hpr3220 :: PixelFed
A look at a federated alternative to Instagram.
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social media, alternative, Fediverse, ActivityPub, PixelFed, photo sharing.
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Social Media.
Looking at aspects of Social Media - platforms, histories, popularity, philosophies, etc.
Maybe you want to share some photos with your family and friends. You could use Instagram, but that is part of the Surveillance Capitalist media environment. Fortunately, there is a privacy-respecting federated alternative called PixelFed. This episode is an introduction to that platform.
Links:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActivityPub
- https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/
- https://www.digikam.org/
- https://www.gimp.org/
- https://docs.pixelfed.org/installing-pixelfed/
- https://the-federation.info/
- https://the-federation.info/pixelfed
- https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed/103122742969957333
- https://www.zwilnik.com/better-social-media/pixelfed/