Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoDecentralized Instagram alternative Pixelfed launches mobile appstechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up1982arrow-down13cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareAvid Amoeba@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·1 month agoWhat’s the intended use case for Pixelfed?
minus-squareBlaze (he/him)@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·1 month agoInstagram replacement rather than Imgur For that there is https://catbox.moe/ and https://imgbb.com/
minus-squareQuazarOmega@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoPixelfed can be used as image hoster likewise, those 2 you mention are proprietary, so if one cared about that, they might prefer Pixelfed
minus-squareRmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 month agoIt acts as a Instagram replacement (but is actually about photos and not videos)
minus-squareAtelopus-zeteki@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 month agoloops.video is aiming for the video segment. Tho’ it seems like one app for pix and vids would be nifty.
minus-squareRmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoPixelfed does videos to, and I think federation with loops is planned
minus-squareAtelopus-zeteki@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoI hadn’t tried vids! Ok, it could get a whole lot weirder, and/or more informative.
minus-squareMicrow@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoWhatever the usecase for Instagram is
What’s the intended use case for Pixelfed?
Instagram replacement rather than Imgur
For that there is https://catbox.moe/ and https://imgbb.com/
Pixelfed can be used as image hoster likewise, those 2 you mention are proprietary, so if one cared about that, they might prefer Pixelfed
It acts as a Instagram replacement (but is actually about photos and not videos)
loops.video is aiming for the video segment. Tho’ it seems like one app for pix and vids would be nifty.
Pixelfed does videos to, and I think federation with loops is planned
I hadn’t tried vids! Ok, it could get a whole lot weirder, and/or more informative.
Whatever the usecase for Instagram is
https://pixelfed.org/