@sturmsucht what alternatives would you recommend? Pixelfed? I'm genuinely interested, as this topic is quite important to me.
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I'm sitting somewhere in between. Really looking forward to the new Pixelfed UI, but also thinking about switching my main photo presence in the Fediverse to my Ghost blog on @chris which would be more Mastodon-stylish.
Don't know yet. All of these are good options with some advantages and disadvantages.
@sturmsucht @manpuku_yawn @chris
frequency is not aimed at photographers. It’s for private, personal sharing with family and friends.
Another non-insta option that is good for photography is grain.social + hypo. Grain does have the typical grid profile layout, but the hypo tools that can layer on top are very photographer focused https://atstore.fyi/products/hypo
@frequency hm, don't see a reason why photographers should not use frequency. we also have friends and families! 😄
but I guess you mean the images are not publicly available, right? couldn't test your app yet, because my OS is not supported.
grain+hypo are atproto so, not activitypub. that have to be kept in mind.
@sturmsucht @manpuku_yawn @chris yeah, images are not public is all I meant 😄 It just wouldn’t look like a portfolio profile. Otherwise, yes it can be used by anyone!
Yes grain is atproto, which is likely better if you migrate services so that all data/posts aren’t lost. ActivityPub still doesn’t do that very well.
@manpuku_yawn It honestly depends on what you are looking for. @pixelfed is nearest to IG and I'm desperately waiting for its UI update since 1,5 years now.
But I do know a bunch of photographers who generally feel overwhelmed with the wall of photos that you have on IG and Pixelfed and decided to publish their images on Mastodon, because they can then also share non-image stuff.
Worth to mention: @vernissage (and the @Pixelix app) and @frequency