Guys check out pixelfed. Its better than Instagram.Same concept of fediverse as Lemmy and Mastodon.

Website: https://pixelfed.org

Servers: https://pixelfed.org/servers

Even has a android client called pixeldroid on fdroid.

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I love the idea of this, but the only reason I check Instagram is to see what my friends are posting, which I couldnā€™t do on an alternative, sadly.

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I use Instagram (well, Instander) for the bands I like. I wish I didnā€™t have to but itā€™s useful for these reasons. Ditched Facebook but unfortunately canā€™t loose them both šŸ˜¤

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Same for me. Same with Snap. Iā€™ve never used SnapChat before, but once I actively went to parties itā€™s impossible to not use it.

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Instagram differs from Reddit in the sense that most people use Instagram because thatā€™s where their friends and family are. Youā€™re posting more personal things there. An alternative doesnā€™t really work for most users if no one they know is using it. Good luck with the push, though.

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Yeah this is the issue I have. I wouldnā€™t even be on instagram if it my friends werenā€™t on it. Pixelfed has a much tougher road to snatch users than a place like Lemmy or even Mastodon for that reason. If everyone I know hopped over with me (which letā€™s be real, I would never be able to get everyone to do that because they would run into the same issue with their own friend networks) then iā€™d gladly move over.

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Instagram also has a full account data export feature, and Pixelfed can import from that data. When I used it earlier this week it seemed to ignore my latest posts, which use the webp format instead of jpg or png. But since the import is processed server-side once they resolve that I should be able to import from the same zip and get just those missing posts.

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I didnā€™t know this was possible! Thanks for sharing, will give this a try.

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I donā€™t really understand how that would work. Iā€™m on Instagram because I follow some specific artists, collectives, companies, labels, etc., and secondarily for friends. If those are not on Pixelfed, what is there to follow?

Although Lemmy suffers of quite a content draught on less populated communities, it still works like Reddit since you follow topics, not people.

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Hate the be a downer but I canā€™t see anyone but ā€œtech savvyā€ people joining this. I canā€™t even get my sister to verify her Zelle account to get money I sent her. Having to choose a server is going to be wildly confusing to most people.

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Out of curiosity how would you choose a server? I joined Lenny.ml as it was the first one I saw.

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