Like the question implies, I really want too get off of instagram. Its not the same space anymore, especially with the consistent push from Meta to use AI. Ive even made my profile private so those features don’t automatically turn on. Its gotten crazy there.
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Pixelfed
You’d probably like Pixelfed, it’s part of the Fediverse.
Thanks everyone!
One thing of note, since Pixelfed is part of the Fediverse, posts made on Pixelfed instances can be seen by users of Mastodon and other platforms that use the same protocol! It’s really neat!
Since nobody mentioned it yet, Pixelfed.
Pixelfed.
There are various technical alternatives (ActivityPub-based stuff like PixelFed/Loops/Mastodon/GotoSocial/Sharkey/Akkoma/something else on the Fediverse)
But would you take the plunge of self-discovering different content, which might as well be none of your topics of interests? Would you be acquainted of vastly different UI/UX such as the lack of recommendations, a million client frontends, and the technicality of federation? And lastly, will you find it a place with communities to socialize and content to enjoy from in the long run?
I think trying out on a public instance would be a good way to answer those questions. PixelFed most closely resembles Insta, but the other ones can do too. Then you can consider selfhosting your own
I haven’t gotten deep into self hosting yet, even though i do wanna try that with Jellyfin. For the insta alternative I prefer just posting and interacting with others.
Pixelfed.
I personally like Pixelfed
Pixelfed
Just in case no one has said it, Pixelfed
Also want to mention that GoToSocial has an option to change the layout to a instagram like gallery: https://docs.gotosocial.org/en/v0.22.0/user_guide/settings/#select-layout
I know this is hardly an replacement for what instagram is like nowadays. But for those who just want to share their photos thats a great way thats often overlooked.
This is just the layout for your personal profile. GtS doesn’t have a full frontend, it’s intended to be used with whatever your favorite Mastodon app is (Phandroid).
Yes, I’m using that after a short foray into Pixelfed. And together with @mczachurski@mastodon.social 's Impressia iOS app it’s a really good experience.
If you like reels, check out loops
Yay more people to join Pixelfed!
Not the standard answer, but here’s another opinion: I think Signal is a good alternative.
Depends on how you use Instagram. If you’re just sharing with closed groups of friends and family then just make some groups in Signal and share pictures with each other there.
If you want to post to everyone or look at everyone else’s posts then this obviously isnt going to work. But if you’re use case is as I describe above then just try using your private chat app.
Can someone easily merge from Google Messages to Signal? I’ve heard of signal and im also looking for another message alternative; more so for that and insta. Pixelfed is really catching my eye for insta.
How do you mean merge?
It’s basically another messenger.
Signal is a great app to replace your messenger with. Keep in mind that it doesn’t save whatever media you post there in your gallery.
Matrix is another solution, but you’d have to self host that. I have no experience with it.
Threema is a swiss app which I think was pretty privacy respecting as well? It doesn’t use phone numbers either IIRC.
Like Google unfortunately uses RCS and everyone i know uses RCS because either they have apple or are using Google messages with RCS. So if I was to go to Signal for example, would my chats transfer over or would I have to start over because RCS is not used?
Signal used to do text messaging as well but they removed the feature. As they felt it was unclear when a message was fully encrypted ( signal message ) and when it wasnt ( text /RCS message ).
I don’t think there’s a privacy friendly chat app that also does RCS.
