Nice to see some @pixelfed coverage on CNET. Not only that, the article provides step-by-step instructions on how to export everything from Instagram and import it into Pixelfed. 👏
https://www.cnet.com/news/social-media/fed-up-with-instagram-how-to-move-your-photos-to-pixelfed/
-Going back to the webpage this morning gave me a download button!
-Some images are in webp format which it looks like Flickr accepts but pixelfed.media does not (not sure if all the webp images also have jpg versions included?).
-There's no metadata preserved or, at least, the image files all have today as a create date. I assume you can get it from one of the json post files (?)
Lucky for me I didn't post all that much!
I'm mentioning @jeffcarlson in this reply so he can hopefully see your previous post about the issue you found in his Pixelfed article.
Just to clarify: HE confirmed there was an issue with the email getting sent out by meta (I thought maybe it was just me) and suggested an alternative, which worked!
So thanks, Jeff!
Ahh, sorry. I was moving too fast and misunderstood.
@jeffcarlson @jon @pixelfed Clicking a button that is not a button is weirdly disorientating.
I tried 3 times with different configurations (e.g. limiting the info by type/date, etc.) with no luck. It did take overnight before the button showed up back on the page, but then it did!
But now all my Caturday, Food, and Selfies from stories are safely on Flickr:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/majnoona/albums/72177720323370849
No create date or other metadata so these all show up as being 01/22/25
The easy route is to just go with pixelfed.social. I plan to eventually move off of it and run a single-user instance as I do with henshaw.social once @dansup launches an official hosting solution.
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