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submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

What's considered best practice for multiple images on Pixelfed?

Hey #Pixelfed users, if I have a bunch of images from an event I'd like to share, what's the best way? One post per image? Group images into themes of 1โ€“2? All images in as few posts (max 8 per post on my instance) as possible?

Also, does anyone know how to get them to show up in a Lemmy community, or what that'll look like? How do "Collections" factor into it? @pixelfed

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[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I don't have a preference personally. The only issue would be if you make a whole bunch of posts all back to back (5+), that could flood someone's chronological feed.

Individual images spaced out, grouped posts, all fine by me :)

Also, does anyone know how to get them to show up in a Lemmy community, or what that'll look like? How do "Collections" factor into it? @pixelfed

I'm not sure about collections, but there's supposed to be a groups feature in the works.

https://mastodon.social/@pixelfed/112543500225773324

In the meantime, I'd recommend you make a Lemmy post with one or all the images, and link your Pixelfed account/post somewhere

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

@otter yeah that back-to-back flooding is what I wanted to avoid. Plus it'd be nice if the images are associated with each other on the platform, hence thinking about collections. But tbh I don't have any idea how collections show up.

My other hope is to avoid duplication by posting the same images multiple times on different platforms. I *think* I've seen that mentioning a Lemmy Community will cause a post to be shared to Lemmy? Possibly only with the "cover" image showing up to Lemmy users?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

@otter oh hmm. Just realised that groups announcement is nearly a year old. Seems like Pixelfed has undergone a lot of change in the last 12 months, so I wonder if that's been scrapped/deprioritised in the meantime.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I found this: https://mastodon.social/@dansup/114562535059130491

Bold

  • Custom Feeds, Kits, Groups

Beautiful

  • HDR, Masonry layouts, Portfolios 2.0, Collections 2.0

Better

  • Client caching (faster UX + reduced backend load), Accessibility/i18n, SPA or SSR, WebPush

The new @pixelfed webUI is amazing, and I didn't even mention the new photography features ๐Ÿ‘€

We'll be testing the beta on a pixelfed.social subdomain next week, and yes, you can too.

So it looks like groups functionality is coming up, and it is separate from collections, which is getting a redesign. I'll have to investigate exactly what those new changes are, but it is exciting regardless!

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