Instagram is gaslighting Pixelfed, the open source federated alternative

Instagram is gaslighting Pixelfed, the open source federated alternative(mastodon.social)

40 points by cristiioan 3 years ago | 15 comments

haunter 3 years ago |

>Instagram is gaslighting Pixelfed

>Before they try to gaslight us

I like how the linked account is using the term correctly (which has lost its meaning in the recent years) but OP is using it wrong in the title

ianburrell 3 years ago | |

And that there was no gaslighting going on. The title turned hypothetical into actual. Which means it was the poster that was lying (but not gaslighting).

It sounds like Instagram was blocking a Pixelfed tag. They removed the block and Pixelfed is saying they have proof so Instagram can't lie about it. Instagram hasn't lied and probably hasn't said anything about it.

firloop 3 years ago |

If you try to put a link to Telegram or Snapchat in your Instagram profile, Instagram will tell you that it's "not supported".

It's very simple; Instagram doesn't support using their network to grow another network, and it's tiring when people pretend like this is something new.

astkaasa 3 years ago | |

It's very interesting that tiktok allows adding links to twitter/instagram/youtube and other sites right at the profile page.

zeruch 3 years ago |

This is not remotely shocking at all.

We're entering the age of the tech giants losing steam (you can only maintain psychotic growth for so long, then the parasitic phase of firms kick in, as they have no other operating drivers).

I wonder when the Streisand Effect kicks in though?

romwell 3 years ago |

Or, more likely, some higher-up got the wind of it, and smacked that block down to reduce the Streisand effect - which is the only reason we're reading this article here.

Ancapistani 3 years ago |

Huh.

I'm a photographer, and I'd never heard of Pixelfed before this. Now I've created an account on a server and am seriously considering setting up my own server (or servers) specific to the genres I practice.

toastal 3 years ago | |

If you do, consider patching out parts of the image optimization pipeline that strips your color profiles and the EXIF data. The platform isn't really geared towards photography photography or it would hold onto such data.

degentracker12 3 years ago |

"Gaslighting" Why should competitors be able to advertise on their competition's websites free of charge? Further why should a company allow its competitors to steal their customers?

advisedwang 3 years ago | |

These companies are platforms for users communicating with each other. We shouldn't stand for corp policies medelling with our messages. Imagine if they squash messages critical of the platform, or allowed fast food chains to pay to squash any posts saying their food is unhealthy.

travisporter 3 years ago | |

I think this is totally acceptable to block competitors. But it should be an open policy, otherwise how will your clients or users trust you?

JohnFen 3 years ago | |

Why should customers of a service put up with that service censoring their mentions of other services?

bmarquez 3 years ago | | |

We're not the customers, the advertisers are. And so far the advertisers don't care about this kind of censorship.

Try to get customer service as a non-paying user on Meta platforms, it's horrible and you rarely interact with a real person.