#Poll: How many #fediverse accounts do you have, total?
This can include anything that posts and fully interacts with the fediverse, including, but not limited to, mastodon, glitch, hometown, gotosocial, snac, honk, pixelfed, microblog, loops, and lemmy.
Don't include non-extant accounts or instances, obviously. ;)
@rl_dane Currently I have 3 Mastodon accounts. All for different purposes.
Closed one because of problems with the instance.
Closed the Pixelfed account because it's abandonware with unresolved bugs at this point and Mastodon basically does the same thing.
Closed the Pixelfed account because it's abandonware with unresolved bugs at this point and Mastodon basically does the same thing.
Ouch! I don't think it's abandonware, but it is just a single guy with a LOT of plates spinning.
Its seeming incompatibility with GoToSocial is very frustrating, though.
I like the idea of a fediverse server geared towards photos, though.
@rl_dane Yes it is one guy but he needs to hand off development to a team.
He basically dropped development to focus on Loops. I haven't used Loops so I can't comment. But in my experience with Pixelfed for about two years using the web interface and official mobile app, it needs A LOT of work. The mobile app has performance issues and bugs. The web interface, while slightly better performance, has a VERY confusing and inefficient UI.
Stating that it lacks polish is an understatement. It's not ready for prime time nor is it even close to being a reliable contender to Instagram.
It has a feature to import Instagram posts, which is useful, but.... it's broken. It doesn't properly support the ActivityPub protocol (likes and boosts appear differently from viewing the same post in Mastodon). The photo album feature is useful as is ALT text and the 5,000 Character limit per post (which is better than many Mastodon instances) but otherwise a reliable Mastodon instance can do the same thing and do it better.
Yeah, I never cared for the official app. Pixelix and Fedilab are fantastic clients for Android.
I do think he's come back to focus on it more now that Loops is in a stable place, though.
R.L. Dane 
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