Is there a FOSS Instagram? I miss just having a simple "photo diary" to share with friends and family.
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Pixelfed?
Pixelfed is the federated alternative, not sure if it's open source though
It is.
Oh yeah this artist I like dipped out for Cara but he didn't seem to suggest it was really an Instagram replacement.
microsoft had a charming expression for thus kind of corporate maneuver: BOGU
Bend over get Ubuntu?
Alternative to Instagram:
- Pixelfed (Ad-free, privacy friendly, open source and decentralized)
Pixelfed is a free and open-source image sharing social network service. The platform distinguishes itself from other image sharing services through its decentralized architecture, meaning user data is not stored on a central server. It uses the ActivityPub protocol, allowing users to interact with other social networks within the protocol, such as Mastodon, PeerTube, and Friendica. Pixelfed and other platforms utilizing this protocol are considered to be part of the Fediverse. The network is made up of several independent sites that communicate with one another, which is roughly comparable to e-mail providers. The parties involved do not all have to be registered with the same provider, but can still communicate with each other. Thus, users are able to sign up on any server and follow others on the other instances.
Much like Mastodon, Pixelfed implements chronological timelines without content manipulation algorithms. It also aims to be privacy-focused with no third party analytics or tracking. Pixelfed optionally organizes its media by hashtags, geo-tagging and likes based on each server. It also allows audiences to be distinguished in three ways and on a post-by-post basis: followers-only, public, and unlisted. Like several other social platforms, Pixelfed allows accounts to be locked, when followers must be pre-approved by the owner.
I was about to say, there's this thing called PIXELFED!! Thanks for beating me to it! Like with other Federated services there are numerous PIxelfed instances:
and a mobile app for iOS and Android.
Was about to mention this
6 years of development and it’s still not on the App Store. The sole developer is also working on a whatsapp alternative, a tiktok alternative, and fediverse database api. Pixelfed wont ever compete with instagram like this, and the name doesnt help.
After facebook changed their TOS to allow them to train their ai on peoples pictures the instagram style app Cara became the 5th most popular app and gained 300,000 users in a week. Not a single person has heard of or moved to pixelfed during this.
We and the pixelfed developer should be helping Cara integrate activitypub and open source their app so the pixelfed developer can focus on one project instead of 4
What's wrong with the name? I like it. Valid points on everything else though.
It’s long and confusing imo. I really don’t like banes that include the tech in the name. I dont want to use a platform that only wants to attract tech nerds like me i want people who know things about things i know little or nothing about too. Even a completely irrelevant name like Lemmy is great because it’s short, easy to spell, easy to remember, and is appealing to anyone.
Stuff like forgejo, pixelfed, etc aren’t memorable or convenient. I understand it’s “federated pixels” but i still don’t like it
Don't know about you but I thought forgejo and pixelfed were fairly memorable names. To each their own
I would drop insta in a heartbeat and switch to literally anything else, but unfortunately no one putting up pictures or video of my hobbies (the only thing I use insta for) uses anything else. Frustrating, but at the moment, my only option is to just quit insta and not switch to anything new since there's no content out there. Still considering going that route though, since insta has become super annoying to use.
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It’s about time Instagram enshittifies in a grotesque way, grotesque enough for people to realize it’s shit (because it’s enshittified).
It's a big corpo site with a bunch of normal people using it. Theirs no hope in them leaving no matter how bad it gets because "mai friends are all on it".
When I deleted my Instagram, I was initially hesitant because "my friends were all on it." But when none of them ever spoke to me again outside of Instagram, I understood that they were not friends.
Which is good that you know now.
Not being on social media has helped me connect with friends more if anything, when i meet them irl they can tell me about their vacation, their new dog etc. because i didnt see it. Interacting with friends got human again and not a "yep seen that on fb" conversationkiller.
I also do not ever miss any of the people who i thought were important to keep touch with. Because i got their phone number and they got mine we COULD contact each other. But guess what we dont.
For being part of meta, Instagram is relatively good (Instagram let's you pause suggested post, can easily modify your algorithm by telling it what not to show or what to show, can skip ads, for now, and it's the best way to see good tik toks without going to that site), so it was just a matter of time it got enshitified
I wonder what they'll do with WhatsApp next
I use Instagram to post animal pictures. Any time I try to "browse" I see an ad every third post and give up.
What a coincidence! I've been testing something myself! I call it, "Not using Instagram for anything ever in any way whatsoever."
Zuck hates this one simple trick!
what, you don't want fake friends fake liking your fake glamorous vacation photos?
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I've been practicing this since... Forever.
I've had it blocked at my DNS for years because I got tired of my eardrums being blown out every time I clicked a link because Instagram didn't (or still doesn't) have a volume slider for desktop.
I decided to delete mine today. I could not stand the homophobia I'm seeing this month, and the only reason I'm there is for drag queens,, so I'll just watch Drag Race instead.
I dropped Instagram, and couldn't be happier to have left that cesspool behind. No Facebook, no Instagram, no Tik Tok, no Snapchat, no LinkedIn, no no no. I'm done with the bullshit. Need to contact me? Then you probably already have my phone number, text or call. Don't have my number? Sounds like you probably don't need to get in touch with me, then.
I dropped Instagram, and couldn’t be happier to have left that cesspool behind. No [...] LinkedIn, [...]
Unfortunately not having any presence on LinkedIn makes it quite challenging to find professional-type jobs. :/
True. I've also decided I hate the professional world.
Wait, is that why I struggle with this? I’m an engineer and I just don’t really get non-forum style social media. I can kinda grok tumblr, but lemmy/reddit is really all I’m good at
How are you going to know how to vote if you don't listen to MAGA spam in car crash/police shooting comment sections?
This won't affect me - seeing as I have no use for Instagram - but I do worry that some actual DECENT sites will adopt this in the near future.
I've been testing unskippable "Insta Breaks" lasting countable to uncountable infinity seconds, disrupting literally nobody.
Oh. Oh well, time to drop insta - not like it's been particularly good in... Ever?
I feel like we’re at the age of the internet where a strong minority (see: Lemmy users) care deeply about all the ugly exploitative and anti-consumer nature of big tech, but the vast majority of the population just… doesn’t care… and shrugs off (and enables) the continual downward spiral.
The vast majority has learned helplessness and submissiveness. It's not that they don't care, they've just been beaten down over time.
I've seen it. It's almost like a form of ADHD training. Make sure the person's attention is never on something for too long, and make sure the attention snaps to whatever ad pops up.
Consume product, then get excited for the next product!
Attention is a commodity.
"ADHD training", that's the perfect way to put it.
Honestly I used Vanced patches to get rid of ads in Insta and thought I'd finally actually browse the app for once, but then I just never did.
"Testing" in case they decide they don't like money after all.
They test to verify if the user retention drop is worth the revenue increase.
Ha ha! I don't use Instagram nor have I any interest in it whatsoever.
Every time something gets objectively worse there are always people who say "Jokes on them I don't use that!" and miss the point.
Like yeah, we get it. It's only a matter of time until this kind of bullshit reaches something you do use. You should still be bothered by this.
The tiktok ban is paying off much more than just repressing the truth in palestine. That monopoly privilege. $$$
Always be bringing in ever-increasing amounts of revenue.
I’ll either put my phone down for those three to five seconds or just force close the app. I don’t care about IG that much.
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