1/4
I am so fed up with instagram.
I used to use the platform a couple years ago and there are many things I loved. The community was great. There are tons of people using the app and thus it can be a great source for inspiration and exchange.
Over time I did feel that it did not benefit me anymore. It was too much effort to get exposure and too much wading through meaningless content, influencers, ads etc.
3/4
Fast forward to today were pixelfed is steadily growing more mature; I still have not found my bubble. There are loads of people on the network, but I am having trouble finding the ones which are really relevant to me.
I do not care about travel, cats, selfies or artistic photography, which are the prevalent topics it seems.
@aramloosman I have hashtags set for topics that interest me, and I see a variety of posts popping up from different people (that is how I saw this post of yours) so it looks like it is working like it should (on #Mastodon anyway).
@danie10 That's also what I did. However I am not getting many results and find myself waiting for more people to join and create content.
4/4
I know I am part of the issue. I am not posting enough. I am not encouraging enough people to switch platforms or create an account on pixelfed to enjoy, create and share content.
However it is very discouraging for me to search for a topic I care for and see only my own posts as results.
How do you see this? What do you do about it? What can I do about it aside from producing my own content and hoping it will attract similar minded people?
#pixelfed #instagram #bubble #askthefediverse