I’ve noticed that more and more images of art and photography are now on Pinterest, hidden behind a login/register prompt
Our commons that is the web is getting locked away behind corporate silos
Pinterest is such a terrible offender. I'm usually not too militant about free software/culture with others, but I will try and persuade people I know to leave pinterest. I'm not sure what the most viable (and, more importantly, accessible) alternative is, bit its the type of service that absolutely sells the idea and benefits of federation I think.
@nigeldgreen They've managed to capture what people care most in the end: Ease of use and immediate gratification. If there is to be a Pinterest alternative, it has to at least match those without nefarious ulterior motives
If there is a federated gallery alternative, @ekaitz_zarraga created something wonderful that could be a start of one:
I agree, and fear that the majority of users don't see these types of services as dangerous enough to leave unless the alternative is as easy to use and shiny as what they have now. I'll keep on chipping away - one person boycotting won't make a dent, but the long-term network effect could be like grains of rice on a chessboard (allowing time for viable, federated, alternatives to scale organically as a new home?)
Great work on the gallery Ekaitz - looks very cool!
@nigeldgreen @cypnk Aaaawww thank you! 😍
There is a lot of interest on this one and I just made it to learn ClojureScript hahahaha
About what you say about pinterest I agree 100%. I made the gallery as an art project where I visualize all the artists we have here but at the same time it can be the starting point of something else. The main idea was to spark people to make new things and the pinterest alternative is something that can be built on top of mastodon too.
So...
:D