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.
I love the idea of this, but the only reason I check Instagram is to see what my friends are posting, which I couldnāt do on an alternative, sadly.
Instagram differs from Reddit in the sense that most people use Instagram because thatās where their friends and family are. Youāre posting more personal things there. An alternative doesnāt really work for most users if no one they know is using it. Good luck with the push, though.
Yeah this is the issue I have. I wouldnāt even be on instagram if it my friends werenāt 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 letās 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 iād gladly move over.
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.
I donāt really understand how that would work. Iām 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.
Hate the be a downer but I canāt see anyone but ātech savvyā people joining this. I canāt 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.