Bora M. Alper@lemmy.worldM to Decentralization@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago

Facebook started blocking links to Pixelfed, a federated Instagram alternative using ActivityPub

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Facebook started blocking links to Pixelfed, a federated Instagram alternative using ActivityPub

Bora M. Alper@lemmy.worldM to Decentralization@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago

AJ Sadauskas (@ajsadauskas.bsky.social)

CONFIRMED: Facebook has *banned* anyone from linking to Pixelfed. #MetaBlockingPixelfed I just tried posting a message on Facebook that reads: "Anyone here using Pixelfed?" with a link to Pixelfed.Social Within *seconds* I got a post saying my post was banned. Screenshots below.

More discussion on Mastodon: https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/113819523685288481

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As freaking everybody warned but nooooo, they had to toll out the red carpet for them…

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