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dansup

Edit: 1500+ posts an hour later

Wow, 350+ posts have been imported from Instagram to @pixelfed on pixelfed.social already!

Importers: let me know how it's working for you!

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unsolaci

@dansup @pixelfed All in all working pretty good, but some file types from the IG export don't seem to even be processed.

I described them in these GitHub issues:
- github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/i
- github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/i

unsolaci

@dansup @pixelfed Also, some Unicode characters in the description, like "Ξ£", "β€”", and emojis get converted to other, unrelated characters.

I've also seen someone complain about Cyrillic not being handled properly

Will Hook :clippy:

@dansup @pixelfed I'm having some trouble with it myself...it seems to have got stuck. I tried importing 100 posts and it basically went to this, and now I can't do anything with it?

If I click Import, I can select the zip but it no longer shows the 100 latest posts that I wanted to import, only older ones. So I can't even 'retry' the latest import. Not sure how to fix or reset it...

Meow.tar.gz :verified:

@dansup @pixelfed Pixelfed is something that I've been meaning to check out! Do you think I'll be able to get it going on #FreeBSD?

Trenton Matthews

@dansup @pixelfed I do have an Instagram that I may port things over. Is pixelFed friendly to #Blind/visually impaired users similar to #Mastodon and #Calckey?

Chase :ani_clubtwit:

@dansup Yessss this is exactly what I’ve been waiting for!

dansup

Just writing the Help Center docs for the Import from Instagram feature!

So close!!

Special thanks to @NGIZero for funding this feature, can't wait to ship this πŸ˜‰

dansup

Thanks for all the kind words! I’m getting close to releasing Import from Instagram!!

I will be taking a lil vacation at the end of the month, we’re going camping! It will be a nice break and a chance to unwind.

Still have 2 weeks to go, excited to ship some of these major features and improvements 😁

dansup

Import from Instagram will be merged in the next hour or so!

Next up is Share to the Pixelfed app, and Push Notifications ✨

Share to Pixelfed app
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Julian

@dansup please consider using unifiedpush for notifications

Adam Kaliszewski 🌱

@dansup Oooooook, so I have my IG data downloaded/zipped. The import option seems to work, but... there are 2 issues.
1) Pixelfed asks me to manually review posts I'd like to upload and select them (for over 10 years old account it seems to be kinda... hardcore let's say) - is there any way for the complete upload, without manual review?
2) the media/posts' list available to upload seems to be incomplete (I only see 2 posts from 2023, while I've checked in the "media" folder of the downloaded zip and it seems to be complete).
Any ideas?

@dansup Oooooook, so I have my IG data downloaded/zipped. The import option seems to work, but... there are 2 issues.
1) Pixelfed asks me to manually review posts I'd like to upload and select them (for over 10 years old account it seems to be kinda... hardcore let's say) - is there any way for the complete upload, without manual review?
2) the media/posts' list available to upload seems to be incomplete (I only see 2 posts from 2023, while I've checked in the "media" folder of the downloaded zip...

dansup

You can now build the css/js for @pixelfed in the latest commits, Metro 2.0 is now fully open sourced.

Honestly I'm exhausted, might take a few days off.

dansup

Edit: Fixed! github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/p

Two people have accused Pixelfed of going closed source because of a few missing js files and broken webpack config.

I know it's not a good look, but was overlooked for so long because I ship compiled js so npm isn't a required dependency.

Anyways, I'm going through and pushing the missing source files and then updating the webpack config so you can build the frontend ui properly again.

Then I'll get back to Import from IG 😎

PixelDroid :pixelfed:

@dansup quite ridiculous of them to assume bad faith from someone that has done so much for the fediverse... Sorry I didn't contradict them I am too averse to drama I guess :(

And the claim sounded so ridiculous to me I was not sure what to do with it πŸ˜…

πŸ‡³πŸ‡± Jeroen πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦ πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦

@dansup Open source development is often a thankless job. I hope there are many people who tell you they appreciate your efforts.

dansup

I should get fediverse.info translated, and update a few pages, one of these days πŸ˜…

git clone dansup

dansup

It takes a few minutes to cold boot the caches in fedidb.org πŸ˜…

After I get some @pixelfed tasks shipped, I'll jump back onto FediDB to improve it!

toxtethogrady

@dansup Is there a reason for me to want to be on Lemmy if I'm already on Universeodon? Same with Calckey and Friendica...

dansup

Why are xcode updates so slowwwwww

Jigme Datse

@dansup One thing I noticed is that they were kind of huge... I'm not sure how they compare to something like GCC or whatever, as I've only done those updates as part of a system update ... and usually compiling GCC itself.

dansup

how much does it cost to buy a hashflag on mastodon??

I'd like one for #threads with the pixelfed logo for the summer, thanks

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Steve Dinn

@dansup I thought I was hip to the current slang, but I guess not. WTF is a hashflag? Did you mean hashtag? That's what autocorrect thinks. Why do you have to buy one?

Oblomov

@dansup do any Fediverse platforms even support that? I assume it could be implemented with server-side choices for the logos …

dansup

This weird valet bug happens after every restart

Jigme Datse

@dansup Got multiple PHP installs? I've had it where one would be used in some cases, and a different one in other cases. 8.2.6 is getting used for command line, but is that what you're having for what I *think* is the web server?

Blake Leonard

@dansup I'm not super familiar with PHP (the last time I touched it was shared hosting on PHP 5!) but Composer probably sees a system install and not Valet since Valet hasn't reapplied whatever variables Composer is checking for?

dansup

Pixelfed admins will have several configuration options for the Import from Instagram feature!

The defaults are pretty good IMO, let me know what you think

Pixelfed import configuration settings
Steve Dinn

@dansup The defaults seem good to me. I've had my IG backup ready to go since I brought my #Pixelfed instance up!

infinite love β΄³

@dansup permissions don't make sense... why would age or follower-count be a good discriminator? i can see the most common legitimate use-case being for brand new accounts that don't have any followers yet...

dansup

Import from Instagram to @pixelfed is working flawlessly and will be rolling out later this weekend!

Screenshot of post imported from Instagram
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stevenray

@dansup @pixelfed that’s incredible! Didn’t occur to me that this could be done. πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘πŸ»

Rob Robinson

@dansup Thanks for the hard work to achieve this. I’m waiting for it so I can patiently import my Insta and shut down the old feed. Oh and liking the simplification of install too. Means I can consider going self hosted. @pixelfed

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