RE: https://mastodon.social/@mntyfrsh/116130793549273843

It turns out that the weirdness I was experiencing was apparently just Photog.social's new admin defederating from Mastodon.social (and possibly Pixelfed.social?). I thought I was going crazy when I was trying to follow a user and see specific posts from that instance, but couldn't do either.

There's some strange irony that a photography-based Mastodon server is preventing one of the largest photography Fediverse-based platforms from interacting with it.

#photogsocial #pixelfed

Stranger Things fast wie im richtigen Leben

https://photo-mic.de/fotografie/stranger-things-fast-wie-im-richtigen-leben/

lol:

https://photog.social/@ambassador/115169736810352305

https://photog.social/@ge0rg/115127602893764901

#photogsocial

edit: one link was a dupe

edit 2: available on archive dot today if needed, although that doesn't quite give the full profile experience of the admin account

Hi!

wirklich #NeuHier bin ich nicht, Mastodon nutze ich seit 2018 mit meinem Hauptaccount. Aber ich bin einer der Flüchtlinge von #PhotogSocial, der eine neue Heimat gesucht und hier gefunden hat.

#InsektenSamstag #WildlifePhotography #Hornisse #hornet #Insekt #insect

Okay ... #PhotogSocial will anscheinend das komplette Fediverse aussperren. Gibt es noch andere Foto-Zentrische Mastodon-Instanzen auf die man umziehen kann?

Nein, PixelFed ist keine Option. Ich würde zu dem Thread den ich dazu schon verfasst habe verlinken, aber der ist ja für die meisten Instanzen geblockt ...

Update: Account ist umgezogen. Da mich keine Instanz wirklich überzeugt hat habe ich mich jetzt einfach für eine Instanz entschieden die mir schon länger sympathisch war: https://troet.cafe/@schneidr

#Photography #Fotografie #FediHelp

last night after hearing what was going on with #photogsocial I took time to seek out artists & artposters on instances other than photog.social and mastodon.art, and followed ~15 new-to-me users.

today I found ~5 more interesting people among the refugees. I'm sure there are some I've missed.

if you like art… keep an eye out for introduction posts. people are migrating, often after losing hundreds of followers due to the actions of the new photog.social admins.

We have a new moderators account 🎉

@modmins

Local #PhotogSocial folks please give it a follow!

Remote folks, this account is going to stay more relevant to you (but of course you are free to give either or both accounts a follow!)

Hello hello from your new community admin!!! 🎉

https://www.patreon.com/posts/2025-august-huge-136653656

tldr; I'm Evel (of @aldercone) and I'm here to run this photography instance but make it gay!! 🌈🌈

and @SingsongRaptor will be your new mod too!!!

#photogSocial #fedimin