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We are excited to announce pixelfed.ca, a new Pixelfed instance run by Canadians and hosted in Canada [edited, see comments] (pixelfed.ca)

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After moving in to our new server last month, our next large project is to set up some new Fediverse platforms. One of the most requested of those was Pixelfed, which is an image sharing platform.

You should be able to sign up here: pixelfed.ca

As with any new instance, some issues are to be expected and while we've done some testing already, please bear with us as things get going. For any support related issues with pixelfed.ca, please post in the new [email protected] community

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Woohoo another nail in the Meta coffin! Lets use canadian social media!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Good, can we do some kind of CAN/UE fusion ? There's apparently nothing left of any ideal worth pursuing in the US. Time to stand together I guess.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Amazing work! Made an account as a placeholder (for now) and the site's really snappy.

Edit: Goodbye account. It was nice knowin' ya 🫡
Edit2: Hello, even newer account! 🫡

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Can't sign up through the web app. The web form sends the request, then the password fields clear, then nothing. Just stays there.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

I’m trying to sign up through the Pixelfed app, but it doesn’t show this server and I don’t see anywhere to type it in. Help?

Edit: Oh I found the entry box under Other, way down at the bottom then sign-in to custom server.

I’m thinking I need to sign up on the webpage though.

Edit: signup isn’t working for me the mobile website. I’ll try on desktop later.

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

Where are you getting stuck?

Edit: I think hcaptcha was breaking things. I've turned it off for now.

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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Where are you getting stuck?

Edit: I think hcaptcha was breaking things. I've turned it off for now. Try again?

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

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At the register a new account page .

When I try to register, the form just deletes the passwords and unchecks the “I am at least 16 years old” box.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Thats a bad login flow for a fediverse app if you arent clearly presented with a homeserver choice at first run :/ There are other (possibly better) pixelfed apps but i havent tried pixelfed at all so cant really comment on them.

Gotta scroll down a bit https://pixelfed.org/mobile-apps

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Yes the UX needs some work =(

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Great. I'm slowly but surely leaving American social networks, so it's great to ee more options.

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

I can’t wait for the day we have Fedecan: Friendica, Matrix and Peertube instances. That way we keep our data in Canada!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Awesome! I dropped my barely-used account and set up a new one on our instance.

It’s all cat pictures!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

I always need more cat pictures

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I’m an existing user on pixelfed.social, are you going to support migrating accounts? Or is that on by default with pixelfed?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I think it's on by default, I'm not seeing any config options. If you have trouble let me know!

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

This is great. I downloaded the app a while back but held off on proceeding past the instance selection, as I was hoping to see a simple .ca option. Guess I'll go back and sign up!

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