This might be the one to dethrone Mastodon in user count and monthly active user metrics.

  • rbn@sopuli.xyz
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    24 hours ago

    I never tried PixelFed and just signed up to pixel.tchncs.de. As a client I downloaded Pixelix from F-Droid. Now I’m there with an empty feed. How do I get started?

    There’s a section with trending profiles and one with trending hashtags but both sections seem to have pretty generic content like #art, #photography, #photos etc.

    Don’t get me wrong, it’s nice photographies and all but it feels really anonymous and a bit random to me. Is this the normal PixelFed experience or am I doing it wrong?

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      23 hours ago

      Scroll the local feed. Search hashtags and follow hashtags you’re interested in. As with Mastodon, your home feed will be empty until you follow people.

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        23 hours ago

        I found a global stream that is a bit similar to /all and has a wider variety of content, also new posts with just little interaction so far. That feels already slightly better than the top trends.