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  • Riquiñez :fedora:andrewblasco@masto.es
    Aug 18, 2026, 11:34 AM

    Attention please! (Clears his throat).

    Seeing that the Pixelfed.social server was receiving spam and scam accounts, I decided to switch server. Imagine my surprise when I discovered... I couldn't. You can't migrate a Pixelfed.social profile to another instance. Apparently, this has been the case for over a year, by other complaints I've seen.

    The lead developer has said something like they're working on fixing it, but it's been like this for a while...

    I asked @pixelfed for an explanation several days ago. They've posted things, but they haven't answered to me.

    Meanwhile, they've disabled one of the main features of the Fediverse on the largest (and "official") #Pixelfed server.

    In other words, they're holding all their users hostage, which goes against the philosophy of the #Fediverse.

    What's more, Pixelfed has a function to export your data. However, exporting posts always fails.

    I thought, well, at least I can import the people I follow. Nope, because the only import tool they've designed is one for importing your Instagram account. Disabled on the main Pixelfed.social server, by the way.

    I even started to think it was because they were one version behind the server I wanted to move to (which would be strange, since it's the main server).

    Well, no, they have the same version. But you can only migrate your account INTO Pixelfed.social, not the other way, OUT of Pixelfed.social. That makes the whole thing crystal clear to me.

    In short: NEVER create an account on Pixelfed.social, or you'll be held hostage. I recommend another servers (Luzeed, Fotolibre, for example). And there's also @vernissage for sharing photos.

    You can all follow me again at this account: @andrewblasco@luzeed.org. Because of course, without account migration, you lose all your followers 🤷🏽‍♂️

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  • Riquiñez :fedora:andrewblasco@masto.es
    Aug 18, 2026, 11:58 AM

    Por fin, tras esta publicación, he tenido una respuesta de @pixelfed. Me han bloqueado 😂

    Finally, after this post, I have an answer from @pixelfed. They have blocked me 😂

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  • Riquiñez :fedora:andrewblasco@masto.es
    Aug 18, 2026, 4:34 PM

    Lo más "gracioso" de todo esto es que el desarrollador de @pixelfed recaudó unos 138.742 dólares canadienses (unos 86.000€) en marzo de 2025:

    kickstarter.com/projects/pixel

    Fue mucho más que lo que pedía en un inicio: 50.000 CAD (31.000€). Entre las cosas que prometía con lo recaudado:

    - Un nuevo diseño web, del que incluso enseñó conceptos.

    - Acelerar el desarrollo de Pixelfed tanto en la web, iOs y Android.

    - Mejorar la moderación y seguridad de las plataformas (Pixelfed, Loops y Sup).

    Un año y medio después, nada de esto ha ocurrido. Y esto me decepciona enormemente, porque fui uno de los que doné a este Kickstarter.

    #Pixelfed #PixelfedDeservesLove

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  • Riquiñez :fedora:andrewblasco@masto.es
    Aug 18, 2026, 4:35 PM

    The "funniest" thing about all this is the main @pixelfed developer raised approximately 138,742 Canadian dollars (around €86,000) in March 2025:

    kickstarter.com/projects/pixel

    This was much more than the initial goal of 50,000 CAD (€31,000). Among the things promised with the funds raised were:

    - A new website design, for which they even shared concept art.

    - Accelerating Pixelfed's development across the web, iOS, and Android.

    - Improving moderation and security across the platforms (Pixelfed, Loops, and Sup).

    A year and a half later, none of this has happened. And this disappoints me greatly, because I was one of those who donated to this Kickstarter.

    #Pixelfed #PixelfedDeservesLove

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  • Riquiñez :fedora:andrewblasco@masto.es
    Aug 18, 2026, 4:36 PM

    No sé si este desarrollador se da cuenta del daño que hace al software libre que recaude miles de euros y luego ni siquiera dé explicaciones sobre sus proyectos. Tan sólo eso, responder y dar explicaciones.

    En vez de eso, prefiere bloquear a cualquier persona que pregunte, que diga "oye, esto está estancado"...

    #Pixelfed

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  • Riquiñez :fedora:andrewblasco@masto.es
    Aug 18, 2026, 4:37 PM

    I don't know if this developer realizes the damage he's doing to free software by raising thousands of euros and then not even offering any explanations about his projects. Just that: answer and provide explanations.

    Instead, he prefers to block anyone who asks questions, who says, "Hey, this is stalled"...

    #Pixelfed

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  • Riquiñez :fedora:andrewblasco@masto.es
    Aug 18, 2026, 6:18 PM

    I see so much burned people about #Pixelfed developement... I'm not a developer, but I'm beginning to think some people could start a new project, a fork.

    Or maybe help Vernissage to improve and just eclipse Pixelfed 🤔

    Just a thought :blobcatPraise:

    #PixelfedDeservesLove

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  • Kristianz428@social.lol
    Aug 18, 2026, 4:51 PM

    @diraquel Pixelfed doing pixelfed things once more. Just getting back to this again and again: Stay away from it, at least from this particular instance. And keep a fallback strategy in place to compensate for the lack of export / migration tools. 😔

    @andrewblasco @pixelfed

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  • Cegorachdat@social.g33ky.de
    Aug 18, 2026, 4:59 PM
    @z428
    Had the same problems when switching from Pixelfed towards greener pastures, Like 2 years ago.

    On the positive side, you're not losing much when switching to different software. I mean… even Mastodon is better at uploading/tagging images than Pixelfed. IDK what they think their use case might be.
    @diraquel @andrewblasco @pixelfed
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  • Kristianz428@social.lol
    Aug 18, 2026, 5:42 PM

    @dat They had a sweet spots back then. Like ... finding pictures by location. Setting particular licenses per images. The portfolio. Or that history / on that day feature. But for one, quite some of these have been axed and just quietly removed at some point, and then again: What do advanced features help if basic features are broken and even worse if the maintainer and administrator of the *cough* flagship instance responds to anything even loosely resembling criticism by blocking people? My opinion is as unimportant as any other but this is ... some of the worst, some of the most anti-social behaviours I have so far experienced both in the Fediverse and in the FLOSS community as a whole.

    @pixelfed @andrewblasco @diraquel

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  • veroandiveroandi@mastodon.social
    Aug 18, 2026, 8:37 PM

    @z428 @dat @andrewblasco @diraquel

    I completely agree with you. I've never seen behaviour like that from a dev in the Fediverse before. I don't care devs having a big ego when they produce great work, but I can't understand the way he treats people and his own platform with so much flaws. He boasts so much about it, yet he allows serious problems to persist that are bad for his own, Pixelfed and Fediverse's reputation, since Pixelfed is the entry point for many people to the Fedi.

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  • Riquiñez :fedora:andrewblasco@masto.es
    Aug 18, 2026, 1:06 PM

    @sergiofdezsaez En cuanto he visto que me tenían rehén sin dar ni explicaciones, sabía que no había vuelta atrás...

    Tú que te dedicas a fotografía más profesional igual podrías mirar @vernissage.

    Tanto Pixelfed como Vernissage funcionan con @Pixelix, te la recomiendo! (Gratuita en F-Froid, de pago en Play Store)

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  • Sergio Fernández 💻 🐧sergiofdezsaez@masto.es
    Aug 18, 2026, 1:15 PM

    @andrewblasco yo pasaré todo, solo tengo 78 publicaciones y aprovecharé para hacer limpieza.
    Por cierto, gracias por la recomendación de antes y lo de la "fotografía profesional" ☺️, al contestar desde la notificación no había visto el mensaje completo.

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  • veroandiveroandi@mastodon.social
    Aug 18, 2026, 3:07 PM

    @andrewblasco

    I guess we could start a club with all Pixelfed users and admins that were blocked by dansup because we complained about serious bugs not being solved for years.

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  • Aegiraegir@toot.wales
    Aug 18, 2026, 3:27 PM

    @andrewblasco Jeez. That’s very telling, both of the quality of service and of the people running it.

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  • Ivan Agosto 🇲🇽agosto182@mast.lat
    Aug 18, 2026, 5:16 PM

    @andrewblasco si, hay que tener mucho cuidado con los proyectos de Dansup (detrás de Pixelfed y Loops).
    El código de sus proyectos nunca esta actualizado. Habla mucho de opensource, pero lo practica poco.

    Esta convirtiendo Pixelfed en un negocio. Y en cuanto encuentre un buen patrocinio no dudara en compartir datos o vender.

    No es la primer vez que esta en polémica y duda la moral de este personaje.

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  • michimichaelSecondChanceLemon@rebel.ar
    Aug 18, 2026, 5:16 PM

    @andrewblasco Hace unos meses el desarrollador anunció unos potenciales cambios en la UI de Pixelfed y una inminente transformación total del sitio... y quedó en nada. Lo que estaba bugueado (como las Historias o los comentarios) sigue bugueado. Y lo que le falta, le sigue faltando.
    Esperemos que sean solamente problemas de comunicación y que no haya nada más grave detrás. Pero es cierto lo que dices, el software libre esta respaldado por una filosofía que abarca mucho más que la licencia. No es desarrollar cualquier programa de cualquier manera.

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  • Riquiñez :fedora:andrewblasco@masto.es
    Aug 18, 2026, 5:18 PM

    @SecondChanceLemon Más que problemas de comunicación yo creo que es que tiene una app que le entusiasma, que es Loops, y a la otra le dan por saco.

    Pero entonces sencillamente por qué no dice ¿quién quiere darme el relevo? Estoy seguro que mucha gente querría (sin él cerca).

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  • michimichaelSecondChanceLemon@rebel.ar
    Aug 18, 2026, 6:30 PM

    @andrewblasco ¿vos decís que consigua una grandeza personal tal, que su software sea tan libre que ni siquiera lo necesite a él mismo como persona?

    Conozco solo unos pocos miles de desarrolladores que llegaron a ese nivel de desprendimiento. (S de sarcasmo).

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  • Jorgejorgesanz@mapstodon.space
    Aug 18, 2026, 4:42 PM

    @andrewblasco @pixelfed copón, pues me parece que con esta experiencia y tratándose de la instancia principal, voy a dar por cerrada mi etapa con pixelfed y voy simplemente a postear por aquí las fotos que haga, les pondré un hashtag dedicado para que se publiquen también en mi fotoblog y carril.

    jorgesanz.net/photoblog/

    Una pena, pero para mi caso de uso (no le dedico tanto a la fotografía) la cuenta en Mastodon me va igual de bien.

    Gracias por tomarte el tiempo de compartir.

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  • Riquiñez :fedora:andrewblasco@masto.es
    Aug 18, 2026, 4:46 PM

    @jorgesanz La verdad, no te juzgo. Quién sabe, con suerte este tío lo abandone oficialmente y alguien pueda dedicarse a Pixelfed como se merece...

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  • veroandiveroandi@mastodon.social
    Aug 18, 2026, 8:27 PM

    @andrewblasco @jorgesanz

    I guess he would never give his child to another developer. He likes being a solo developer and likes boasting about having many Fedi projects. Many people have already complained about not being able to contribute, he does not care. So far, only one fork of Pixelfed has been created (Pixelfed Glitch), but it's not clear how it benefits users...

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  • Kristianz428@social.lol
    Aug 18, 2026, 5:56 PM

    @hiphopheaven Signed up for the platform in 2018 I think. Had a few hundreds of contacts, a few hundreds of pictures on there. Somehow got into dansups way at some point, which resulted in his as well as the pixelfed account blocking me back then. Used to post one last picture on pixelfed stating that I am not using the account anymore for these reasons, not particularly rude in words - which resulted in my whole account being gone like ten minutes later. None of the pixelfed folks responded on the Fediverse, however dansup on Bluesky claimed I deleted my account by myself and now am starting to blame him and stated he has logfiles to prove that. Well what do you know. Remembering this, I am still close to being enraged because of losing all the pictures and the memories linked to them back then, even though knowing no one on the Fediverse owes anyone anything but it did for sure teach me a lesson about using pixelfed.social or anything related to it.

    @andrewblasco@masto.es @vernissage @andrewblasco@luzeed.org

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  • hiphopheavenhiphopheaven@mastodon.social
    Aug 18, 2026, 5:58 PM

    @z428 While stuck right now. I still try alternatives so far monnett which is not part of the fediverse is where I had the most success

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  • veroandiveroandi@mastodon.social
    Aug 18, 2026, 9:03 PM

    @z428 @hiphopheaven @andrewblasco

    Oh no! Did he delete your account from his instance just because you criticised him? Honestly, that's even worse than him blocking your account on his personal account. Disagreeing with an instance admin isn't listed as a reason for deletion in his server rules. 😶
    It's also against GDPR and many similar laws - every citizen has the right to obtain a copy of their data, but he deleted your accounts and photos arbitrarily. 🥺

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  • Kristianz428@social.lol
    Aug 19, 2026, 5:30 AM

    @veroandi I don't know what exactly happened and there's hardly a chance of proving anything. I have no other explanation than him or someone administering pixelfed.social deleting my account, like, 10..15mins after my last post there. And ... I was extremely disappointed as well as confused by that, still am when thinking about it (also about losing all the images, the thoughts, the scarce conversations on it). It's a rabbit hole of thoughts and topics but I guess, mainly, it, for me, boils down to two learnings. First one being: Specifically on the Fediverse where most of the systems are driven by single individuals, it's very much about having a relationship of trust to this person, and dansup, put as neutrally as somewhat possible, has proven over and over again that he is in no way whatsoever trustworthy so the only conclusion here is to just stay miles at least from anything he is in administrative or moderation charge of. Like, not generally staying away from pixelfed or loops but staying away from those instances of these software he runs. The other one, unfortunately, is ... talking migration, lock-in and vote-with-your-feet and I ... still see the Fediverse has a lot of room for improvements here, most likely also a lot of need for that. Pixelfed does a particularly poor job when it comes to this, but all other platforms are just slightly better. Guess for now best to do is be very careful which instance to pick and where to stay, and pray that it will not go away or turn bad anytime soon (or be blocked by others). And have a fallback plan, a backup, or an external source of data in place to prevent that kind of things from being bad once they show up. It's really really disheartening on closer look, and it leaves open more questions than it answers. 😬

    @hiphopheaven @andrewblasco

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  • D. Olifantoli@olifant.social
    Aug 18, 2026, 2:45 PM

    @andrewblasco @pixelfed @vernissage @andrewblasco You can try to use Posty to convert your Pixelfed archive into a Mastodon-compatible one.

    https://posty.1sland.social/pixelfed

    One of the biggest issues with the Pixelfed archive is that it contains none of your images at all.  You actually need to convert it to a Mastodon archive with Posty just to include the actual images (instead of links to the images).

    https://writer.oliphant.social/oliphant/posty-for-pixelfed-what-fresh-hell

    Edit: Note you can also use Slurp! https://codeberg.org/vyr/slurp#importing-a-pixelfed-archive

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  • D. Olifantoli@olifant.social
    Aug 18, 2026, 6:53 PM

    @argv_minus_one @andrewblasco @vernissage @andrewblasco Yes, once you have it, you can via Slurp. That can migrate you to GoToSocial, which lets you import backdated posts and even has a 'gallery' mode.

    You can also turn it into a static HTML archive with Posty a little app I created.

    I did it here, although my Pixelfed is definitely a test account and hardly has the volume a real production user would.

    https://posty.1sland.social/@oliphant@pixelfed.social/

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  • Andy Piperandypiper@macaw.social
    Aug 18, 2026, 6:05 PM

    @oli "One of the biggest issues with the Pixelfed archive is that it contains none of your images at all." that is... wild.

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  • max oaklandmaxoakland@mastodon.social
    Aug 19, 2026, 7:36 AM

    @oli Until we fix this complexity, federated social media won't be mass market. And I think we should aim for that

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  • D. Olifantoli@olifant.social
    Aug 19, 2026, 3:28 PM

    @maxoakland That's not really my own aim, but I appreciate your position. That complexity only exists because of a need to workaround Pixelfed's implementation. Both Slurp and Posty have to actually handle downloading the images from Pixelfed, because it's not included in the export.

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  • DavidM_yegDavidM_yeg@beige.party
    Aug 18, 2026, 8:01 PM

    @pixelfed @mpjgregoire

    Yup, and I fully recognize that *so very much* of the fediverse is a giant volunteer project, but I also think the OP has a fair point in wondering when “eventually” might be. Point being that if it’s too far in the future, it’s meaningless to the people using it right *now*.

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  • Bruce Elrickvirtuous_sloth@cosocial.ca
    Aug 18, 2026, 8:45 PM

    @DavidM_yeg @pixelfed @mpjgregoire
    This is true, but OP could also have not assumed the worst of "Pixelfed".

    Unfortunately the state of our world encourages this distrust. Dan has owned (some/all?) of his conflicts as far as I've seen and is only human, has grown immensely, and is amazingly generous with his volunteer efforts (i.e. not his day job).

    To treat him like and evil corporation does no one any favours.

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  • Bruce Elrickvirtuous_sloth@cosocial.ca
    Aug 18, 2026, 8:47 PM

    @DavidM_yeg @pixelfed @mpjgregoire
    In the case of this migration feature, a polite engagement (issue ticket, conversation of the Fediverse, etc.), coupled with encouraging others to voice their wishes for prioritization, would be the mature thing to do.

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  • Aegiraegir@toot.wales
    Aug 18, 2026, 4:22 PM

    @andrewblasco Weirdly, I can't see your profile through Mastodon web or using Ivory, I search for luzeed and I see a few profiles there but not yours. Might be because it's new, but it's a bit strange.

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  • Aegiraegir@toot.wales
    Aug 18, 2026, 4:57 PM

    @andrewblasco It opens the website if I do that, but since I’m not logged in to Luzeed there’s no follow option. Might just need a bit of time to federate fully, I’ll look tomorrow!

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  • veroandiveroandi@mastodon.social
    Aug 18, 2026, 8:51 PM

    @aegir @andrewblasco

    I can see it on Mastodon and Friendica, but without the photos. They probably were posted before the account was federated with my instances.

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