Daniel Superno, the creator of Pixelfed, announced that more than 11,000 new users joined the platform in just 24 hours, and the total number of posts published exceeded 78,000. Pixelfed runs on ActivityPub, the same protocol used in other decentralized networks such as Mastodon. .
The influx of new users means that many users Instagram seeks alternative after controversial policy changesMeta.
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Source: Ferra

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