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Ripley_Tripley@lemmus.org to selfhosted@lemmy.world
Like the question implies, I really want too get off of instagram. Its not the same space anymore, especially with the consistent push from Meta to use AI. Ive even made my profile private so those features don’t automatically turn on. Its gotten crazy there.
Loops. It’s basically Instagram videos without ads. Currently kinda weird. But there’s some people there.
The limitation of smaller platforms like Pixelfed is that basically no one uses them. If you are using Instagram to keep track of people in your local community you are unlikely to find anything else.
do you actually see people from your local community tho?
genuinely asking. i haven’t logged in to ig in years.
Since nobody mentioned it yet, Pixelfed.
Rivermoonwolf@lemmy.world 11 hours ago Just downloaded pixelfed. Youse guys are either corrupting me or leading me to my inevitable evolution
Ripley_Tripley@lemmus.org 11 hours ago One of us, one of us, one of us…
Rivermoonwolf@lemmy.world 11 hours ago Already uploaded me first pic (a shot of my eldest cat. I’m a stereotype waiting to happen)
Some how this slipped through the cracks among all the other suggestions, but PixelFed is sort of the only fedi photo blog alternative.
Technically there’s also Misskey/Sharkey, but that’s more of a Pinterest alternative, as well as Friendica for a Facebook alternative and Mastodon for a Twitter alternative.
And GoToSocial is the nearest Fediverse alternative to the ‘old web,’ as it were, but you need to host that yourself.
I’d personally say most of those are “microblog” styled interfaces, but I can’t actually provide a clear cut definitional difference between “photo blog” and “micro blog” other than a vibes based thing about including photos in EVERY post or not. But yeah, love all the options we have. I was just talking with someone about missing Web 1.0, I’ll have to check out GoToSocial and spin it up on my hardware.
Misskey/Sharkey being similar to Pinterest??? Has Pinterest changed that much in about 4 years, cause that’s when I last used it (ads ad AI art chased me off)
Miss/Sharkey is more like Twitter but if it was pretty/customizable and with a pinch of overstimulation imo. The JP origins is what gives it the overstimulation (the reaction emotes, oh my god…)
I don’t really think any popular Fedi platform is similar to Pinterest tbh.
Just in case no one has said it, Pixelfed
Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 18 hours ago Pixelfed.
Yay more people to join Pixelfed!
Pixelfed
Pixelfed.
matelt@feddit.uk 17 hours ago I personally like Pixelfed
There are various technical alternatives (ActivityPub-based stuff like PixelFed/Loops/Mastodon/GotoSocial/Sharkey/Akkoma/something else on the Fediverse)
But would you take the plunge of self-discovering different content, which might as well be none of your topics of interests? Would you be acquainted of vastly different UI/UX such as the lack of recommendations, and the technicality of federation? And lastly, will you find it a place with communities to socialize and content to enjoy from in the long run?
I think trying out on a public instance would be a good way to answer those questions. PixelFed most closely resembles Insta, but the other ones can do too. Then you can consider selfhosting your own
Ripley_Tripley@lemmus.org 17 hours ago I haven’t gotten deep into self hosting yet, even though i do wanna try that with Jellyfin. For the insta alternative I prefer just posting and interacting with others.
If nobody’s said it yet, Pixelfed
Ripley_Tripley@lemmus.org 17 hours ago Thanks everyone!
sbeak@sopuli.xyz 16 hours ago One thing of note, since Pixelfed is part of the Fediverse, posts made on Pixelfed instances can be seen by instances of Mastodon and other platforms that use the same protocol! It’s really neat!
Not the standard answer, but here’s another opinion: I think Signal is a good alternative.
Depends on how you use Instagram. If you’re just sharing with closed groups of friends and family then just make some groups in Signal and share pictures with each other there.
If you want to post to everyone or look at everyone else’s posts then this obviously isnt going to work. But if you’re use case is as I describe above then just try using your private chat app.
Ripley_Tripley@lemmus.org 11 hours ago Can someone easily merge from Google Messages to Signal? I’ve heard of signal and im also looking for another message alternative; more so for that and insta. Pixelfed is really catching my eye for insta.
How do you mean merge?
It’s basically another messenger.
Signal is a great app to replace your messenger with. Keep in mind that it doesn’t save whatever media you post there in your gallery.
Matrix is another solution, but you’d have to self host that. I have no experience with it.
Threema is a swiss app which I think was pretty privacy respecting as well? It doesn’t use phone numbers either IIRC.
Vernissage.photos
Vernissage
baronvonj@piefed.social 10 hours ago Isn’t Vernissage more of a Flickr replacement?
vogi@piefed.social 17 hours ago Also want to mention that GoToSocial has an option to change the layout to a instagram like gallery: https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/v0.22.0/user_guide/settings/#select-layout
I know this is hardly an replacement for what instagram is like nowadays. But for those who just want to share their photos thats a great way thats often overlooked.
Yes, I’m using that after a short foray into Pixelfed. And together with @mczachurski@mastodon.social 's Impressia iOS app it’s a really good experience.
This is just the layout for your personal profile. GtS doesn’t have a full frontend, it’s intended to be used with whatever we your favorite Mastodon app is (Phandroid).
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Going outside