pixelfedJan 19, 2023

Mastodon supports media uploads, so why should I join Pixelfed?

When you filter out the text posts and only see photos/videos, the experience changes.

The process of capturing & editing photos/videos requires more effort and curation than a simple text-only post.

Portfolios are one example of this, a feature that gives artists, creators and photographers their own portfolio website https://portfolio.pixelfed.social/dansup

We ❤️ Mastodon, compatibility not competition is what makes the fediverse so special!

@dansup's Portfolio

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Show threadSebastian Gräßl
@pixelfed It would be nice to have the ability to have pixelfed be a "proxy" account that only shows images/videos from a activity feed or a way to easily also have them posted on a mastodon profile.
Jan 19, 2023 at 10:27amElk (canary)
Show threadDeuchnordJan 19, 2023
@bastilian @pixelfed you don't have to. You can follow Pixelfed profiles from your Mastodon account. That's the power of the Fediverse!
Show threadSebastian GräßlJan 19, 2023
@Deuchnord @pixelfed I know. However, others would need to follow both profiles to get everything I post.
Show threadDeuchnordJan 19, 2023
@bastilian @pixelfed yes, exactly as they need to follow both your Twitter and Instagram profiles if they want to see posts on them. The difference being Mastodon and Pixelfed communicate together.
Show threadSebastian GräßlJan 19, 2023
@Deuchnord @pixelfed There is a toggle in Instagram to post to a connected Twitter account. ;)
Show threadDeuchnordJan 19, 2023
@bastilian @pixelfed on Mastodon, you can boost Pixelfed statuses :)
Show threadVint ProxJan 19, 2023
@Deuchnord @bastilian @pixelfed ohho, sounds like checkmate there 
Show threadOookJan 19, 2023

@bastilian @pixelfed

What would be nice is an activity pub mecanism that let you link account from different fediverse platforms/apps/instance so that for instance you have a pixelfed account, a write freely and a mastodon account so that you can trigger an action so that a pixelfed image or a write freely blog post can be automatically boosted and visible to your mastodon account by an action on those respective platforms/clients without having to copy/paste stuff manually.

Or maybe we have to develop a multifediverse client for that. Sounds like the ring to rule them all in tolkien's stories :D

Show threadJoan CiberSheep (ell/això)Jan 19, 2023
@bastilian I don't know if it's what you're asking, but you can follow pixelfed accounts. They will show up in your timeline of mastodon :)
Show threadSebastian GräßlJan 19, 2023
@cibersheep That is neat, yes, but what I would want is for followers to not have to follow both, but be able to push updates from pixelfed to another profile, without posting or boosting manually.
Show threadJoan CiberSheep (ell/això)Jan 19, 2023
@bastilian I see...
Show thread🪨Jan 19, 2023
@bastilian @pixelfed You can just boost your Pixelfed posts from your Mastodon account