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Looks like Pixelfed's growth spurt is slowing down. Absent any new external stimuli I'm guessing it'll stabilize around 200K to 300K monthly active users -- over a hundredfold order of magnitude from what it was just a month ago.
I've installed it and looked around, I don't get it. It's random people's pictures.
It has gotten really, really good for photography. There's a bunch of incredible photographers posting their stuff on the Fediverse these days, and they enjoy the appeal of it that it's closer to what Instagram was before it became an influencer hub.
As for random cats and dogs, I guess some people enjoy that as well.
that's because you're supposed to follow people you want to see. you know, social media.
I love art so it's very much for me. I can see how it wouldn't seem attractive to people that aren't into that type of stuff though.
Seems pretty close to Instagram
Sounds like instagram or imgur?
The old Instagram before they added the video stuff. Pretty much a 1:1 clone of that I was told (I was never on Instagram so 🤷).
Pixelfed is definitely a good example of "its what you make it".
Try searching for and following some hashtags that you're interested in. I have an awesome home feed made up of art, design and photography hashtags and artists.
This is usually where these apps stop for me.
I genuinely don't care about what other people have to share.
It seems odd that you're here on a social media site then.