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Now that Instagram has been totally Facebooked, I feel there’s a real gap in the market for what Instagram used to be. Just want something simple where I can u

Now that Instagram has been totally Facebooked, I feel there’s a real gap in the market for what Instagram used to be. Just want something simple where I can upload some photos, do a bit of light editing, apply a nice filter and share with friends. And also see a chronological timeline of stuff they’ve posted. No likes, no engagement metrics, no personalisation, no skinner-boxing, no influencers. Well aware this makes me sound old - and this hypothetical service will never make unicorn money. But I’d use it in a flash.

stevewodil 7y ago
So VSCO?
- mnsc 7y ago
  I recently started using it, and it does somewhat fill that itch of "looking at pretty pictures" that instagram used to fill (almost a year fb/insta-clean now). But to me it seem like a niche platform attracting photographers and creative people that showcase very good photos. I'm somewhat in that niche so I like it but when I stumble on the small clicks of people using it more as a social "hey frinds (insert "vsco girls" meme), here's what I ate for lunch, sucks to be you" I immediately think "hey, this is not instagram goml!". But maybe it is/will be?
- pay-to-play 7y ago
  VSCO costs $40 a month.
  - stevewodil 7y ago
    No it's free. They have a premium membership for $20 per year. Where are you getting your information?
- deltron3030 7y ago
  Tying it to smartphones and camera apps sucks.
  - arsenico 7y ago
    It is not tied to camera apps - you can just upload any image you have in the gallery. Also, you can upload from the web
    - deltron3030 7y ago
      Ah ok, is this new? For some reason I've had the impression that it was only usable on mobile, now I wonder why.
myspy 7y ago
Path could use a good comeback.
rchaud 7y ago
>No likes, no engagement metrics, no personalisation, no skinner-boxing, no influencers. IG is the defacto "photo sharing" tool because it does all of these. What you are describing is closer to Imgur but they have comments and likes as well, simply because without there's no reason for people to come back.
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SyneRyder 7y ago
Micro.blog seems to want to head in that direction - they're certainly on board with the chronological feed & "no likes / metrics" idea, and they have a way to import your photos from Instagram. The service itself is meant to be a social network that works via RSS: https://help.micro.blog/2017/instagram/ https://help.micro.blog/2017/instagram/ But they make it really hard to even see that they have photo / Instagram-esque features, and it seems mostly connected with their iOS app Sunlit: https://sunlit.io/ https://sunlit.io/ I used to be a member but found the service very hipster & Apple / iOS centric. But it might be what some people here are looking for.
bn7t 7y ago
Pixelfed (https://pixelfed.org/ https://pixelfed.org/) is pretty much what you're looking for.
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SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
A browser interface for uploading would be nice too!

stevewodil 7y ago

So VSCO?

mnsc 7y ago
I recently started using it, and it does somewhat fill that itch of "looking at pretty pictures" that instagram used to fill (almost a year fb/insta-clean now). But to me it seem like a niche platform attracting photographers and creative people that showcase very good photos. I'm somewhat in that niche so I like it but when I stumble on the small clicks of people using it more as a social "hey frinds (insert "vsco girls" meme), here's what I ate for lunch, sucks to be you" I immediately think "hey, this is not instagram goml!". But maybe it is/will be?
pay-to-play 7y ago
VSCO costs $40 a month.
- stevewodil 7y ago
  No it's free. They have a premium membership for $20 per year. Where are you getting your information?
deltron3030 7y ago
Tying it to smartphones and camera apps sucks.
- arsenico 7y ago
  It is not tied to camera apps - you can just upload any image you have in the gallery. Also, you can upload from the web
  - deltron3030 7y ago
    Ah ok, is this new? For some reason I've had the impression that it was only usable on mobile, now I wonder why.

myspy 7y ago

Path could use a good comeback.

rchaud 7y ago

>No likes, no engagement metrics, no personalisation, no skinner-boxing, no influencers. IG is the defacto "photo sharing" tool because it does all of these. What you are describing is closer to Imgur but they have comments and likes as well, simply because without there's no reason for people to come back.

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SyneRyder 7y ago

Micro.blog seems to want to head in that direction - they're certainly on board with the chronological feed & "no likes / metrics" idea, and they have a way to import your photos from Instagram. The service itself is meant to be a social network that works via RSS: https://help.micro.blog/2017/instagram/ https://help.micro.blog/2017/instagram/ But they make it really hard to even see that they have photo / Instagram-esque features, and it seems mostly connected with their iOS app Sunlit: https://sunlit.io/ https://sunlit.io/ I used to be a member but found the service very hipster & Apple / iOS centric. But it might be what some people here are looking for.

bn7t 7y ago

Pixelfed (https://pixelfed.org/ https://pixelfed.org/) is pretty much what you're looking for.

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SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago

A browser interface for uploading would be nice too!