Given that Pixelfed is designed as an Instagram alternative, it seems like it’d make more sense to just put the short-form videos on there.

  • Flamekebab ( Flamekebab@piefed.social ) 
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    13 days ago

    Didn’t Instagram add those stupid things because it was desperately trying to compete with TikTok?

    I love having a platform that isn’t trying to do short form portrait video. Everywhere wants to do it and I detest the medium. It’s so boring!

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            12 days ago

            As I said, the format and the cadence that results from what people optimise for is what turns me off. I don’t want portrait video on my phone, at all. I don’t want min maxing for short run time.

            It could be about my favourite topics and I still wouldn’t want to watch it, anymore than I want to watch films on VHS or listen to music on HitClips.