It appears that Instagram is blocking the #joinpixelfed hashtag

We wonder why 😉

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@pixelfed oh wow, it just pretends nobody ever used the hashtag!
@pixelfed Quote: "Go back to Instagram"
@pixelfed Here still available, for me I hope Pixelfed can replace Flickr

@pixelfed @matthiasott Those look like Instagram's overly-aggressive unauthenticated rate limit pages. The tag page loads up just fine if you're signed in to Instagram.

Makes for a solid viral story, though!

@jgarber @pixelfed @matthiasott Oh.

To explain why the oh: I run a band fanpage and regularly dig through the internet for concert coverage. Some of it happens to be instagram photosets and I have hit the "sorry, this page isn't available" or just a completely blank page so, so many times.

Still not making an account.

@anatudor I run into the rate limit pages alllllllll the time by clicking links in my feed reader (which defaults to an in-app browser).
@pixelfed there's no way back now
@pixelfed Hopefully some LGBTQ friendly servers show up, I'd be interested in joining for sure.
@pixelfed I thought Zuckerberg hated Musk
@pixelfed is it because of the gratuitous caturday pictures?

@pixelfed

https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/joinpixelfed/ is working but with only six "Top posts" and no "Most recent" [posts] which seems much too low.

https://www.instagram.com/explore/tags/joinpixelfedorg/ returns "Sorry, this page isn't available."

Looks like IG is censoring #joinpixelfed and #joinpixelfedorg. No surprise coming from the Dumpster fire known as F̶a̶c̶e̶b̶o̶o̶k̶ Meta. I'm starting to wonder if Meta is the new Myspace.

Credit to the @pixelfed team for striking fear in a $600b company.

#joinpixelfed hashtag on Instagram • Photos and videos

7 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from 'joinpixelfed' hashtag

@pixelfed the hashtag is working regularly.

Truth is there are only six photos with that hashtag.

@pixelfed
Yeah, not broken any more but showing only seven posts for me
@pixelfed something literally impossible from the Fediverse. When will people will decide that they should be included in making decisions like this?
@pixelfed Corperate Social Media doesnt want competition, to hell what we, the Customer, wants...
@pixelfed cuz you stole their layout? Or their users? 🤣🤪

@pixelfed huh, looks like illegal anti-competitive activity to me, seems that they are attempting to "hinder other businesses from entering the market", and acting to "maintain or acquire a dominant position by excluding competitors or preventing new entry". Maybe qualifies as "refusal to deal", though not sure.

https://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/anticompetitive-practices

Related, see how it went when Twitter did similar: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/12/18/ftc-urged-take-close-look-musks-twitter-bans-links-competitors

Anticompetitive Practices

The FTC takes action to stop and prevent unfair business practices that are likely to reduce competition and lead to higher prices, reduced quality or levels of service, or less innovation.

Federal Trade Commission
@pixelfed Might've been a legit glitch, or else they've changed their minds. (Or it's not blocked (yet?) in Canada.)
@pixelfed I see it just fine, but there are only a few posts from six hours ago.
@pixelfed I forgot to add a screenshot.

@pixelfed

Meta is not blocking #Pixelfed.

There just aren’t enough posts to warrant a tag page.

The “joinpixelfed” hashtag returns results.

I want to like Pixelfed but you are not a threat to Instagram.

@pixelfed
Nice, someone is scared.  

I just learned about #pixelfed with this post. Gonna create an account later today.

@pixelfed I’m getting the “only 7 posts” result. Aaaaand I just made my first (and likely only) IG post so I could add the tag. Annnnnd now it looks like there’s 8 😂
@pixelfed ohhh something better than instagram..thanks 😍
@pixelfed pixelfed and joinpixelfed work
@pixelfed Petty, timid little people run Big Tech.
@pixelfed not surprising by any means. Ugh, meta 🙄
@pixelfed Instagram blocked me from posting a picture of a doe that was in my yard, claiming that it contained nudity.
@earwigplanet @pixelfed Well it didn't wear clothes right? 😉
@pixelfed You just inspired me to open an account!
@pixelfed meta feeling some competition eh
@pixelfed I stopped using IG several years ago, when I saw adverts every fourth image post. They can block, but it is their own actions that drove people away. Allowing Facebook to buy them was a mistake.
@pixelfed Counting 9 posts now using the app / logged in.
@pixelfed
For me, the #joinpixelfed tag works, but it seems #joinpixelfedorg isn't showing up because no posts exist on that tag.
Now your platform is being represented by Sokka. 😁
@pixelfed LMAO the aggressive "Go back to Instagram."
@pixelfed this is too low even for Facebook standards
@pixelfed congratulations, you're now officially a thorn in Instagram's backside
@pixelfed pretty cool that this is now considered as enough of a threat to corpos to have these reactions