Apparently Meta is afraid of Pixelfed. Clearly, @dansup is doing something right. Can't imagine a bigger compliment.
"CONFIRMED: Facebook has *banned* anyone from linking to Pixelfed. #metablockingpixelfed"
bsky link: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:n2okvbdq33c32ekbv6hfzdg2/post/3lfjk3mrdds23
h/t @ajsadauskas (see bsky screenshot in reply below)
Maybe tech media should pick this up. Seems like a good story!
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Just posted this on my feed and it was posted with no problems.
It says spam, most likely this poster posted this same message in 20+ different groups and got flagged for spam. Probably has absolutely nothing to do with Pixelfed.
Thanks for the additional info. Was it to a group or on your own feed? Maybe it was the group admins then that flagged it?
Ok, then yea sounds like it was just the FB mistake and had momentarily set it as a spam keyword.
Good to know it wasnt intentional on their part at least.
@freemo @mastodonmigration @dansup I can personally confirm thst "this user" — i.e. me — only attempted to post it once.
As a regular Facebook post.
I've documented what happened in greater depth elsewhere.
But basically there was another user who posted that they had tried to post a link to Pixelfed on Facebook and were blocked.
To verify their claim, I tried writing a simple post on my newsfeed asking "Anyone here use Pixelfed?" with a link to Pixelfed dot social.
My last interaction on the site was in July 2024, so definitely no spamming in terms of volume.
Within 3 seconds, I got an automated response.
Jason Koebler from 404 Media tried the same thing, and got the same result: https://www.404media.co/meta-is-blocking-links-to-decentralized-instagram-competitor-pixelfed/
A number of other tech news sites, including Engadget, began running the story: https://www.engadget.com/social-media/meta-admits-it-deleted-links-to-decentralized-instagram-competitor-pixelfed-194624098.html
At this point, Meta acknowledged it had been blocking links to Pixelfed "by mistake". It no longer seems to be doing it 😊