This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
I love Pixelfed and the federated versions of it.
Flickr, Tumblr and Hipstamatic
What virtue signal. These don't have fact-checking either lmao
.... just don't use instagram?
I never have, and I don't feel like I'm missing out
when it's your main place to see friends photos, and where all your friends already are its difficult to just not use it.
you don't use it and never have, so naturally you won't feel left out. but those that use it frequently absolutely will.
the old curmudgeon "These dern kids and thur instagrams!" isn't really all that helpful, I feel.
I asked a younger coworker something similar about Facebook and facebook messenger a few years ago in relation to cyber bullying. I asked her why the younger generation doesn’t just get off social media if they’re being bullied, and her response was that these platforms are how people communicate now. Without them, you don’t find out about parties, trips, events, etc. Without them you get left out. If you abandon them, you’re essentially ostracizing yourself.
After hearing that I understood why just giving them up is difficult.
I understand that logic, but "being the product" must not really be that bad for them. They might complain, but if it was truly distasteful, they'd do something about it.
And being exploited for profit and explicitly knowing it is about the saddest thing I can think of for my fellow humans. It's no wonder the billionaires just take and take, because people let them.
Yep I was thinking the same. I guess it's a generational thing. Instagram is maybe like water to some young people, can't be without it or life is sad.
No, it's not because life without Instagram is sad. Read the other reply for a real reason. People stay on platforms to keep in touch with others and those others do the same.
It's only "generational" because half the world didn't grow up with the Internet as their primary form of communication. But I'm against that label because it's true for anyone who uses a service a lot.
I would LOVE to stop using Discord but there's no way I'm convincing all my friends to run two chat programs (Matrix for me, Discord for their other friends)
I use Instagram only to follow my friends, does pixelfed have private accounts ?
Yes it does! Check out pixelfed! It's a lovely supportive community, in my experience.
