@m_f@discuss.online to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months agoPixelfed gets a mainstream media mentionloops.videoexternal-linkmessage-square74fedilinkarrow-up1725arrow-down10
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minus-squareCaptain AggravatedlinkfedilinkEnglish31•6 months agoFor the average person who doesn’t understand or care about federated systems, “pixelfeed” is probably a better name. It feeds you pixels.
minus-square@coldsideofyourpillow@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglish15•edit-26 months agotbh I always thought of the original name as “being fed by pixels”
minus-squareCaptain AggravatedlinkfedilinkEnglish12•6 months agoI’m guessing it’s a pun on both fed meaning “eats, runs on, is powered by” and “federation/fediverse.”
For the average person who doesn’t understand or care about federated systems, “pixelfeed” is probably a better name. It feeds you pixels.
tbh I always thought of the original name as “being fed by pixels”
I’m guessing it’s a pun on both fed meaning “eats, runs on, is powered by” and “federation/fediverse.”