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I've turned off registration temporarily while we resolve the below question, since people would have to re-register if we migrate domains.
Sooo uh. Right after we launched this, Dan (pixelfed dev) got back to us and said we could have pixelfed.ca if we want it.
How does everyone feel about pixelfed.ca vs pixeld.ca for our base domain? Now's the time to pivot!
Edit: We're up at https://pixelfed.ca/ now instead, come on over! You probably do not want to to try to migrate an existing account.
I do think pixelfed.ca sounds more organic.
I agree. I'm inclined to switch once the domain transfer finishes.
I like pixelfed.ca for the simple reason that it shares the name with the service, same as Lemmy.
Pixelfed.ca is way better. If you type pixeld.ca on mobile, autocorrect will try to change it to pixels.ca. Constantly. It’s very annoying. pixelfed gets suggested to pixel fed or pixelated, both which are a bit more obvious
Pixelfed.ca is the winner, I say.
Agreed, it sounds better to my ears!
Pixeld.ca feels really awkward to say/read, pixelfed.ca is definitely better.
A bit too late to vote (pixelfed.ca would have been mine anyway), but I love how something like this can happen on the fediverse. Other types of services (eg: x.com) are all about competition and screwing over the other guy, and then here you have one instance handing over a perfect domain to another so they can have a better presence.
Huge props to Dan for giving up his domain, as well as to the lemmy.ca team for expanding the fediverse.
I like pixelfed.ca. I love feeding myself with some pixel cats photos (get it?... Yeah...).
So glad this worked out! It's a better choice domain wise!
I'm sure "pixeld" would be pronounced like "pixelled" but when I saw it my immediate thought was "pixel dee".
While I do like the "pixelled" pronunciation, I think "pixelfed" is less ambiguous and it's clear what service it is running.
You (or otter) should update the post as well. I was super confused by the redirect 🙂
Surprisingly, lemmy won't let me edit his post since we're both admins. He'll update it soon I'm sure.
My vote is for pixelfed.ca
+1 pixelfed.ca
Great. I'm slowly but surely leaving American social networks, so it's great to ee more options.
I can’t wait for the day we have Fedecan: Friendica, Matrix and Peertube instances. That way we keep our data in Canada!
This is great. I downloaded the app a while back but held off on proceeding past the instance selection, as I was hoping to see a simple .ca option. Guess I'll go back and sign up!
Awesome! I dropped my barely-used account and set up a new one on our instance.
It’s all cat pictures!
I always need more cat pictures
Woohoo another nail in the Meta coffin! Lets use canadian social media!
Have y'all been in contact with Chad over at mstdn.ca? Would be pretty cool if we could support the mastodon folks in some way as well!
We've messaged back and forth :) Nothing official yet
Would be pretty cool if we could support the mastodon folks in some way as well!
Agreed!
Amazing work! Made an account as a placeholder (for now) and the site's really snappy.
Edit: Goodbye account. It was nice knowin' ya 🫡
Edit2: Hello, even newer account! 🫡
~~Welcome~~ Welcome!
I’m an existing user on pixelfed.social, are you going to support migrating accounts? Or is that on by default with pixelfed?
I think it's on by default, I'm not seeing any config options. If you have trouble let me know!
Oh there was already one called pxlfd.ca to mimic mstdn.ca in terms of hostname.
Good, can we do some kind of CAN/UE fusion ? There's apparently nothing left of any ideal worth pursuing in the US. Time to stand together I guess.
I’m trying to sign up through the Pixelfed app, but it doesn’t show this server and I don’t see anywhere to type it in. Help?
Edit: Oh I found the entry box under Other, way down at the bottom then sign-in to custom server.
I’m thinking I need to sign up on the webpage though.
Edit: signup isn’t working for me the mobile website. I’ll try on desktop later.
Thats a bad login flow for a fediverse app if you arent clearly presented with a homeserver choice at first run :/ There are other (possibly better) pixelfed apps but i havent tried pixelfed at all so cant really comment on them.
Gotta scroll down a bit https://pixelfed.org/mobile-apps
Yes the UX needs some work =(
It is very bad. Thanks for the link :)
Where are you getting stuck?
Edit: I think hcaptcha was breaking things. I've turned it off for now.
Oh boy, exciting! Will move my account there when it's ready!
....is it reaaaaady yet?
Yes!
@Shadow@lemmy.ca am I missing something with how federation works? I'm trying to follow the admin over at stux@pixey.org; I am able to search for them and I can see the account but there are 0 posts.
I can see there are some posts on the Global feed from accounts on .social, so I guess I'm just not sure if I'm doing something wrong or if it'll just take a bit to sync up.
Pretty exciting news! 💜
I love how it's just pet pics and nature haha
This is awesome. Thanks for doing this!
Hey, quick question:
If we import our content from Instagram, what's the default visibility? I tried importing it on another instance and the default was "unlisted" meaning it was still public, but not displayed in searches and public feeds.
Is that something you guys can set server side? If so, I'd prefer they be private and only visible to my approved followers.
Super. Been looking forward to this.
Now that I’m all set up i put my profile on Facebook to see if I can attract some more “regular” people.
I have an artist friend who was interested in the idea of running a Pixelfed account side-by-side with his instagram, but Instagram linking to the Pixelfed with some bonus content there. I’m gonna see if he needs help with that later today.