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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh wow, didn't expect that :)

Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Where can I find more of your work? I checked your post history and could find no other social media or websites.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

TL/DR; c/pics and c/photography are the only places I share images.


Wow - that's quite the compliment for a dude who just likes to post holiday images. I don't post my pictures anywhere else, as I don't believe in letting Meta and others commercialize my photos or feed their AI monsters with it.

I like it here, I like the federation, I like that nobody restricts my upload size or compresses my images and I really like the vibe of the whole place and that I can just pay a buck a month to cover my costs instead of lots of ads and data scraping. Some months ago I thought c/pics is great but it could do with more content. So instead of complaining I started posting my own humble tries here, following the motto mediocre content is better than no content.

I'll take your question as encouragement and keep posting.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Pixelfed is federated and the app is pretty good. It's an Instagram alternative. May be nice to have a designated spot for all your work.

At least for me, if I see something I like, I dig deeper to see what else they have.

Regardless of how you post now or in the future, thanks for sharing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I tried that but found that it is still too unpopulated. The instances I found just had posts by the same five people. But I agree, the software is great, it just lacks an audience :)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

It had been a long time since I've watched that :)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Yes that was my guess as well. Lovely place.