Apparently Meta is afraid of Pixelfed. Clearly, @dansup is doing something right. Can't imagine a bigger compliment.
"CONFIRMED: Facebook has *banned* anyone from linking to Pixelfed. #metablockingpixelfed"
bsky link: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:n2okvbdq33c32ekbv6hfzdg2/post/3lfjk3mrdds23
h/t @ajsadauskas (see bsky screenshot in reply below)
Maybe tech media should pick this up. Seems like a good story!
And some confirmation here:
https://mastodon.social/@dansup/113813541987227835
Edit: Actually, this seems like the first report, and the post above a confirmation. It seems another user mentioned pixelfed.de in a FP post and it did not get blocked, so maybe it is just the .social domain. Will continue to update with any new info.
German media now has the story...
Thanks to @ajsadauskas here is a first example of German media picking up the story of Meta blocking links to Pixelfed:
https://social.heise.de/@heiseonlineenglish/113820189442440223
link to article: https://www.heise.de/en/news/Unprecedented-growth-Facebook-blocks-links-to-Instagram-alternative-Pixelfed-10237928.html
Will update if and when there is any US tech media story, but don't hold you breath.
Cool!
404 Media @404mediaco now has the story of how Meta is blocking links to Pixelfed!
https://www.404media.co/meta-is-blocking-links-to-decentralized-instagram-competitor-pixelfed/
"Meta is deleting links to Pixelfed, a decentralized Instagram competitor. On Facebook, the company is labeling links to Pixelfed.social as “spam” and deleting them immediately."
@mastodonmigration @dansup @ajsadauskas I posted a link https://pixelfed.social/i/web/post/784390447593429168 and it's still there but I only posted the link, I didn't mention Pixelfed.
@mastodonmigration @dansup for me pixelfed.de was also blocked immediately (as "spam"). Tried with a smaller instance (Luzeed) and it worked. So it’s unclear if they have a list of instances or if they block the very word "pixelfed"