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A comment on Instagram now forces people to sign in to view public profiles. Parent comment

Re:Instagram now forces people to sign in to view public pro... by eitland on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @04:04AM (#21385004)
There's also https://pixelfed.org

It is decentralized and open source.

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Re:Instagram now forces people to sign in to view public pro... by rapnie on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @05:02AM (#21385233)
Yes, PixelFed is great. Based on ActivityPub open standard you can self-host your own instance and federate it to the Fediverse.
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Re:Instagram now forces people to sign in to view public pro... by otachack on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @04:35AM (#21385124)
Never heard of this and love the idea. Thanks for sharing, will check it out.
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Re:Instagram now forces people to sign in to view public pro... by eitland on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @06:25AM (#21385584)
Came across it because someone boosted his messages on Mastodon.

I loved the idea too, Mastodon is somewhat limited and if we can get more alternatives all the better.

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