I’m using the Test Flight beta app, curious on others’ overall experience with the platform so far. I never had an Instagram account so I’m not really sure yet what I even want from it. I’m just excited on all things Fediverse and I’m happy to be part of the growing numbers.
Any tips for content discovery? Seemed like that was the limiting factor off the bat, I like to start new platforms with the equivalent of a trending or all, didn’t seem to have that here.
Happy to take links for your favorite users that deserve a follow!
I like pixelfed.social, but I’m an admittedly “lite” user of Instagram, don’t really post my own stuff, just use it to find interesting photos. It’s been good for that.
I have never used Instagram either. But something similar where you can be semi-anonymous could be interesting i guess. Depends on the content. If it’s about showing off and being influencers, I’m not interested.
As consumer (don’t really post) I have no idea how to find follows. I don’t have Instagram to bootstrap from like did with Twitter and mastodon.
It’s fine.
It’s been a couple months since I tried it. There were too many dick pics for me. And, really, not enough pictures from creators I know. However, I did get to see a bunch of beautiful photography and a few pet pics that were good.
I chose a smaller instance when I joined. Haven’t seen a single dick pick. But ended up blocking some hashtag to avoid Reddit NSFW content stealing.
I think the key to Pixelfed is following hashtags and being busy. I post the occasional pick and generally leave it at that. But it’s a very nice platform.
I had a similar experience, also hard to find interesting things because searching tags didn’t seem to work well. Maybe there isn’t enough stuff uploaded yet.
I’m a very light user but so far so good. My usage has been mostly browsing photos.
The official app is nice. It’s Instagram like in layout and works well for my uses.
I prefer a third-party app called Vernissage because photos are the main feature. You don’t see any titles, descriptions, votes, comments unless you tap into the photo. My one dislike is how the feed updates.
When you open the app and new photos are ready you’ll see a number in the top right but nothing new is displayed. In order to see new posts you need to pull down to refresh. This takes you to the top and then allows you to scroll down until you see the “You’re all caught up” notice. To me it would be nice for the new posts to load automatically. Not a huge deal but something I think about while using it.
it’s fine my app that i ise is fedilab
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I really like it. Feels quiet atm but I’m okay with that atm
I really like it. Feels quiet atm but I’m okay with that atm
I really like it. Feels quiet atm but I’m okay with that atm
It promised instagram impot, but I have bee ryin for weeks and nothing :(
Have you reached out to who is hosting your instance to ask (if it’s not you)?
Yes, as I understand it’s the main instance
I’m unable to upload a single photo from the TestFlight beta on iOS 16.6. Gives me an error every time.
The Instagram archive upload has a set limit and since my archive is larger than the limit, it times out and reloads the desktop webpage every time I try to upload it.
I think it’s absolutely excellent and considerably more polished than projects like Lemmy, the only problem is that nobody I know is on there!
I’m still just waiting for a Canadian instance to move my account to 😄
