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How to Move Your Instagram Feed to Pixelfed, the Photo App That Doesn't Track Your Every Move (www.wired.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/3228570

Pixelfed got featured on the Wired and here's what @dansup@mastodon.social, the author of @pixelfed@mastodon.social, says:

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All those long nights working on backend scalability and performance improvements are about to be put to the test

I wasn't anticipating this attention for a few more months, but I'm ready ๐Ÿ˜Ž

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[โ€“] 6 points 3 years ago (2 children)

I got far enough on pixelfed.social to confirm my email address, now I just get a blank blue screen. Not an encouraging first impression. Perhaps I tried to join during a media-caused mad rush or something?

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  • [โ€“] [S] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Perhaps, but pixelfed.social is said to be fine with the traffic as mentioned here. Did you try after some time? Were you able to get past it?

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 3 years ago

    Problem seems to be the main site page doesn't work on modern iOS, at least not with Lockdown Mode enabled. It loads fine on desktop, but not in any popular iOS browsers (all browser use the same underlying WebKit rendering tools from Apple anyway). That's a bummer

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