How to Move Your Instagram Feed to Pixelfed, the Photo App That Doesn't Track Your Every Move

3 years ago by Bady to c/privacy

The decentralized Instagram alternative is a great option if you want to back up your feed, focus on photo-sharing, or cut loose from Meta's empire entirely. And making the leap is surprisingly easy.
primalanimist 19 points 3 years ago

I've been using Pixelfed for a few months now and it's super refreshing right now. Lots of interesting content without constant "influencers" promoting stuff or people trying to sell you things.

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SamSpudd 9 points 3 years ago

Same here, though an overwhelming amount of bird pictures I find lol

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primalanimist 5 points 3 years ago

My posts are 99% my dog Loki and various plants and fungi that live on my property. So birds would be a step up from what I offer lol.

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Broccoli 2 points 3 years ago

Couldn't find an android app. Is there one, or is my country not supported?

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bruzzard 2 points 3 years ago

Use Pixel Droid. Download from F-Droid.

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primalanimist 1 point 3 years ago

When I first visited the site on my android, it installed a Pixelfed app for me, just like it did for kbin. This might be something to do with me using the Chrome browser though? I can't say, I'm not super tech. But I've been using that just like an app.

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nbailey 11 points 3 years ago

Absolutely love Pixelfed. It really captures the vibe Instagram had in 2012 before FB ruined it.

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ReallyKinda 8 points 3 years ago

Sounds great! Unfortunately insta is the only site I’ve kept to keep up with irl friends and family and I use it almost exclusively for that purpose (I don’t browse strangers’ posts) so it’s a much harder shift than Reddit —> kbin

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Blxter 4 points 3 years ago

This. I wish there was a front end that was easy to use like nitter or squawker for Twitter.

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DetachablePianist 6 points 3 years ago

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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bady 2 points 3 years ago

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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DetachablePianist 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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bady 1 point 3 years ago
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Varen 5 points 3 years ago

Didn‘t knew that exists, awesome. Checking it out for sure :)

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Eggyhead 4 points 3 years ago

I migrated a bunch of my Instagram to a Pixelfed account about a week ago. I like the built in editor in Instagram, so if anyone can suggest a similar alternative, I’d appreciate it.

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caglel 2 points 3 years ago

What iOS Pixelfed client do you use?

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thehellboy 0 points 3 years ago

@bady wired is paid... Did anyone read everything without being bored by the paywall?

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millionsofplayers 9 points 3 years ago
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