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Pixelfed Groups Are Coming to the Fediverse "Very Soon" (wedistribute.org)
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Pixelfed, an alternative to Instagram, has matured over the years. One of its biggest, most powerful features is about to touch down - federated groups. And it will be compatible with Lemmy and Kbin.

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[–] Dee@lemmings.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (8 children)

I wanted to pursue Pixelfed as an artist and post my work there but every instance I found seemed to have a 1GB storage limit which just isn't super viable long term. Maybe if they have a way where individuals can link their own cloud storage service or something? If the instance owners don't want to host all that media? That's the main thing holding me back from investing more energy into that platform for now though. I'd love to be able to get away from Instagram but for artists it's still pretty much required for anybody who wants to find clients (especially now with Twitter what it is).

Edit: some great suggestions in the replies, I'll follow up with instance admins and see what solutions I can find that way. As well as looking into the request on GitHub mentioned by Gabe. Thank you everyone ☺️

[–] zeitverschreib@social.zwoelfdreifuenfundvierzig.net 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

@Dee

If you're a professional artist, it might be a good idea to run your own instance with almost unlimited storage space.

@gabe

[–] Dee@lemmings.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Running my own instance unfortunately isn't a feasible option for me at this moment in my life. I'll be looking into that in the future when I'm in a better spot but it's not an option for a lot of creatives. I may have the technical knowledge to run and upkeep an instance but most artists aren't that tech savvy. So this will remain a problem for Pixelfed attracting artists even if I run my own instance.

[–] zeitverschreib@social.zwoelfdreifuenfundvierzig.net 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Dee Can you estimate your current and/or longterm storage requirements? The quota can be adjusted, so getting in contact with the admin might solve the problem.

[–] Dee@lemmings.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, somebody else suggested that in another reply too. I'll give that a go and hopefully that can address my issues with the platform. Thanks!

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