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What I notice is that people really like the 'my story' functionality of instagram. It's a nice way to share some random stuff, without it being on the internet 'exposed forever and for everybody'. And you can share also something with only close friends, or just followers, etc
I really hate zuck, but I don't think pixelfed has such a functionality yet, right? I feel that, or just something similar, is sort of a main key to getting people make a transition from instagram.
Bluesky/mastodon transition is going pretty well though
Part of the problem is that pixelfed feeds are public, and in order for private posts/feeds to work you'd need the other user to be on the same instance as you
Signal has stories, although I don't see many people using them. If more people were on signal, it might get more use?
Well, whatsapp has stories also, but I don't see people using them. I don't like to give my phone number to everybody. And it is very easy if someone has a profile, to look them up and send a follow request. That stuff you won't find with signal stories.
Though, pixelfed lacking stories should be possible to overcome right, given the protocol. If two users can handshake, and the instances accept the handshake, then they should in theory be allowed to send each other stuff. Like, in other fediverse platforms you can also send private messages
Well, whatsapp has stories also, but I don't see people using them. I don't like to give my phone number to everybody. And it is very easy if someone has a profile, to look them up and send a follow request. That stuff you won't find with signal stories.
That's a good reason yea
Though, pixelfed lacking stories should be possible to overcome right, given the protocol. If two users can handshake, and the instances accept the handshake, then they should in theory be allowed to send each other stuff. Like, in other fediverse platforms you can also send private messages
The problem I think is that we can't guarantee that the other federated instances will respect the private setting, or the risk that other instance admins might be snooping on the posts.
A proper E2E solution would be ideal
Usage levels is depends on different community.
At least in Indonesia and other SEA countries, WhatsApp stories has widespread usage. All of my family (especially older ones) are regularly share things there, even just saying "Good Morning" or their daily activities.
I'm confused about signal stories. I tried to use it while I was on vacation, but it looked like I had to push it to people? You definitely have to whitelist who can see it.
It does have stories but they aren't supported on the apps yet and don't have the editing function that IG does. It doesn't have the "close friends" thing though.
What I notice is that people really like the ‘my story’ functionality of instagram. It’s a nice way to share some random stuff, without it being on the internet ‘exposed forever and for everybody’. And you can share also something with only close friends, or just followers, etc
It does have stories just not supported in the official app yet.
well that was them robbing snapchat either way, I do want loops to intergrate with it for video, I like reels, the algorithim is very good, my main page only gets funny stuff, my 3d page only gets cool art (sadly a ton of loweffort ai these days, i still like high effort ai mixed with simulations)
Thank you for voicing this opinion. The fact so much of the fediverse is just public just makes it impossible to sell for real identity social media.
Really curious why the community in the fediverse hardly talks about it.
I'm really holding out hope for someone to pickup Futo Circles or something else that's an e2ee replacement for Facebook / Instagram.
Does it have chat groups and dms? That not being in mastadon is why I wont tell my friends to use it.
