his post on mastodon is here:

https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed/113849098386232034

Dear Mark, I hope this finds you well. I noticed something interesting today - it seems Instagram is blocking links to my little open-source project. You know, the one that lets people share photos without harvesting their personal data or forcing algorithmic feeds on them. I have to admit, I’m flattered. Who would’ve thought a small team of volunteers could build something that would catch your attention? We’re just trying to give people a choice in how they share their memories online. No VCs, no surveillance capitalism, just code and community. Remember when Facebook started? It was about connecting people, not maximizing engagement metrics. Our project might be tiny compared to Instagram, but we’re staying true to that original spirit of social media - giving people control over their online presence without turning them into products. You could’ve ignored us. Instead, by blocking our links, you’ve given us the best endorsement we could ask for. You’ve confirmed what we’ve been saying all along - that big tech is more interested in protecting their walled gardens than fostering genuine innovation. Every time you block a link to our platform, you remind people why we built it in the first place. Your action tells them there are alternatives worth exploring, ones that respect their privacy and agency. So thank you, Mark. You’ve turned our little project into a symbol of resistance against digital monopolies.

  • IsThisAnAI@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Cringy, inaccurate, and reeks of arrogance. 200k users. I bet it got blocked because some bot started spamming the platform.

    At the end of the day, the critical mass of users will be based on 2 things. Ease of use or engagement and content. Content creators won’t go to platforms that don’t bring in money or get yelled at for trying to make money.

  • thbb@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Now I understand why I didn’t care closing my Facebook account years ago: it was for cross posting this sort of information.

    Even if my Facebook feed is a sad desert, I hope I can be censored by the guy who rejects fact checkers

  • ad_on_is@lemm.eeEnglish
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    4 days ago

    While I really wish for PixelFed to take off, like Mastodon and Lenmy did, the current situation, IMHO, is just confusing to say the least.

    So, here are two pixelfed mobile apps, an older one which is just a wrapper of the web version, and a newer polished one.

    I’ve the new “polished” one installed for a few months now, and it seemes as if it’s development has stalled. The app just feels unfinished at this point.

    Now, I get it, it’s a volunteer project, and there are probably just a handful of people working on it. And this is totally fine, I’m not expecting them to deliver an Instagram clone anytime soon.

    However, a few months ago, they announced “Loops”, with pre-signups and some marketing yada yada… All this, while there’s still an unfinished app for their core product. But, I went ahead and signed up, just to find out, it was just crickets for a few months.

    Then, recently I logged in again (on the web), and saw an they have an App for Loops which seems to be in the works, and upon testing it, I came to the same conclusion, it’s just an unfinished barebones TikTok.

    Again, I’m not ranting about PixelFed, but IMHO, if they want to get serious, they should focus on one thing, until time and resources allow them to explore other things.

    I would love to see it succeed as an alternative.

  • MonkderVierte@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    4 days ago

    They wrote that to the guy with People just submitted it. I don’t know why. They “trust me”. Dumb fucks.?

  • BothsidesistFraud@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Zuck sucks but this open letter is embarrassing. Dial back the smarm and self-righteousness a couple notches. I get it’s marketing and not really an open letter but still, cringe

    • stoly@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 days ago

      To be clearer he stole the whole thing because he was always an entitled sack of poo. He never created a thing, just like Elon.

    • LoudWaterHombre@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      4 days ago

      This letter reads like if Zuck was an ideologically driven tech-anarchist that wanted to connect people that became old and fell for the money but that’s not really true lol

  • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    4 days ago

    Everyone with their own domain should set up a 307 Temporary Redirect with some short URI and start publishing it for people to use instead.

    • JaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 days ago

      Oh no.

      Please, for the love of god, think more tactically. This is a brilliant move on Daniel’s part, and a fantastic example for the fediverse more broadly to follow.

    • DBosiers@social.vivaldi.net
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      4 days ago

      @moineau @gi1242 Until it’s over and their costly empires collapse, would not be the first who ends up broke. Fortune is not like rock, although they try to make it like that, they try to cement their throne … whel empires rise and kings fall. The fall usually starts with decadence and arrogance. He already bought his watch…and for the paradise pd fans “higher hair” 🤭

    • Itdidnttrickledown@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 days ago

      He thinking about why he isn’t king just like the rest of them. Increasingly we are wondering the same thing. Why is he not like almost almost all past kings. In the past.

  • madjo@feddit.nlEnglish
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    4 days ago

    The only Meta product I’m kinda forced to have is Whatsapp, as my work and my family use that to communicate, and I have tried to explain Signal to my mom, but to no avail.

    • gi1242@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      4 days ago

      lol. so I told my mom im deleting Whatsapp. if she wants to keep in touch with me she can install signal, or pay for international texts and calls.

      she installed signal 😃

      • brrt@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        4 days ago

        Seriously. There is no need to be patient with moms or anyone not „understanding“ Signal. It’s the same thing as WhatsApp just with a different coat of paint when it comes to using it.

        I did exactly what you did. And lo and behold my mom is now using Signal to message me.

    • el_eh_chase@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      4 days ago

      I just got set up on Simple X Chat. From my cursory research it seems to have the best security going in a chat app right now. I find the UI really slick too. It has all the features I use in a chat app anyway. The only thing to be aware of is that all the messages are saved locally, so backup/recovery needs to be handled by you. There’s a couple videos an YouTube that go over the app.

      All that being said, I still have WhatsApp on my phone. There’s still the same problem of getting everyone in your life to download another app.

    • jaybone@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      4 days ago

      Is this actually getting traction outside of the fediverse? If not, I don’t think it achieved Streisand effect.

    • where_am_i@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      4 days ago

      It started so he could creep on girls on their campus. Nerds had hard time to socialize, so they made a digital social network to help them with the cause. Dunno if it did. But his early interviews are creepy af, lol