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2025-01-23 22:31:11

kmherkes@wandering.shop

Hi, fedifolks! I have a visual artist friend who's looking at Pixelfed but is not sure How It All Works within the fediverse.

Will he get visibility posting only to pixelfed? OR should he make a pixelfed act AND some other fediverse account?

Basically, what's the best Fediverse friendly way to post pretty pictures where the most people can enjoy them?
I am of no help, as I basically poke at things from my little hole in the corner of the internet.

#fediverse #pixelfed

2025-01-23 23:42:55

Jupiter Rowland

jupiter_rowland@hub.netzgemeinde.eu

@Kem Herkes From a purely technical point of view, he'll only need a Pixelfed account. You can follow Pixelfed accounts from just about everywhere in the Fediverse.

A better question would be if he'll get the reach he wants with only a Pixelfed account. One could argue that he'd be better off with a Mastodon account on top to advertise for his Pixelfed posts by boosting them. But one could also argue that this may lead to people following his Mastodon account rather than his Pixelfed account. And that it'd amount to cheating.

His advantage, however, would be that he wouldn't start out all alone in the Fediverse. I think I can expect you to follow him. You are already on Mastodon, you already have a substantial amount of followers, so I guess he could leave the "plugging" to you.

#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Fediverse #Mastodon #Pixelfed

2025-01-24 02:39:07

Kem Herkes

kmherkes@wandering.shop

@jupiter_rowland thank you! You've clarified two issues we couldn't pick apart, and that will really help with decision making. Much appreciated!