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We are excited to announce pixelfed.ca, a new Pixelfed instance run by Canadians and hosted in Canada [edited, see comments] (pixelfed.ca)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by otter to c/main

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After moving in to our new server last month, our next large project is to set up some new Fediverse platforms. One of the most requested of those was Pixelfed, which is an image sharing platform.

You should be able to sign up here: pixelfed.ca

As with any new instance, some issues are to be expected and while we've done some testing already, please bear with us as things get going. For any support related issues with pixelfed.ca, please post in the new [email protected] community

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[–] Shadow 67 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (13 children)

I've turned off registration temporarily while we resolve the below question, since people would have to re-register if we migrate domains.

Sooo uh. Right after we launched this, Dan (pixelfed dev) got back to us and said we could have pixelfed.ca if we want it.

How does everyone feel about pixelfed.ca vs pixeld.ca for our base domain? Now's the time to pivot!

Edit: We're up at https://pixelfed.ca/ now instead, come on over! You probably do not want to to try to migrate an existing account.

[–] Kyle 42 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I do think pixelfed.ca sounds more organic.

[–] Shadow 20 points 3 months ago

I agree. I'm inclined to switch once the domain transfer finishes.

[–] apprehensively_human 24 points 3 months ago

I like pixelfed.ca for the simple reason that it shares the name with the service, same as Lemmy.

[–] cheerytext1981 16 points 3 months ago

Pixelfed.ca is way better. If you type pixeld.ca on mobile, autocorrect will try to change it to pixels.ca. Constantly. It’s very annoying. pixelfed gets suggested to pixel fed or pixelated, both which are a bit more obvious

[–] breakfastmtn 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Pixelfed.ca is the winner, I say.

[–] Sunshine 7 points 3 months ago

Agreed, it sounds better to my ears!

[–] kmacmartin 9 points 3 months ago

A bit too late to vote (pixelfed.ca would have been mine anyway), but I love how something like this can happen on the fediverse. Other types of services (eg: x.com) are all about competition and screwing over the other guy, and then here you have one instance handing over a perfect domain to another so they can have a better presence.

Huge props to Dan for giving up his domain, as well as to the lemmy.ca team for expanding the fediverse.

[–] DarkSirrush 9 points 3 months ago

Pixeld.ca feels really awkward to say/read, pixelfed.ca is definitely better.

[–] Mereo 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I like pixelfed.ca. I love feeding myself with some pixel cats photos (get it?... Yeah...).

[–] Kyle 2 points 3 months ago

Hey I can see people interpreting it that way. Like binging on social media, except this isn't addicting so you just get fed then live on with your life.

[–] GlassHalfHopeful 4 points 3 months ago

So glad this worked out! It's a better choice domain wise!

[–] Sunshine 3 points 3 months ago

My vote is for pixelfed.ca

[–] sik0fewl 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

You (or otter) should update the post as well. I was super confused by the redirect 🙂

[–] Shadow 4 points 3 months ago

Surprisingly, lemmy won't let me edit his post since we're both admins. He'll update it soon I'm sure.

[–] uhmbah 3 points 3 months ago

+1 pixelfed.ca

[–] Undearius 3 points 3 months ago

I'm sure "pixeld" would be pronounced like "pixelled" but when I saw it my immediate thought was "pixel dee".

While I do like the "pixelled" pronunciation, I think "pixelfed" is less ambiguous and it's clear what service it is running.

[–] Mohamed 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

pixeld.ca sounds better to me.

That said, maybe pixelfed.ca sounds more formal, plus it might avoid confusion if both pixelfed.ca and pixeld.ca are instances.