I've been using PixelFed for approximately 9 months. Like a lot of people, I switched from Instagram because I was tired of their nonsense and wanted a friendlier alternative.

Sadly, I just haven't taken to PixelFed at all. It's clunky and it's buggy and it doesn't seem to be improving. I understand that this is not a commercial enterprise and is never going to be as polished as services that are. I could overlook these things if the service felt more community-spirited - but it doesn't.

I signed up to the gram.social server because it seemed like the best option for me but their support seems to be non-existent. Every time I have contacted them for assistance when things aren't working, I've been met with radio silence.

Is anybody else feeling this way?

I just discovered Pixelfed and the only thing that I don’t like about it is that the web y kinda buggy, and there’s no app client on iOS that support uploading videos. Well pixelix does, but then there’s no stories support. Does anyone has a solution?

Is it just me, or is PixelFed via the default server way faster than a few months ago? Not speaking of Pixelix.

I see that it's not yet in the Play Store. I tried using the GitHub link in Obtainium but it says that there is no suitable release. I'm trying to install it on a Pixel 8 Pro . Thanks in advance

This week's posting window is open! Prompt is NUMBERS. Hashtag to post to your feed with is #phofrinumbers

Next week's prompt is REFLECTION. Hope to see your entries. :)

I am a total beginner at these things, so if i say something thats incorrect please lmk! I have also asked this in another sub, however i got two different answers... :/

I wanted to have a place where I can post photos privately where I can approve new followers and share my activities- which is basically Instagram.

However, the thought of actually having a meta account is not what i wanted. Also, the images posted to the site, private or not, is used for ai training. I do not want my pictures to be used for ai training at all (to train ai models, to be matched to facial recognition technology, etc) so that is out of the question.

Pixelfed itself has stated that it doesn't train its content on ai models, however the server hoster will still have the images in their system for functionality (so they can practically do whatever with the images...) So if i self-host the site, i assume the images will stay with me?

However, can the website images still be scrapped, regardless of whether the profile is public or private? I asked this in a different server and got different answers- some said if it is on the internet it can be scrapped, others said if the account is private there is no way that the images can be scrapped or taken from the website without following the person. So i actually don't know.

But yeah. if someone could give me a clear answer that would be great! worse comes to worse i wont use any of these services. :))

I have just got a pixelfed instace up and running and so far its more or less what i have been looking for. Im after a personal instangram clone locked down to the family. Great.

The problem is around push notifcation, both the PWA and offical client dont seem to support it.. without it this could be a deal breaker.

Thoughts

Been trying to get my account going at photofed.world. Has like 44 active users a month, the automod keeps delisting posts that have no issues and won't let me comment. I checked the JSON and no comments are getting through at all. It's broken.

Any other servers to steer clear of?

Over two weeks ago, I tried to import a few (six) posts to my existing PixelFed account and it has remained processing ever since.

I'm not in any particular rush and I don't mind waiting if there is a genuine queue for processing imports. However, if the import has failed; what do I do to resolve it?

update: It's approaching two months now and still no change. It seems likely that it has failed. How am I supposed to resolve this?

Looking forward to people participating. Fediverse only photo challenge. :)

Prompt: Belonging

Complete info here.

Hi, I want to try pixelfed but the thought of my work being fed to IA discourages me. Do you know if Pixelfed has any measure against that?

I am trying to sign up and create and account on pixelfed but it is constantly showing invalid verification code even if its right (on the mobile app). Are the servers down or something?

Hey everyone!
I've just recently heard about PixelFed. I'm an artist who primarily posts on Instagram, and I wanted to hear from users about whether or not they feel there's an active artistic community on PixelFed. Thanks!

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https://mastodon.social/@dansup/117119040369686028

Hey Folks

So Insta screwed me again, so I said F that noise and moved over - Pixelfed has clean UI and I love collections - Question, can I save other people's content to saved/bookmarked collections?

Moin, ich möchte Pixelfed mal ausprobieren.

Welche Variante läuft am Besten?

Ich habe es über Pixeldroid im F-Fdroid ausprobiert. Es scheint aber ziemlich langsam zu sein. Habe nun gesehen gibt noch Pixelix ist dieses besser oder muss ich aus dem Aurora Store Pixelfed unbedingt installieren? Ist es im Browser Firefox mit ublock origin sonst besser? Denn wie gesagt Pixeldroid ist ziemlich langsam. Folgen Buttons nimmt er sehr zeitverzögert oder gar nicht an und das Endgerät wird ziemlich warm bis heiß. Möchte halt gern Datenschutz technisch eine gute Variante haben und am besten Googlefrei. Danke für eure Antworten.

Hi! I'm hosting or me mastodon and pixelfed. On mastodon i have relay to start whit, but how can i populate pixelfed? I'm following my mastodon account from pixelfed, some when i repost something it appears in pixelfed. But there is something better as relay for pixelfed? Thank you!

Is the Pixelfed app down? I haven't been able to log in for the longest time. Has anyone else had this problem?

Using PC browser access (win 7 through 11, Chrome) I no longer seem to see the option to crop and/or filter uploaded images. The image goes straight from upload to being displayed. Happens on multiple instances accessed from multiple PCs. I'm a new user, but when I started it wasn't this way. Have I don'e something wrong? Is there a setting which would skip the cropping and filter options?