Mastodon MigrationJan 13, 2025

Apparently Meta is afraid of Pixelfed. Clearly, @dansup is doing something right. Can't imagine a bigger compliment.

"CONFIRMED: Facebook has *banned* anyone from linking to Pixelfed. #metablockingpixelfed"

bsky link: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:n2okvbdq33c32ekbv6hfzdg2/post/3lfjk3mrdds23

h/t @ajsadauskas (see bsky screenshot in reply below)

Maybe tech media should pick this up. Seems like a good story!

AJ Sadauskas (@ajsadauskas.bsky.social)

CONFIRMED: Facebook has *banned* anyone from linking to Pixelfed. #MetaBlockingPixelfed I just tried posting a message on Facebook that reads: "Anyone here using Pixelfed?" with a link to Pixelfed.Social Within *seconds* I got a post saying my post was banned. Screenshots below.

Bluesky Social
KNWRJan 13, 2025
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@dansup @ajsadauskas

Screenshot of bsky post...

Jan 13, 2025 at 6:07amWeb
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@dansup @ajsadauskas

And some confirmation here:

https://mastodon.social/@dansup/113813541987227835

Edit: Actually, this seems like the first report, and the post above a confirmation. It seems another user mentioned pixelfed.de in a FP post and it did not get blocked, so maybe it is just the .social domain. Will continue to update with any new info.

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@dansup

German media now has the story...

Thanks to @ajsadauskas here is a first example of German media picking up the story of Meta blocking links to Pixelfed:

https://social.heise.de/@heiseonlineenglish/113820189442440223

link to article: https://www.heise.de/en/news/Unprecedented-growth-Facebook-blocks-links-to-Instagram-alternative-Pixelfed-10237928.html

Will update if and when there is any US tech media story, but don't hold you breath.

heise online English (@[email protected])

"Unprecedented" growth: Facebook blocks links to Instagram alternative Pixelfed Pixelfed is growing rapidly after Meta changed content moderation. It's now noted that Facebook is blocking links to Pixelfed. https://www.heise.de/en/news/Unprecedented-growth-Facebook-blocks-links-to-Instagram-alternative-Pixelfed-10237928.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon #Facebook #Instagram #MetaPlatforms #SocialMedia #news

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@dansup @ajsadauskas

Cool!

404 Media @404mediaco now has the story of how Meta is blocking links to Pixelfed!

https://www.404media.co/meta-is-blocking-links-to-decentralized-instagram-competitor-pixelfed/

"Meta is deleting links to Pixelfed, a decentralized Instagram competitor. On Facebook, the company is labeling links to Pixelfed.social as “spam” and deleting them immediately."

Meta Is Blocking Links to Decentralized Instagram Competitor Pixelfed

Pixelfed said it is "seeing unprecedented levels of traffic."

404 Media
Show threadombremadJan 13, 2025
@mastodonmigration @dansup for me pixelfed.de was also blocked immediately (as "spam"). Tried with a smaller instance (Luzeed) and it worked. So it’s unclear if they have a list of instances or if they block the very word "pixelfed"
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@ombremad @dansup

Thanks for the confirmation.

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Jan 13, 2025
@mastodonmigration @dansup @ajsadauskas yeah, free speech😢
Show threadDr PenJan 13, 2025

@mastodonmigration @dansup @ajsadauskas testing this now. Yes its ttue. I tried 3 times, it got removed every time (labelled as spam). The first time I didnt even use a full link, just 'pixelfed.social'.

update2: Tried again, this time it worked, writing a longer post and putting the words in apostrophes.

Update3: we tested it in comments and my friends worked but when I commented back, it was removed again. See screenshots.

UPDATE 4 THE LAST PIXELFED LINK TEST HAS NOT BEEN REMOVED.