It became the only reliable source of information I had. People posted links with a minimal amount of commentary, picking and choosing the best content from other social media networks. They’re not doing it to “build a brand” because that’s not a thing in the Fediverse. It’s too disjointed to be a place to build a newsletter subscription base.

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 8 points 1 month ago

yo dog. let me tell ya all about the neighborhood you live in!

[–] spaceracoon@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I am having a great time exploring the Fediverse and of course having a blast here in Lemmy. That said I have found a lot of limitations as well that makes the Fediverse work "for real" when you want to go in deep into the federation part of it. For example I was really trying to move away from instagram and I wanted to create my own instance of Pixel fed. The expectation is that I have my own instance in the fediverse I can own and I can connect to the rest of the network. The reality is that from your little bubble you can't see old posts from accounts on other servers. Only new ones. Which does not really make it work for real. There are plenty of other use cases that work better, but assuming that's the "only way" and it's perfect is not being fully honest. A lot of people like to shit on ATproto, but it's a protocol that feels less extreme on federation and more friendly on the "normal person" usability part of it. Every person have their own needs in the end.

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I can't speak to how Pixelfed works, but PieFed pulls in old posts. e.g. when lemm.ee (a Lemmy instance) shut down, several communities were migrated, including its old content.

Perhaps one day Pixelfed will implement that as well.

[–] spaceracoon@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I really hope so! That was a big let down moment.

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[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I watched a Greenlandic toddler munch meat from the spine of a seal with its head very much intact.

I kind of want to know the context of this

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[–] HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

HAHA! THEY'VE BEEN BAMBOOZLED! HOISTED! WHAT BUFFOONS!

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