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No. Pixelfed is part of the Fediverse. You can follow anyone and be followed from Mastodon, Pleroma. This means that we have already almost 10M users to interac

No. Pixelfed is part of the Fediverse. You can follow anyone and be followed from Mastodon, Pleroma. This means that we have already almost 10M users to interact with. [0] Stop thinking in terms of silos and start embracing the re-emergence of the World Wide Web. [0] https://fedidb.org/ https://fedidb.org/

Kye 3y ago
One of the cool benefits of federation. I've already seen a bunch of Lemmy/kbin instances instantly have a bustling, unique community because people could post to and follow communities from Mastodon.
- unshavedyak 3y ago
  Agreed. As a developer it's also a lot of fun because i can toy with creating my own platform and depending on the compatibility i choose to opt into -- ie Mastodon/Lemmy/Kbin -- i get interop and i don't create a silo. I absolutely love that. I suspect there's tons of issues with ActivityPub, ranging from inefficiency of synchronization to discovery of instances, but those are things we can evolve for ActivityPub. But i absolutely adore that creating a new platform with unique features can still be compatible with the larger ecosystem. It's like creating a new Reddit client (Apollo/etc) but it can have new features like shared economy or integration to PixelFeed/Mastodon/etc. Despite not loving some things i'm about inefficiencies ActivityPub, i adore what it's giving us. I hope we run with it.
colesantiago 3y ago
Does Pixelfed have rigorous instance blocking? I don't want the very nasty users of that 10M to interact with me or my friends. This is just opening everyone to harassment we didn't ask for. Just looking for an open source Instagram alternative to convince my friends to move to.
- ZacnyLos 3y ago
  If mods see harassment, they can block such user or use broader preventive measures, including defederation. As with any other Fediverse software.
- rglullis 3y ago
  Instance blocking depends on the admin. If you are not happy with the moderation of the instance you are on, you can always host your own.
- ronsor 3y ago
  > I don't want the very nasty users of that 10M to interact with me or my friends. > This is just opening everyone to harassment we didn't ask for. I fail to see how this is much different from existing social media, where there are also any of millions of users who could harass you or your friends.

Kye 3y ago

One of the cool benefits of federation. I've already seen a bunch of Lemmy/kbin instances instantly have a bustling, unique community because people could post to and follow communities from Mastodon.

unshavedyak 3y ago
Agreed. As a developer it's also a lot of fun because i can toy with creating my own platform and depending on the compatibility i choose to opt into -- ie Mastodon/Lemmy/Kbin -- i get interop and i don't create a silo. I absolutely love that. I suspect there's tons of issues with ActivityPub, ranging from inefficiency of synchronization to discovery of instances, but those are things we can evolve for ActivityPub. But i absolutely adore that creating a new platform with unique features can still be compatible with the larger ecosystem. It's like creating a new Reddit client (Apollo/etc) but it can have new features like shared economy or integration to PixelFeed/Mastodon/etc. Despite not loving some things i'm about inefficiencies ActivityPub, i adore what it's giving us. I hope we run with it.

colesantiago 3y ago

Does Pixelfed have rigorous instance blocking? I don't want the very nasty users of that 10M to interact with me or my friends. This is just opening everyone to harassment we didn't ask for. Just looking for an open source Instagram alternative to convince my friends to move to.

ZacnyLos 3y ago
If mods see harassment, they can block such user or use broader preventive measures, including defederation. As with any other Fediverse software.
rglullis 3y ago
Instance blocking depends on the admin. If you are not happy with the moderation of the instance you are on, you can always host your own.
ronsor 3y ago
> I don't want the very nasty users of that 10M to interact with me or my friends. > This is just opening everyone to harassment we didn't ask for. I fail to see how this is much different from existing social media, where there are also any of millions of users who could harass you or your friends.