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
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@dansup @ajsadauskas

Screenshot of bsky post...

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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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@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.