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> Update your Pixelfed app or access the web version to take advantage of this groundbreaking feature today! Impressive. I also appreciate supporting both web

by thih9 3y ago

> Update your Pixelfed app or access the web version to take advantage of this groundbreaking feature today! Impressive. I also appreciate supporting both web and app version. Did anyone try it out already? I'd love to hear more about how it worked it practice.

ZacnyLos 3y ago
I have to admit their UX and UI are superior among all fediverse apps.
zimpenfish 3y ago
> Did anyone try it out already? I'd love to hear more about how it worked it practice. Just tried it but it's not a direct import - it's "dump your data from Instagram as JSON[1] and we'll import that JSON". i.e. a one-off backup restore. (If ActivityPub allowed backdated posts, I'd do the sync myself from my instaloader downloads but alas, most servers do not.) [1] "It may take up to 14 days to collect this information and send it to you."
- Stephen304 3y ago
  It looks like the instagram->pixelfed import actually preserves the original post's date. Dansup imported a post from 2016 and it shows up as "7y ago" in my mastodon UI.
  - zimpenfish 3y ago
    Oh yeah, if you have direct access to the database / backend admin (as I'm sure this importer does), you can frob things to get the correct dates and avoid pushing them out as new posts. Just not possible via the standard APIs at the moment (I had to patch my Akkoma to allow backfilling of posts from certain accounts.)
- zimpenfish 3y ago
  Got my download - 2.4GB. Uploaded it - Safari chugs badly here. If you leave that tab at all, it breaks and restarts which cancels the import process. Once it's uploaded the file, Pixelfed wants you to tap each image you want to import in a 3-wide scrolling grid and there's no "select all" I can see. Plus it is now DOG SLOW. I have 9052 Instagram posts. Bugger that, frankly, because I'm not spending upwards of 3 hours clicking on a web page to import photos. In summary - nice idea badly implemented. [edit: Tried it in Chrome. Upload is much smoother and more reliable but still no "select all" and it still chugs like a 1970s PC - a good 30s between clicking and the image being selected.]
- tedunangst 3y ago
  Nothing in ActivityPub cares about whether a post is back dated. How would it even know? Maybe it's just an old post.
  - zimpenfish 3y ago
    Apologies, should have been clearer that it's the MastoAPI which has no concept of backdated posts - or even of creating dated posts at all. [1] has no `created_at` or any other (useful) timestamp. Hence having to local-patch my Akkoma to allow passing `created_at` for my backfill needs. [1] https://docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/statuses/#create https://docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/statuses/#create
james_pm 3y ago
Trying it now...it will only let you import 100 photos at a time, and you need to single select each one (My Instagram has hundreds and hundreds of photos going back a decade). So far nothing has actually imported. Not sure how long I should wait.
- zimpenfish 3y ago
  > it will only let you import 100 photos at a time Oh bloody hell. I've got no hope with my 9k photos then. I appreciate the effort from Pixelfed but they need to clarify their messaging from "Import From Instagram" to "Partial Restore From Instagram With A Terrible UX".

by thih9 3y ago

ZacnyLos 3y ago

I have to admit their UX and UI are superior among all fediverse apps.

zimpenfish 3y ago

> Did anyone try it out already? I'd love to hear more about how it worked it practice. Just tried it but it's not a direct import - it's "dump your data from Instagram as JSON[1] and we'll import that JSON". i.e. a one-off backup restore. (If ActivityPub allowed backdated posts, I'd do the sync myself from my instaloader downloads but alas, most servers do not.) [1] "It may take up to 14 days to collect this information and send it to you."

Stephen304 3y ago
It looks like the instagram->pixelfed import actually preserves the original post's date. Dansup imported a post from 2016 and it shows up as "7y ago" in my mastodon UI.
- zimpenfish 3y ago
  Oh yeah, if you have direct access to the database / backend admin (as I'm sure this importer does), you can frob things to get the correct dates and avoid pushing them out as new posts. Just not possible via the standard APIs at the moment (I had to patch my Akkoma to allow backfilling of posts from certain accounts.)
zimpenfish 3y ago
Got my download - 2.4GB. Uploaded it - Safari chugs badly here. If you leave that tab at all, it breaks and restarts which cancels the import process. Once it's uploaded the file, Pixelfed wants you to tap each image you want to import in a 3-wide scrolling grid and there's no "select all" I can see. Plus it is now DOG SLOW. I have 9052 Instagram posts. Bugger that, frankly, because I'm not spending upwards of 3 hours clicking on a web page to import photos. In summary - nice idea badly implemented. [edit: Tried it in Chrome. Upload is much smoother and more reliable but still no "select all" and it still chugs like a 1970s PC - a good 30s between clicking and the image being selected.]
tedunangst 3y ago
Nothing in ActivityPub cares about whether a post is back dated. How would it even know? Maybe it's just an old post.
- zimpenfish 3y ago
  Apologies, should have been clearer that it's the MastoAPI which has no concept of backdated posts - or even of creating dated posts at all. [1] has no `created_at` or any other (useful) timestamp. Hence having to local-patch my Akkoma to allow passing `created_at` for my backfill needs. [1] https://docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/statuses/#create https://docs.joinmastodon.org/methods/statuses/#create

james_pm 3y ago

Trying it now...it will only let you import 100 photos at a time, and you need to single select each one (My Instagram has hundreds and hundreds of photos going back a decade). So far nothing has actually imported. Not sure how long I should wait.

zimpenfish 3y ago
> it will only let you import 100 photos at a time Oh bloody hell. I've got no hope with my 9k photos then. I appreciate the effort from Pixelfed but they need to clarify their messaging from "Import From Instagram" to "Partial Restore From Instagram With A Terrible UX".