After moving in to our new server last month, our next large project is to set up some new Fediverse platforms. One of the most requested of those was Pixelfed, which is an image sharing platform.
You should be able to sign up here: pixelfed.ca
As with any new instance, some issues are to be expected and while we’ve done some testing already, please bear with us as things get going. For any support related issues with pixelfed.ca, please post in the new !pixelfed@lemmy.ca community
I’ve turned off registration temporarily while we resolve the below question, since people would have to re-register if we migrate domains.
Sooo uh. Right after we launched this, Dan (pixelfed dev) got back to us and said we could have pixelfed.ca if we want it.
How does everyone feel about pixelfed.ca vs pixeld.ca for our base domain? Now’s the time to pivot!
Edit: We’re up at https://pixelfed.ca/ now instead, come on over! You probably do not want to to try to migrate an existing account.
I do think pixelfed.ca sounds more organic.
I agree. I’m inclined to switch once the domain transfer finishes.
I like pixelfed.ca for the simple reason that it shares the name with the service, same as Lemmy.
Pixelfed.ca is way better. If you type pixeld.ca on mobile, autocorrect will try to change it to pixels.ca. Constantly. It’s very annoying. pixelfed gets suggested to pixel fed or pixelated, both which are a bit more obvious
Pixelfed.ca is the winner, I say.
Agreed, it sounds better to my ears!
A bit too late to vote (pixelfed.ca would have been mine anyway), but I love how something like this can happen on the fediverse. Other types of services (eg: x.com) are all about competition and screwing over the other guy, and then here you have one instance handing over a perfect domain to another so they can have a better presence.
Huge props to Dan for giving up his domain, as well as to the lemmy.ca team for expanding the fediverse.
Pixeld.ca feels really awkward to say/read, pixelfed.ca is definitely better.
I like pixelfed.ca. I love feeding myself with some pixel cats photos (get it?.. Yeah…).
Hey I can see people interpreting it that way. Like binging on social media, except this isn’t addicting so you just get fed then live on with your life.
So glad this worked out! It’s a better choice domain wise!
You (or otter) should update the post as well. I was super confused by the redirect 🙂
Surprisingly, lemmy won’t let me edit his post since we’re both admins. He’ll update it soon I’m sure.
I’m sure “pixeld” would be pronounced like “pixelled” but when I saw it my immediate thought was “pixel dee”.
While I do like the “pixelled” pronunciation, I think “pixelfed” is less ambiguous and it’s clear what service it is running.
+1 pixelfed.ca
My vote is for pixelfed.ca
pixeld.ca sounds better to me.
That said, maybe pixelfed.ca sounds more formal, plus it might avoid confusion if both pixelfed.ca and pixeld.ca are instances.
Great. I’m slowly but surely leaving American social networks, so it’s great to ee more options.
I can’t wait for the day we have Fedecan: Friendica, Matrix and Peertube instances. That way we keep our data in Canada!
This is great. I downloaded the app a while back but held off on proceeding past the instance selection, as I was hoping to see a simple .ca option. Guess I’ll go back and sign up!
Awesome! I dropped my barely-used account and set up a new one on our instance.
It’s all cat pictures!
I always need more cat pictures
Woohoo another nail in the Meta coffin! Lets use canadian social media!
Amazing work! Made an account as a placeholder (for now) and the site’s really snappy.
Edit: Goodbye account. It was nice knowin’ ya 🫡
Edit2: Hello, even newer account! 🫡WelcomeWelcome!
Have y’all been in contact with Chad over at mstdn.ca? Would be pretty cool if we could support the mastodon folks in some way as well!
We’ve messaged back and forth :) Nothing official yet
Would be pretty cool if we could support the mastodon folks in some way as well!
Agreed!
Good, can we do some kind of CAN/UE fusion ? There’s apparently nothing left of any ideal worth pursuing in the US. Time to stand together I guess.
Is the lemmy community also being migrated over to !pixelfed@lemmy.ca?
Yes
@Shadow@lemmy.ca am I missing something with how federation works? I’m trying to follow the admin over at stux@pixey.org; I am able to search for them and I can see the account but there are 0 posts.
I can see there are some posts on the Global feed from accounts on .social, so I guess I’m just not sure if I’m doing something wrong or if it’ll just take a bit to sync up.
Unfortunately I don’t think historical posts are pulled in, just things that have happened since our server started watching their server. If you follow them you’ll see any future things they make (as will other users on our server).
I see a similar issue with following hashtags. For example, I search for ‘#photography’ which displayed a load of results across instances by said ‘0 posts’. I followed it and none of the cross instance hashtag results appear in my home feed.
Presumably it is only looking at the pixelfed.ca instances of ‘#photography’ but this seems against the point of the whole thing no?
When I log in to my pixelfed.social account, doing the same thing pulls in results across different instances to the same homes screen (using the Pixelix app), so I’m not sure what the difference is.
This is awesome. Thanks for doing this!
Pretty exciting news! 💜
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Oh boy, exciting! Will move my account there when it’s ready!
…is it reaaaaady yet?
Yes!
I love how it’s just pet pics and nature haha
