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highplainsdem

(53,766 posts)
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 01:46 PM Jan 13

Meta Is Blocking Links to Decentralized Instagram Competitor Pixelfed

Source: 404 Media

Meta is deleting links to Pixelfed, a decentralized Instagram competitor. On Facebook, the company is labeling links to Pixelfed.social as “spam” and deleting them immediately.

Pixelfed is an open-source, community funded and decentralized image sharing platform that runs on Activity Pub, which is the same technology that supports Mastodon and other federated services. Pixelfed.social is the largest Pixelfed server, which was launched in 2018 but has gained renewed attention over the last week.

Bluesky user AJ Sadauskas originally posted that links to Pixelfed were being deleted by Meta; 404 Media then also tried to post a link to Pixelfed on Facebook. It was immediately deleted.

Pixelfed is experiencing a surge in user signups in recent days, after Meta announced that it would loosen its rules to allow users to call LGBTQ+ people “mentally ill” amid a host of other changes that shift the company overtly to the right. Meta and Instagram have also leaned heavily into AI-generated content. Pixelfed announced earlier Monday that it is launching an iOS app later this week.

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Read more: https://www.404media.co/meta-is-blocking-links-to-decentralized-instagram-competitor-pixelfed/



Pixelfed is at

https://pixelfed.org
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Meta Is Blocking Links to Decentralized Instagram Competitor Pixelfed (Original Post) highplainsdem Jan 13 OP
Sounds a tad... 2naSalit Jan 13 #1
Yep, and sorta anti-free speech Attilatheblond Jan 13 #2
Just opened an account there. Basso8vb Jan 13 #3
Is this a suitable/appropriate place to upload family photos (to share with other family members)? Oopsie Daisy Jan 13 #4
This message was self-deleted by its author morillon Jan 13 #5
This may be where I go when I close down my Meta accounts neohippie Jan 13 #6

Oopsie Daisy

(5,183 posts)
4. Is this a suitable/appropriate place to upload family photos (to share with other family members)?
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 02:28 PM
Jan 13

Or is it open to the entire world rather than "just friends" or by invitation only?

This is likely an expensive venture... how can they afford to offer this service if it's ad-free... what's the catch?

Response to highplainsdem (Original post)

neohippie

(1,183 posts)
6. This may be where I go when I close down my Meta accounts
Mon Jan 13, 2025, 02:47 PM
Jan 13

This looks like a good place to go when I close my Facebook and Instagram accounts

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