Wow, hello rebble!
I have to wear many hats, like managing the @pixelfed account, and writing all the code. But as we go viral, I'm also having to deal with scalability issues, the media, a lot more support requests, and everything else. I appreciate your patience while I get things a bit more stable, and look forward to reaching 1M users next month. It's now Pixelfed season πŸš€ #pixelfedszn
People are surprised that I'm able to handle moderation on Pixelfed.social and .art myself. In 7 years, we've had only 3k reports, and a majority of them are for spam. I guess you can say that photo sharing is less toxic than text based platforms, and it shows, just ask our community. But as we grow, we do need to establish a mod team and implement better safety features like Comment Controls They are coming, but let's appreciate this! Our community is nice to each other, real og IG vibes ✨
If someone told me pixelfed.social would overtake mastodon.social in MAU in early 2025, I wouldn't have believed them. This could happen in the next week or two, assuming the growth continues (no sign of slowing down). You love to see it! πŸš€ #fediverse
My new M4 mbp arrived, no more running out of disk space! Just wish the migration was faster πŸ˜… image
Several improvements are coming to the app on iOS and Android! We appreciate the feedback. A simple dropdown will allow you to easily login or sign up on any server. Shipping soon. #pixelfed
- the fediverse TikTok is growing fast image
Really need to finish the HLS implementation for Loops, video playback will be much smoother #loops
The nice thing about Pixelfed? You can disable comments and get rid of those pesky reply guys. We're working on further comment controls. The fedi HOA days are numbered, we never needed your negativity lol
It just takes one person with a vision to make the fediverse go mainstream. Someone had to do it 🀷