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[–] manny_stillwagon@mander.xyz 98 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

No, social media is not just for pictures.

But if someone is using it just for pictures and you try to sell them on a service that isn't fitting to their use case, that's on you if they're not interested.

Know your audience. Offer them alternatives that actually fit their preferences, not yours.

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Pixelfed is part of the Fediverse though.

[–] Philamand@jlai.lu 9 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

The meme specify that he tried to make her join Lemmy tho, not Pixelfed.

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

I read that the second I posted my comment, which is why I deleted it immediately. How can you still read it?

[–] altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Federation. It got cached on other instances. And Lemme.ee comments and posts are still there too, despite it's been retired.

In a sense, to function, fediverse share all you do with every other non-defederated server. Keeping that in mind makes one a bit more sober about what they post.

But it's a bit annoying if one's post is slow to receive updates once edited - for others to see it fixed.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Keeping that in mind makes one a bit more sober about what they post.

Speak for yourself, buddy!

[–] altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 hours ago

Got me. What's your choice today?

[–] capcool@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Why did you delete? Im interested in pixelfed.

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Because my comment wasn't relevant to the comment I replied to.

[–] capcool@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

That’s fine. Im interested in pixelfed, but im from india and i couldn’t find any server near me.

[–] verstra@programming.dev 46 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Maybe checkout Pixelfed, which is (from what I gather) similar to what instagram was 10 years ago

This made me check on how pixelfed has been faring, since I remember them going through a huge boom recently - and to my joy, they still have a very large (for fediverse standards) community, they even rebounded a bit from the initial drop of people leaving after trying it out!

[–] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 41 points 9 hours ago

Oooh they were talking about Image filters...

My brain defaulted to keyword filters etc

[–] Maultasche@lemmy.world 25 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

There's a keyword filter and an NSFW filter

[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago

Can filter out selected communities and users too

[–] grueling_spool@sh.itjust.works 22 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Wait how do I use the cat filter

[–] Lembot_0004@discuss.online 6 points 7 hours ago

Insert a hose into a cat mouth, turn on water and wait until the water will leak from the other side of the cat filter.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 6 points 6 hours ago

Several major instances have a cat@ community.

[–] Endymion_Mallorn@kbin.melroy.org 13 points 8 hours ago

Yes, this has been a problem with FOSS. Linux is only getting popular because the UX has advanced beyond "developer UX", and Windows has declined into corp uselessness, and Mac doesn't do what's actually needed for half of the people. That's how this works because users are normal people. Either you adapt or you gatekeep. Both approaches are valid, but you don't get to complain about your choice.

The Fediverse will see mass adoption when it matches the actual features people want. Think about this: Foursquare was a great local social media. But the moment their big feature - the check-in - got added into Facebook and Nextdoor, usage dropped like a rock. People go where the most features are presented most conveniently. Privacy is a "nice-to-have". If I'm already sharing pictures of myself from a phone, I want it to automatically read the EXIF data and pick up the geolocation and other stuff. I expect filters that are doing the intense work on the server rather than my device (and for free [as in beer]). I want easy sharing and tagging, and a way to put myself in front of my friends and especially in front of my rivals.

If the platform you're pushing doesn't have those features, it's not fit for purpose. Remember - iStock, Pexels, Imgur, Flickr, DeviantArt, Pixiv, Pinterest, Instagram, and Snapchat all have different purposes, even though they all perform the same basic function: hosting and serving pictures. It's the feature set that matters, not the core function. Don't ask yourself "what does this thing basically do?", but rather, "what will people want to do with this thing?".

[–] HailSeitan@lemmy.world 10 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Not sure the problem is your sister, as much as it is your conflating the fediverse with Lemmy. As others have mentioned, the appropriate response here seems to be a link to Pixelfed rather than frustration at someone using social media differently than you. You wouldn’t try to force an IG user to join Reddit if that’s not their thing.

[–] Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyz 5 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

You can block communities and instances. This place would be intolerable without that filter.

[–] Philamand@jlai.lu 4 points 8 hours ago

She's talking about image filters, like on Snapchat.

[–] higgsboson@dubvee.org 4 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

~~Thunder client has good filtering.~~

edit: pixelfed

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I think she meant image filters, like the ones that change colors.

[–] juliebean@lemmy.zip 1 points 42 minutes ago

thank you. until i got to your comment, i had no idea what was meant by 'filters'

[–] Ioughttamow@fedia.io 4 points 9 hours ago

Ich iel when I see beans in jeans

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

I didn't expect to see my boi Thurston today. RIP you crazy son of cat.

[–] rickdg@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

It has a nice filter where it excludes people that roll their eyes when they hear words like "federation".