Having new contributors is an amazing feeling 😁

For the past 7 years, @dansup has been building Pixelfed himself, and out of his own pocket.

Now, we have multiple new contributors to our mobile app, backend and frontend!

2025 is going to be a great year for the fediverse and social web ❤️

@pixelfed @dansup Looking forward to seeing support in solving some issues. https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/issues
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@pixelfed @dansup

Excited about this! Well done everyone involved.

A couple of questions (I am a noob!)

Can I sign into Pixelfed using my mastadon account?

Can I embed Pixelfed into my webpage?

@skillissues @pixelfed @dansup

To the first question: yes

To the second question: it's supposed to work using the embed button, found on profiles under the three dots highlighted in the below image, however, the account in question must approve of this, and I haven't tested any that allows it

@fribygda @pixelfed @dansup

Awesome, thank you!
(This is why I love Mastodon. Actual engagement! Thanks again!)

@skillissues @pixelfed @dansup

Answer 1:
You need a new account at one of Pixelfeds instances. Your Mastodon account is only valid for your Mastodon instance.

Answer 2:
You can use the URL of the picture / video you uploaded but you can't embed the Pixelfed entry (yet).

@dnkrupinski @pixelfed @dansup ahhh ok, thanks. I was wondering if Activity pub worked the same way ATproto claims to work, where you can sign in to many apps with the same user handle.

@skillissues @dnkrupinski @pixelfed @dansup You can use different mobile apps to login into your account (like PixelDruid, Pixelfed or Pixelix for Pixelfed instances), but the account management will not be spanned over multiple instances.

Most of the apps are able to give you access to multiple accounts. And some apps can be used for different instances like Mastodon **and** Pixelfed, but your still need different accounts / logins.

@pixelfed Loving Pixelfed, but wondered if you can clarify a few things about how I’m using it. I’ve ended up with a Pixelfed and a Mastodon.ie account (plus my Micro.blog). How does Pixelfed pull in photos? Am I best using as a separate entity just for photos? Thanks. :-)
@pixelfed that's great news for the future of Pixelfed, the open web and for you.
@pixelfed @dansup Great news, looking forward to more growth this year! I'm leaning towards Mastodon over Bluesky as I'd rather support European based services where possible but definitely away from US based ones but Pixelfed looks like the best Instagram replacement.

@pixelfed @dansup

Looking forward to import Instagram content again... for many people the first thing is not to lose all of her work..

@pixelfed @dansup how can a frontend dev get involved?