Flickr Foundation is building a new bridge between Flickr and Wikimedia Commons

Re:Flickr Foundation is building a new bridge between Flickr... by citboin on Saturday July 08, 2023 @03:20PM (#36647801)

Is there a good alternative to Flickr/Smugmug and Instagram?

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Re:Flickr Foundation is building a new bridge between Flickr... by aloisdg on Saturday July 08, 2023 @04:45PM (#36648569)

I would say Pixelfed. It is a federated image sharing platform. The code is libre (AGPL).

If the main federated alternative to Twitter is Mastodon, the main federated alternative to instagram/flickr is definitely Pixelfed.

https://pixelfed.org/

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Re:Flickr Foundation is building a new bridge between Flickr... by Groxx on Saturday July 08, 2023 @04:48PM (#36648602)

Also worth noting: it uses ActivityPub, and Mastodon users (and many other systems) can see and interact with Pixelfed users in most ways that matter.

In a lot of ways it's just a photo-optimized UI for ActivityPub. Which is generally a good thing.

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Re:Flickr Foundation is building a new bridge between Flickr... by yakubin on Sunday July 09, 2023 @08:30AM (#36653932)

I’d say it’s an alternative to Instagram, but not Flickr. A huge distinguishing feature of Flickr is that it keeps high-quality versions of uploaded photos. Instagram and Pixelfed compress to a low quality. Pixelfed’s UI also suggests that it’s more of an Instagram replacement, i.e. more about the social media aspect than about the photos. The photos are just an excuse to do social media.

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