Uninstalled my Pixelfed beta app and reinstalled it from Play Store to see a fresh experience.

Osma A

Onto new account manual setup, then. Otherwise fine, but why do I have to authorize an access key for the Pixelfed app after confirming my email, when I just registered with the app?

Yes I know technically I registered on browser. But intent wise I initiated this with the app. It should know that.
@pixelfed #pixelfed

Osma A

Anyway I continue to argue that the server specific local Discover feed should be what the app begins with. Instead, the app starts with a blank screen with "Login" as the only option. That doesn't help a new user at all. They want to see what this is about first, and Sign up second. They "know" they can't log in, not having signed up yet.

If you go against expectations on this stuff, it fails.
@pixelfed #pixelfed

Osma A

I was hoping to advertise Pixelfed to my Instagram using friends. Better not. A bad first experience helps no one.

I am hoping to advertise Loops to those who like TikTok or Reels. But it has to be *slick* or it fails. I hope this isn't what that will feel like.
@pixelfed @loops #pixelfed

Osma A

Logging out from gram.social I can't reproduce the first login issue I had. Login button works fine when I try it on Gram. But when I try to get to my pixelfed.social account...
@pixelfed #pixelfed

Osma A

That was a transient error. I get to login page on pixelfed.social again, but the Login button still doesn't work. It does work on gram.social.

Now, does Pixelfed support account transfers including the same kind of content import it supports with Instagram... This I won't try to do on a phone.
@pixelfed #pixelfed

Kalle Kniivilä

@osma @pixelfed There was some downtime on pixelfed.social this morning. This is not a frequent occurrence. The app is getting better, but one can also test Pixeldroid for Android.

Osma A

@kallekn
I remain unable to log in to Pixelfed app and pixelfed.social on my phone. The same problem does not occur when logging in to gram.social instead.
@pixelfed

Kalle Kniivilä

@osma @pixelfed Works for me, on the native app, Pixeldroid and Firefox.

AJ Sadauskas

@kallekn @osma @pixelfed Over the past day or so, there's been a massive number of people migrating from Instagram to Pixelfed.social for Zuck-related reasons.

Earlier today, it was particularly bad, because many were trying to pull across their Instagram posts and videos at the same time.

You can probably imagine how thousands of people suddenly trying to upload hundreds of megabytes of photos and videos at the same time isn't great for server capacity.

@dansup temporarily switched off file migration and, at one point, federation to keep the site online.

It seems to have stabilised a little, but it's still intermittently patchy.

Most of the first-time users are signing up at the main instance, so Pixelfed.Social is likely to be a bit wobbly where other instances aren't.

Hopefully in the coming days, as more server capacity comes online, those issues settle down...

Daniel Supernault

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