>Instagram is gaslighting Pixelfed<p>>Before they try to gaslight us<p>I like how the linked account is using the term correctly (which has lost its meaning in the recent years) but OP is using it wrong in the title
If you try to put a link to Telegram or Snapchat in your Instagram profile, Instagram will tell you that it's "not supported".<p>It's very simple; Instagram doesn't support using their network to grow another network, and it's tiring when people pretend like this is something new.
This is not remotely shocking at all.<p>We're entering the age of the tech giants losing steam (you can only maintain psychotic growth for so long, then the parasitic phase of firms kick in, as they have no other operating drivers).<p>I wonder when the Streisand Effect kicks in though?
Or, more likely, some higher-up got the wind of it, and smacked that block down to reduce the Streisand effect - which is the only reason we're reading this article here.
Huh.<p>I'm a photographer, and I'd never heard of Pixelfed before this. Now I've created an account on a server and am seriously considering setting up my own server (or servers) specific to the genres I practice.
"Gaslighting"
Why should competitors be able to advertise on their competition's websites free of charge? Further why should a company allow its competitors to steal their customers?