2026-06-15 07:58 UTC
RE: https://indieweb.social/@alineblankertz/116744239041938294
Good read! @alineblankertz sketches the example of @pixelfed, which is basically an Open Source duplicate of Instagram. Without all the tracking problems, and data extraction, but wíth the problematic tendencies that platforms have which are aimed at gathering as many followers as possible.
I do love hanging around on Pixelfed, but it's design could be much more interesting.
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@tomootes@social.codefor.nl 2026-06-15 08:03
@alineblankertz@indieweb.social @pixelfed@mastodon.social I think we should start sketching outlines of what we would want from a social medium before we start building it. It's very tempting to just rebuild what we already know open source, but the adventurous part is in designing new dynamics, maybe aimed at connecting people locally, or to invoke interesting conversations between members of a platform. By just rebuilding what we know from tech bro's, that's not going to happen. #socials #pixelfed