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What is Cara, the Instagram alternative that gained 600k users in a week?
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this post was submitted on 10 Jun 2024
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Artists are mostly not going to figure out the fediverse. There really needs to be some kind of way of accessing it that is more layman friendly if we ever want it to be adopted by non-nerds
Artists are perfectly able to use the fediverse, that is not what is stopping them.
They don't come because they need to be where their fans are. That is why Cara will only be a splash: their niche is artists who place more value on the anti-AI slant than on meeting their audience where it lives. By definition that is not conducive to a lot of organic growth.
I didn’t even know what it was till yesterday. Not sure it’s the bastion of the public.
...and for that reason, I'm out
I wonder if any of the other sharks will make an offer
Gonna be a no from me dawg
It’s really not that complicated and with shit like Threads, companies are introducing the concept to the masses while the enshittification of Instagram and the like will force people to look for alternatives.
We need to welcome people with open arms and not push them away the moment someone has a question about how federation works.
Threads is only federated in name. It's simply Meta's taking advantage of Twitter's downfall. It's as centralized and under Meta's thumb as they come.
Still introduces the concept and will make people aware of other instances.
Definitely avoid it but it’s still publicly for federation.
Yep. I bet good money federation remains unidirectional and opt-in. All to pretend to comply with DMA, just like they are with WhatsApp.
Threads is federated though. You can follow Threads accounts on Mastodon. It's still a work in progress though, and not everything is implemented yet.
You say that like this shit is hard to use.
Nah. But anything more complicated than a MacBook scares most people away. Most people aren't down with anything that isn't a turnkey experience
Most of these artists use fairly complicated, or difficult to master, software to create and/or edit their art.
Signing up for and uploading images to a website isn’t really complicated.
It's good. It acts as a filter.
If only there were a filter to filter out gatekeepers like you . You do know your sabotaging your favorite platforms by being like this right ?
I'm not gatekeeping anyone. Everyone's welcome.
Well you do sound a lot like a gatekeeper for someone who isn't gatekeeper .
Ah yes, gatekeeping with "Everyone's welcome". 🤡
Nice face .
Nice argument.
Tnx you too
Idk I hear misskey (activitypub micro blogging software, compatible but distinct from mastodon) is really big in Japan, used by lots of artists. lots of Japanese users on bluesky as well
The artist and nerd Venn diagram is practically a circle around my parts.
Pixelfed is pretty damn easy.
Might help to make tutorial vids for fediverse stuff.