• LibertyLizard@slrpnk.netEnglish
    2 months

    As non insta user who’s being forced to dip my toes in for the purpose of community organizing: what are these and how do I use them?

      • Lemmchen@feddit.orgEnglish
        2 months

        It’s a web front-end, so if you host it somewhere, you can access it over your mobile browser. Maybe you can even host it on your phone via Termux, but I’m not sure.
        I’d say for phones it’s not ideal either way though.

  • bufalo1973@piefed.socialEnglish
    2 months

    Just out of curiosity: what should PixelFed have for you to change 100% from Instagram?

        • Mac@mander.xyzEnglish
          2 months

          Yeah weirdly enough even though i post more to Pix than to Insta, millions of users haven’t switched. 🤷‍♂️

    • chimp@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2 months

      My favourite Band for example. They only use Instagram and Facebook. It’s infuriating. I just log in via browser every few months.

      • bufalo1973@piefed.socialEnglish
        2 months

        The thing is that you don’t need to close you FB/Insta/X/whatever account to open one in any Fediverse service, but they don’t get that.

      • DSN9@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2 months

        Make a page for them, auto paste their content, then tell them they have a following on pixelfed, and hand them the account.

        • Mac@mander.xyzEnglish
          2 months

          Yes, they’ll be thrilled by the three followers. lmao

          • DSN9@lemmy.mlEnglish
            2 months

            All networks start small. What happens upon seeding is we often find, increasingly interesting overlaps, someone, somewhere different, or someone different finds it. Because it’s an open network, not a gate kept network, or at least more open. Over the long run, the fediverse will increase in population, and popularity, overtaking networks whose primary purpose is advertising and data collection. So yes, start small, try and see what happens. This is his we build sustainable networks, for the people, by the people.

            • Mac@mander.xyzEnglish
              2 months

              I think your thinking is wishful. lol But I would love to see it happen!

          • DSN9@lemmy.mlEnglish
            2 months

            and I quote you:

            My favourite Band for example. They only use Instagram and Facebook. It’s infuriating. I just log in via browser every few months.

            How many others feel the same way? At the next concert you say, they’ve got another page, on an open source network, come check it out. You say you’re a big fan, so why support them? Never failed, never tried.

    • DSN9@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2 months

      Is their one app, for pixelfed, Lemmy and mastadon, that respects your privacy? Or is 3 separate apps better?

      • jaschop@awful.systemsEnglish
        2 months

        FediLab is an explicitly general Fediverse app, though it’s not designed for lemmy. There’s also plenty of native cross-fedi support, as all activities are translated into ActivityPub events.

        Frankly I’d recommend a separate app for Lemmy-likes and Mastodon-likes. The difference between following communities and following accounts seems to result in a lot of jank, if crammed into one app.

  • Unreliable@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2 months

    I’ve been using MyInsta. Even it is outdated though as the dev is going through his Masters iirc. Otherwise there’s a few more out there but they seem less trustworthy imo.

    • Zoop@beehaw.orgEnglish
      2 months

      This is what I’ve been using, too, for the same reason. It works for me, buut I don’t really do much other than view (and maybe comment on) posts from local community groups and message people occasionally. Instagram probably has all kinds of features I’m not even aware of, lol.

  • youmaynotknow@lemmy.zipEnglish
    2 months

    I’ve been using an app called Nora from F-Droid for a few months now. The UI is horrible, but it works.

    • ThoGot@feddit.orgEnglish
      2 months

      The UI is horrible, but it works.

      I thought that was a requirement for F-Droid apps /s

      • youmaynotknow@lemmy.zipEnglish
        2 months

        There are plenty of awesome apps with amazing UI in F-Droid, and the opposite is also true. What does that remind me of? Oh, yeah, the play store.

  • scala@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2 months

    So I was looking into this and istander won’t actually be shutdown. Just the version of Instagram that the API pulls from. It’s still going to work just fine.

    Alternatively if it does shutdown. Theirs https://myinsta.app/

  • sunstoned@lemmus.orgEnglish
    2 months

    Personally, I use NativeAlpha (PWA wrapper) and tweak the permissions until it just barely works for my needs.

    My favorite tip is to set the PWA default address to instagram.com/?variant=following – which is JUST the accounts you follow with no recommended content / doom scrolling fuel.