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Where the comic strip #FowlLanguage has been (and why they left #Facebook, #Instagram etc) #artists …

Where the comic strip #FowlLanguage has been (and why they left #Facebook, #Instagram etc)

https://tinyview.com/fowl-language/2023/01/03/deal-with-the-devils

#comics #artists #ducks

Yeah, I’m pretty sure my Pixelfed photos aren’t shilling malware

Yeah, I’m pretty sure my #Pixelfed (similar to #Instagram) photos aren’t shilling malware. But Twitter won’t let the links through anymore citing “safety.”

I’m on there as KelsonV at Pixelfed dot social

Another example of Instagram’s hostility toward the open web: “Link In Bio” is a slow knife

Another example of Instagram’s hostility toward the open web: “Link In Bio” is a slow knife via @anildash

Gotta squeeze every last drop of “monetization” outta those profiles!

Reply to @dansup’s link to Instagram now forces people to sign in to view public profiles

@dansup Gotta squeeze every last drop of “monetization” outta those profiles!

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@dansup Seriously, though, I’ve been slowly moving away from Instagram all year. The more control FB exerts on it, the less it feels like a place I want to be.

I’m not at the point of deleting my account yet, but I’m not posting there anymore & I’m seriously considering dropping all the accounts I follow except for people I actually know, and paring down my archive.

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Just noticed I have more followers on #Pixelfed (98) than on #instagram (66)! 😁 It’ll …

Just noticed I have more followers on #Pixelfed (98) than on #instagram (66)! 😁 It’ll be a while before I catch up in number of photos, though…

I mostly post nature, architecture & landscape stuff there, and just randomly interesting stuff. You can follow Pixelfed accounts through Mastodon or Pleroma too. I’m at @KelsonV

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Smart UI on Instagram: if you start to unfollow someone with a private account, it …

Smart UI on Instagram: if you start to unfollow someone with a private account, it reminds you that if you change your mind, you’ll need to request approval again.

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I installed Instagram on a Chromebook to see if I could.

I can.

Um, now what?

When I first used Instagram, I really wanted to be able to upload photos from my camera & type captions with a real keyboard. But it’s been built around uploading from phones since the beginning, and it just doesn’t lend itself to any other use case, even when you can get it to run on another form factor.

Plus phone photos are a lot better now, & it’s just as easy to transfer pics from the camera to the phone.

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In the specific case of Instagram, the website doesn’t offer full functionality: you can browse & update your bio, but you can’t add new photos.

I haven’t tried any game apps yet, partly because I just got an underpowered one to use as a second laptop. (I figure if I get nice hardware, I want a real OS.) It’ll be interesting to use touch apps w/a trackpad…

But I’ve had success with utility apps for Dropbox, KeePass & a VPN.

I was surprised that the Android layer was thorough enough for a VPN app to work, but after looking around the Chrome app store a bit, I think Google decided it was better to leverage the more mature ecosystem than try to push something that never really took off.