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wakest ⁂

Woah cool, @pixelfed was featured in a Verge article on alternatives to Instagram this week!
:fediverse: :fediverse: :fediverse:
theverge.com/23280518/instagra
#pixelfed #fediverse

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wakest ⁂

@pixelfed the text is totally confused as to how it works though, seemingly didn't do the slightest bit of research as to what is actually going on

"Be aware, though, that the most popular server, pixelfed.social, which boasts 54,200 users, was not accepting new registrations when I signed in. The next English-language server available seemed to be shared.graphics, which, at the time I checked it, boasted a little under 1,250 users."

wakest ⁂

"Pixelfed could be fun and useful to try. However, if you are looking for a more robust crowd size for social networking, you will probably have to look elsewhere."

Job

@liaizon I choose to interpret this as the author trying to discourage people who describe themselves with the i-word from joining pixelfed

Nat

@liaizon I wonder if someone were to contact them about it, if they'd make a correction. Looks like they made some other mistakes and had them corrected, but those were from companies. It's hard to say if the Verge would care about us.

Their description does kindof ignore what's probably the singular reason to choose Pixelfed over the alternatives

wakest ⁂

@njms hey @dansup maybe you should email them a little correction!

paloma kop ⁂

@pixelfed @liaizon i feel like there is inherent misunderstanding in the way the verb "boast" is being used here. a decentralized network means a high number of users on individual servers isn't necessarily something to boast, rather, more smaller servers is actually a good thing.

wakest ⁂

@palomakop yeah I think they just really didn't understand what they were looking at, which is too bad because it mostly means its our fault for not explaining it clearly enough

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