I hate Instagram. Because every post results in Meta knowing more about me and getting better in manipulating me and society. Locked in because of the critical mass. For now, it’s the only way to keep in touch with international friends.
Would you be willing to make a Pixelfed account? Today? And double post everything for a while, on Insta and Pixelfed?
It’s the only way to make this work, I think. Slowly creating a critical mass without dumping Insta rightaway. For the moment you and your friends won’t miss out on anything. Along the way mention from time to time on Pixelfed there are no ads, no manipulative algorithm, …
There are tool to import your Insta posts with hashtags and timestamps. Although, apparently, these don’t work perfect yet.
Continue doubleposting until half of your contacts have done the same. Then start only posting to Pixelfed, simultaneously posting an Instagram post saying you and most others have switched and why.
Could this work?
EDIT : perhaps my question is : How can we make this into something trending?
EDIT 2 : if you already switched. Did you manage to convince some of your contacts?
EDIT 3 : i started contacting famous persons (blue tick) that i follow on ig. “Question. Would you consider opening a parallel account on PIXELFED? No algorithm, no ads, server in a country of your choice. As to slowly move away from Meta. You have enough critical mass.”
I think it’s important to dump insta right away. It’s not just about feeding the new network content, it’s about depriving the predatory network of content.
The end goal is certainly leaving Instagram. I believe it won’t work doing it cold turkey, though.
Easier to rip the bandage off and start fresh.
Sure, I’d stopped using it because it just didn’t have much content. But I reinstalled the app and logged back in.
Here’s my profile, let’s all see if we can nudge it along a little. https://pixelfed.social/imakethingsforu
Hey, I’m following you now (or rather, my dog is https://pixelfed.social/dobiedogj).
Tell your dog I said hello.
On the one hand, this might help fence sitters that are like “there’s no content there”.
On the other, I just don’t personally care for a stream of random images like Instagram et al do.
i have a pixelfed account but i haven’t been doing enough photography to post anything to it. Deleted my instagram alrdy so can’t double post. Forgot to backup all my IG posts.
I find Pixelfed to be a much better experience overall. I got rid of insta a while back. I only use Facebook because of a couple specific groups whonhave massive inertia.
I tried making a Pixelfed account weeks ago and it didn’t work. I never got any signup email. Might have been hard filtered by Google intentionally.
I went to Loops for my short video content though.
Do you really have a choice? I left meta about a year ago, am using Pixelfed, never regretted it.
