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Pixelfed just overtook Lemmy as the 4th most used Fediverse software. (atomicpoet.org)

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

It ain't a competition!!!

Plus I see that pixelped crowd can join the shit posters if they so chose?

Win win for fedi

[–] [email protected] 224 points 3 months ago (5 children)

People like looking at photos of food and cats more than being railed for having "incorrect* political viewpoints? (/s for anyone not picking up on that btw:-P)

[–] [email protected] 70 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (74 children)

I literally just got called a snowflake in another thread for saying people should stop posting US politics in general communities. People still wonder why Lemmy has a bad reputation even in the entire Fediverse... Sometimes I wonder why I still bother here.

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 months ago

It is your fault President Musk got elected, shitlord!!!!

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago

Its nice right now...Hope it stays.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (5 children)

So they really want to compete then? 🧐

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (2 children)

"compete" is a strong word. They can see us and we can see them. People are already posting from pixelfed to lemmy so its just pushing both platforms forward.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Is it like with Mastodon? Do I need a separate account to use Pixelfed well?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I wouldnt be into anything like Instagram so it would hardly be interchangeable with something like Lemmy (Reddit) for me. If they get more people turned on to the Fediverse than sweet

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah honestly the biggest change between pixelfed and mastodon is the UI. Its a very Instagram like, but simplified (at least at the moment).

Mastodon technically has more "features" but at the end of the day, it all about how people want to interact with their socials.

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (6 children)

If you look at monthly active users instead of total users, Pixelfed is a strong 2nd place.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 months ago (18 children)

What are you guys posting pictures of over on pixelfed? What's goin' on over there that's so popular? Is it more politics, and social issues? Or is it cats?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Crazy enough. People are posting what they were posting on instagram.

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (11 children)

There's a sudden influx of users from instagram and tiktok and whatnot because of the ban, zuckerberg fellating Trump, and all of that stuff going on. So the answer to "What's getting posted?" is "everything"