DebianSocial service notes for pixelfed.debian.social
Description
pixelfed is a free and open source software for image sharing.
It can be compared to be similar to instagram.
Authentication
This service doesn't yet have external login, to request an account, see the details on https://wiki.debian.org/Teams/DebianSocial
Moderation
pixelfed allows for multiple administrative accounts. At this moment this includes highvoltage, paddadrapper and rhonda.
Federation
You can follow pixelfed instances from other fediverse services like mastodon or pleroma, by using the common syntax of @<login>@pixelfed.debian.social as ID
To follow a pixelfed instance from pixelfed you need to use the profile URL instead, e.g. search for https://pixelfed.social/rhonda on pixelfed.debian.social if you are logged in.
Known Issues
- pixelfed doesn't support external authentication
Administration
- To add a new user, run "sudo -H -u www-data php /srv/www/pixelfed/pixelfed/artisan user:create" on the pixelfed VM.