it’s just got a photography-centric userbase i guess. how it’s used is down to how people choose to use it :p

it’s a platform for personal posting if you want it to be

that’s the obvious suggestion! thanks, i don’t know why i didn’t consider asking the dev. i sent a message on mastodon. i’ll add an update here if i get a response :p

If anyone has an idea of how I can migrate my data through, please help! :p

I exported my instagram data about 2 years ago when I delete my account. However, it was exported as a HTML file, not JSON. Pixelfed is only allowing imports in JSON format, and I don’t know how to go about “converting” them (if possible), and even if I did, there just seems to be so many files that I wonder if it’s feasible?

I agree that it’s not fully “there” yet, but it won’t get “there” without users engaging with the videos. I try to use PeerTube for any YouTube creator I enjoy that uploads there. For example, Linux Experiment has started uploading there so I’ll be tuning in weekly to see his news updates.

Let’s still support upcoming platforms where we can :)

Since we’re on Lemmy, which uses ActivityPub, I’d first recommend using PeerTube since it’s also a fediverse ActivityPub platform. But it’s pretty small right now.

Alternatively, Odysee has an established creator base and it’s easy for YouTubers to sync video uploads, so it has a real chance at becoming mainstream if we can push adoption outside of the tech-sphere.

In terms of just YouTube privacy-respecting frontends, with your browser I recommend using Piped or Invidious.

For more instances for privacy-respecting front-ends, this link is a good resource. Furthermore, you could consider installing the LibRedirect extension to automatically redirect you to privacy-respecting frontends.

On Android, I strongly recommend downloading LibreTube or NewPipe from the F-Droid store. LibreTube is actually really pretty, so I prefer it to ReVanced on that basis as it doesn’t require any level of login to manage a subscription list I think. Newpipe is already very well established and I use it personally, very good app.

Happy to answer any questions, but I’m not an engineer, I’m just a guy :p