Mastodawn

If you've ever used Pinterest and wanted a federated version, I have great news!

I'm refactoring Pixelfed Collections, with the ability to add items other than your own posts, like any url or remote post.

Public or private collections with less limitations and much easier to use.

Imagine being able to share media or urls to the Pixelfed app, and selecting which collection to add it to, or create a new one.

You're going to love this 🔥

#Pixelfed #Collections #Pinterest

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Thomas Dorr 4d ago

@dansup
I admire your energy and willingness to embrace media paradigms.

Pace yourself.

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dansup 4d ago

@thomasdorr heh, I understand that, but this was my plan for Collections all along, I just never finished the feature.

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TheoWasHere 4d ago

@dansup I love you <3

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Squirrel_767 4d ago

@dansup This would be the best thing for me. I frequently use Pinterest for wallpapers or for media i use in posts and my daily life. This would be great way to remove Pinterest from my life.

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Avas 4d ago

@Squirrel_767, may i ask why you would like to stop using Pinterest? I mean, I get you, me too, but is it linked to the app specifically as its bugs etc or more like its developers and their ideals?

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Nomdeb 3d ago

@alannyta @Squirrel_767 I dumped Pinterest because they flagged an image of mine as problematic and were going to close my account. They couldn’t point to which image it was, but it was in my collection of fine art! So the whole thing was absurd. I realized I had no control over my work and their AI flagging system and that I could spend a lot of time on collections, only to have them delete my account on a whim. I wasn’t going to make content for them anymore.

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Renata 🇨🇦🐈3d ago

@nomdeb @alannyta @Squirrel_767 I haven’t used Pinterest in years but it keeps flagging a poster I had saved from the movie Zardoz as inappropriate.

Your algorithm may not like it but dude that’s Sean Connery.

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Avas 3d ago

@nomdeb, @Squirrel_767, oh yeah i see. I've had the same issue but not of my art (i only use pinterest to collect cute pictures lol) and it sucks not to be able to see the "problematic" post. I just wonder now if the pixel app has a similar interface as I'm just too used to pinterest.

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Nomdeb 3d ago

@alannyta @Squirrel_767 I have been dumping nearly all "big tech" at least in terms of social stuff from my life. Facebook decades ago. Twitter. Instagram. LinkedIn. Pinterest. I just can't see myself enabling them any more. I'm slowing trying to rip out the remaining big tech tentacles in my life. They no longer spark joy!

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Squirrel_767 3d ago

@alannyta So many reasons to be honest. For starters app is getting filled with AI even tho it has a toggle for AI photos it only works in main feed and not in search (which i spend most of my time), second one is app doesn't moderate the photos like it used to. I've been using this app for a decade now and i search for comicbook and game characters a lot and since last year app shows so many R34 content even tho i flag them as inappropriate and not interested. Third is app doesn't let you save photos without account and this is getting on my nerves a lot because i try to push myself away from corporate social medias and monopolies overall. I don't actually know any controversy about the app or company mine is mostly personal choice.

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