Apparently Meta is afraid of Pixelfed.
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Mastodon Migrationreplied to sodiboo :pride_heart: last edited by
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:
Daniel Supernault (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image Stay classy Meta. #MetaBlockingPixelfed
Mastodon (mastodon.social)
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:
Daniel Supernault (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image Stay classy Meta. #MetaBlockingPixelfed
Mastodon (mastodon.social)
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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:
heise online English (@[email protected])
"Unprecedented" growth: Facebook blocks links to Instagram alternative Pixelfed Pixelfed is growing rapidly after Meta changed content moderation. It's now noted that Facebook is blocking links to Pixelfed. https://www.heise.de/en/news/Unprecedented-growth-Facebook-blocks-links-to-Instagram-alternative-Pixelfed-10237928.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon #Facebook #Instagram #MetaPlatforms #SocialMedia #news
Heise Medien on Mastodon (social.heise.de)
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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