot and that I could not appeal the decision or talk to a human about it.

      I agree it’s a bit of a pain to get people to join these nerd apps, but man, it beats dealing with non-interactive bot/algorithm, punishing you for fighting back against having your information stolen.

  • ѕєχυαℓ ρσℓутσρє@lemmy.sdf.org
    2·
    1 year ago

    The only reason I use Instagram is to see my friends’ statuses. I don’t use Snapchat, so it’s basically the only way for me to see what others are doing. Reddit didn’t really have any personal aspect, so it was easy to switch to Lemmy. But I don’t think I’m gonna leave Instagram anytime soon.

  • Baron Von J@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 year ago

    Instagram also has a full account data export feature, and Pixelfed can import from that data. When I used it earlier this week it seemed to ignore my latest posts, which use the webp format instead of jpg or png. But since the import is processed server-side once they resolve that I should be able to import from the same zip and get just those missing posts.

  • BOMBS@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    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.

  • Zerfallen@lemmy.world
    1·
    1 year ago

    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.

    • KSP Atlas@sopuli.xyz
      0·
      1 year ago

      Is it possible to install a custom ROM on your phone? Would never use one that does not allow anything as basic as side loading

      • Zerfallen@lemmy.world
        0·
        1 year ago

        No to the custom ROM option. It’s due to my employer’s security policy. I would also never pay for a phone that I couldn’t fully control and customise but… I didn’t have to pay for this one. The main cost is losing sideloading.

            • derpysmilingcat@lemmy.world
              0·
              1 year ago

              I mean no disrespect at all I am simply curious as to why you do that. Do you also use a work laptop as your own?

              I used to do tech support and a whole lot of people used their work devices as their own and I just do not understand why.

              • Zerfallen@lemmy.world
                02·
                1 year ago

                I don’t use my work laptop as my personal one, i have a personal gaming PC and tablet. If i didn’t have my tablet i might temporarily use the work laptop for personal stuff when travelling, instead of buying a laptop just for that.

                Reasons for using the work phone: i don’t need to spend a lot of money duplicating the hardware i already have for free; i don’t need to pay for a phone/data plan to service that second device; i don’t need to carry two phones around (since i need to have the work one anyway).

                Any particular reason you have in mind why one should not use their work phone? Or why is this surprising to you? Also not meant disrespectfully, only trying to understand where you are coming from.

  • CarlsIII@kbin.social
    1·
    1 year ago

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

  • Duchess@yiffit.net
    1·
    1 year ago

    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

    • Baron Von J@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      Pixelfed seems to only show Mastodon posts with an image attached. Which seems intuitive when you think about it, but the user profile page is a bit wonky as the summary line lists a different number of posts for the person than what it shows for that person’s feed. Vice versa, following Pixelfed profiles from Mastodon, seems much more consistent so far.