I’m using the Test Flight beta app, curious on others’ overall experience with the platform so far. I never had an Instagram account so I’m not really sure yet what I even want from it. I’m just excited on all things Fediverse and I’m happy to be part of the growing numbers.

Any tips for content discovery? Seemed like that was the limiting factor off the bat, I like to start new platforms with the equivalent of a trending or all, didn’t seem to have that here.

Happy to take links for your favorite users that deserve a follow!

  • I_Am_Jacks_____@lemmings.worldEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    It’s been a couple months since I tried it. There were too many dick pics for me. And, really, not enough pictures from creators I know. However, I did get to see a bunch of beautiful photography and a few pet pics that were good.

    • sabreW4K3@lemmy.tfEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      I chose a smaller instance when I joined. Haven’t seen a single dick pick. But ended up blocking some hashtag to avoid Reddit NSFW content stealing.

      I think the key to Pixelfed is following hashtags and being busy. I post the occasional pick and generally leave it at that. But it’s a very nice platform.

    • pg_jglr@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I had a similar experience, also hard to find interesting things because searching tags didn’t seem to work well. Maybe there isn’t enough stuff uploaded yet.

  • Deregon@jlai.luEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Been running my own instance for a couple months now, just for me and my friends, so that they would stop sharing private pictures on platforms that would process/sell the data. But, as always when it comes to new, privacy-respecting tools, I’m having the hardest time making them move to the platform, despite the fact that the Pixelfed instance itself has been running smoothly.

    • Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Any tips on setting it up for such a purpose?

      I was thinking of doing something similar for my friends and I

  • Corgana@startrek.websiteEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I think it’s absolutely excellent and considerably more polished than projects like Lemmy, the only problem is that nobody I know is on there!

  • krimsonbun@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I don’t like it much. It’s slow and a pain to use. The main developer keeps on starting new projects instead of improving the one’s they already have.

  • 1984@lemmy.todayEnglish
    02·
    1 year ago

    I have never used Instagram either. But something similar where you can be semi-anonymous could be interesting i guess. Depends on the content. If it’s about showing off and being influencers, I’m not interested.