On: Pixelfed Introduces Import from Instagram

[yieldcrv]

> you can seamlessly transfer your photos, captions, and even hashtags

that’s rich, given that nobody has posted photos, captions and hashtags to their feed in 2 years

Its all in the ephemeral stories now, or the reels

Too late

[zimpenfish → yieldcrv]

> given that nobody has posted photos, captions and hashtags to their feed in 2 years

Well, let me throw my anecdata hat into this ring and point out that it is not "nobody" because I have a constantly refreshing feed of people posting just those things every day.

[monsieurgaufre → zimpenfish]

He may be exagerating, but it is also my experience. The only "posts" i see are from entities that have something to sell. The "regular" users just do stories now (probably because of the disappearing nature of them). 2 anecdata, i guess.

[yieldcrv → monsieurgaufre]

Yeah it was hyperbole based on that observation, I’m glad someone that can relate chimed in

[not2b → yieldcrv]

I regularly post photos from my hikes to Instagram. I've never used the story feature. But I've been accused of being a nobody before.

I might consider importing them to Pixelfed, but only a few friends are in the fediverse now, and most aren't.

[mym1990 → yieldcrv]

Photos are alive and well on IG, not sure if you are thinking of a different app.

[kredd → mym1990]

Depends on the generation, but it's "not cool" to post photos like we used to do it every week or so in my generation (younger millennials / older gen-z). I've seen some people doing once every month, quarter, or life altering events to give a big "fan out" news to their friends, but that's it.

[monsieurgaufre → kredd]

It’s what i’m seeing as well. In my circle, IG is used to share memes and very rarely personal news (except for the oversharers).

[7v3x3n3sem9vv → yieldcrv]

good thing pixelfed supports stories

[yieldcrv → 7v3x3n3sem9vv]

They import old stories too? Import the highlight reel? Crosspost the current story?

They could have included that in their blog post