Apparently Meta is afraid of Pixelfed.
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Apparently Meta is afraid of Pixelfed. Clearly, @dansup is doing something right. Can't imagine a bigger compliment.
"CONFIRMED: Facebook has *banned* anyone from linking to Pixelfed. #metablockingpixelfed"
bsky link: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:n2okvbdq33c32ekbv6hfzdg2/post/3lfjk3mrdds23
h/t @ajsadauskas (see bsky screenshot in reply below)
Maybe tech media should pick this up. Seems like a good story!
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Mastodon Migrationreplied to Mastodon Migration last edited by
Screenshot of bsky post...
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sodiboo :pride_heart:replied to Mastodon Migration last edited by
@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] this smells slightly fishy (but just slightly) because like, that post is so concise and there's not a smidgen of legitimate concern you could find to justify what an algorithm might've thought was wrong with it. it's difficult to attributes ignorance to what only resembles pure malice. and I feel that if they genuinely want to silence this kind of stuff, they wouldn't be sending notifications like this admitting to it. because holy shit that looks bad for them.
has anyone else reproduced this result? i don't want to believe it just at face value from one person because, despite how much I may hate facebook, I do genuinely think they would be more competent at hiding their actions than depicted. -
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You raise a very good point.
Seems like something that should be reproduced and investigated further.
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Mastodon Migrationreplied to Mastodon Migration last edited by [email protected]
And some confirmation here:
https://mastodon.social/@dansup/113813541987227835
Edit: Actually, this seems like the first report, and the post above a confirmation. It seems another user mentioned pixelfed.de in a FP post and it did not get blocked, so maybe it is just the .social domain. Will continue to update with any new info.
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Mastodon Migrationreplied to sodiboo :pride_heart: last edited by
Seems like an independent report of Meta Pixelfed blocking here:
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Fluffgar - Chaotic-Creativereplied to Mastodon Migration last edited by
@mastodonmigration When I last (for the very last time) tried to post anything on facebook it was to share a Mastodon post. It was instantly removed. I appealled it but don't know if anything happened because it was the last straw for me with that site. Still, reluctantly, have their messenger because some people important to me are slow to shift.
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@mastodonmigration @dansup @ajsadauskas Meanwhile Instagram shows me ads for Scientology, stolen credit cards and counterfeit money (the latter I reported but it was found not to violate Meta‘s guidelines). What an amazing company.
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@mastodonmigration @dansup @ajsadauskas That's all the impetus I needed to join and start using pixelfed
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Mastodon Migrationreplied to Christof Damian 💙💛 last edited by
Thanks for the link!
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Mastodon Migrationreplied to Mastodon Migration last edited by [email protected]
German media now has the story...
Thanks to @ajsadauskas here is a first example of German media picking up the story of Meta blocking links to Pixelfed:
https://social.heise.de/@heiseonlineenglish/113820189442440223
link to article: https://www.heise.de/en/news/Unprecedented-growth-Facebook-blocks-links-to-Instagram-alternative-Pixelfed-10237928.html
Will update if and when there is any US tech media story, but don't hold you breath.
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Mastodon Migrationreplied to Mastodon Migration last edited by [email protected]
Cool!
404 Media @404mediaco now has the story of how Meta is blocking links to Pixelfed!
Meta Is Blocking Links to Decentralized Instagram Competitor Pixelfed
Pixelfed said it is "seeing unprecedented levels of traffic."
404 Media (www.404media.co)
"Meta is deleting links to Pixelfed, a decentralized Instagram competitor. On Facebook, the company is labeling links to Pixelfed.social as “spam” and deleting them immediately."
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