Instagram now forces people to sign in to view public profiles

Re:Instagram now forces people to sign in to view public pro... by mattkevan on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @04:38AM (#21385141)

Now that Instagram has been totally Facebooked, I feel there’s a real gap in the market for what Instagram used to be.

Just want something simple where I can upload some photos, do a bit of light editing, apply a nice filter and share with friends. And also see a chronological timeline of stuff they’ve posted.

No likes, no engagement metrics, no personalisation, no skinner-boxing, no influencers.

Well aware this makes me sound old - and this hypothetical service will never make unicorn money. But I’d use it in a flash.

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Re:Instagram now forces people to sign in to view public pro... by bn7t on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @06:00AM (#21385487)

Pixelfed (https://pixelfed.org/) is pretty much what you're looking for.

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Re:Instagram now forces people to sign in to view public pro... by rchaud on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @09:49AM (#21387102)

>No likes, no engagement metrics, no personalisation, no skinner-boxing, no influencers.

IG is the defacto "photo sharing" tool because it does all of these. What you are describing is closer to Imgur but they have comments and likes as well, simply because without there's no reason for people to come back.

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Re:Instagram now forces people to sign in to view public pro... by SmellyGeekBoy on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @06:36AM (#21385629)

A browser interface for uploading would be nice too!

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Re:Instagram now forces people to sign in to view public pro... by SyneRyder on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @05:43AM (#21385410)

Micro.blog seems to want to head in that direction - they're certainly on board with the chronological feed & "no likes / metrics" idea, and they have a way to import your photos from Instagram. The service itself is meant to be a social network that works via RSS:

https://help.micro.blog/2017/instagram/

But they make it really hard to even see that they have photo / Instagram-esque features, and it seems mostly connected with their iOS app Sunlit:

https://sunlit.io/

I used to be a member but found the service very hipster & Apple / iOS centric. But it might be what some people here are looking for.

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Re:Instagram now forces people to sign in to view public pro... by stevewodil on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @04:45AM (#21385163)

So VSCO?

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Re:Instagram now forces people to sign in to view public pro... by mnsc on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @09:44AM (#21387046)

I recently started using it, and it does somewhat fill that itch of "looking at pretty pictures" that instagram used to fill (almost a year fb/insta-clean now). But to me it seem like a niche platform attracting photographers and creative people that showcase very good photos. I'm somewhat in that niche so I like it but when I stumble on the small clicks of people using it more as a social "hey frinds (insert "vsco girls" meme), here's what I ate for lunch, sucks to be you" I immediately think "hey, this is not instagram goml!". But maybe it is/will be?

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Re:Instagram now forces people to sign in to view public pro... by deltron3030 on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @05:44AM (#21385417)

Tying it to smartphones and camera apps sucks.

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Re:Instagram now forces people to sign in to view public pro... by arsenico on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @07:14AM (#21385837)

It is not tied to camera apps - you can just upload any image you have in the gallery. Also, you can upload from the web

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Re:Instagram now forces people to sign in to view public pro... by deltron3030 on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @10:57AM (#21387859)

Ah ok, is this new? For some reason I've had the impression that it was only usable on mobile, now I wonder why.

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Re:Instagram now forces people to sign in to view public pro... by pay-to-play on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @05:17AM (#21385291)

VSCO costs $40 a month.

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Re:Instagram now forces people to sign in to view public pro... by stevewodil on Thursday October 31, 2019 @09:10AM (#21408283)

No it's free. They have a premium membership for $20 per year. Where are you getting your information?

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Re:Instagram now forces people to sign in to view public pro... by myspy on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @09:07AM (#21386649)

Path could use a good comeback.

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