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!

@mastodonmigration

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.

@dansup @ajsadauskas

@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 😊

@ajsadauskas

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?

@mastodonmigration @dansup