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Why pixelfed.ca when pxlfd.ca was already there? (self.pixelfed)

submitted 19 hours ago by swordgeek to c/pixelfed

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Not trying to start a war here, just curious why the new instance was created. Different purpose, different goals, or just 'cause?

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[–] otter 6 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

We actually had a quick adjustment when we launched and immediately changed the name of the instance after the Pixelfed dev contacted us about the domain. You can see the pinned comment here: https://lemmy.ca/post/39411782

As for why both instances exist

We both launched around the same time. I think this is their launch post, which had it about a month before we launched https://cosocial.ca/@mwdawson/113839618312626769 By the time I learned about that instance, we already set up pixelfed.ca and were preparing to launch

I think there's an advantage to having more choices available to users. Also lemmy instance admins often help each other out, and I'm sure it'll be the same with pixelfed :)

[–] swordgeek 5 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Cool! As long as there wasn't some deep ideological divide, that would make me want to swing one way or another.

Thanks for the input.

[–] Shadow 6 points 13 hours ago

Pixelfed also has a bit of a different approach on scaling. It favors a larger number of smaller instances, as a way to distribute the load of hosting the photos.

A default config is limited to 1000 users.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Perhaps it was vowel play?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago

You hate birds or something?

[–] cyborganism 6 points 18 hours ago

Why not? The more, the merrier. Pixelfed.ca seems to be backed by the same organization that's taking care of lemmy.ca, so I'd have more trust in that instance being more stable and lasting longer than pxlfd.ca which is hosted and maintained by god knows who.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

So many fediverse instances remove vowels from theirs domain names. I think this is unfortunate as it makes new more normie users less likely to sign up.

[–] phanto 2 points 10 hours ago

Hey, vowels are expensive!