If you're looking for a Flickr-style photography platform on the Fediverse, there's one in beta testing called Vernissage:

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p.s. The name "Vernissage" may cause some confusion as it was used for two totally different projects, so here's an explanation to hopefully make things clearer:

- The developer makes two Fediverse things: an independent photography platform called Vernissage, and a third party Pixelfed app called Impressia

- The Pixelfed app used to be called "Vernissage" but is now called "Impressia"

- If you want more info about Impressia, you can follow it at @impressia

[Gast]

@FediTips @impressia as long as it involves white wine and canapes...

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p.p.s. People are going to inevitably ask how this compares to Pixelfed. This is my take:

- Pixelfed is an Instagram-style social network platform based around images and short videos

- Vernissage is a Flickr-style photography platform for exploring still photos as an art form

Please feel free to correct if this is wrong.

[Gast]

@FediTips This has always been how I think about it

While both platforms would probably argue they're both, I think this is where each product shines and this is how I use them personally

[Gast]

@FediTips Still waiting on a Pinterest alternative...

[Gast]

@FediTips @vernissage This ought to be an irrelevant question, but: which language is "Vernissage" meant to be pronounced in?

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@timtfj

I'm not sure but guessing the French/English pronunciation.

Question for @vernissage perhaps?

BTW for anyone wondering what it means: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernissage

[Gast]

@FediTips Thanks! OED has /vɛrnisaʒ/, so it seems we've not anglicised it. It's not a word I was aware of. (I'd been mentally trying to say it as an awkward 4-syllable German or Norwegian word.)

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@timtfj

I'm not a linguist but would guess this is due to relatively recent influence of French art world.

(Whereas something like "homage" is medieval and has an English pronunciation /ˈhɒmɪdʒ/ )

[Gast]

@FediTips And it turns out the Norwegian version is vernissasje, with a silent -e. So nearly the same.

[Gast]

@FediTips The earliest occurrence the OED has is 1912, so I think you're right. It's basically a French word being used in English.

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@timtfj

Paris was the place to be for artists at the time!

[Gast]

@FediTips videos are very rare on pixelfed

[Gast]

@FediTips @vernissage this is a really cool idea. Going to check it out.

[Gast]

@FediTips @vernissage It‘s an already stable solution and the development is going on there with reason and accuracy - and when a feature is there, it‘s there: No continuous „coming soon“-announcements or similar stuff - Vernissage simply delivers!

[Gast]

@FediTips And musicians!

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I'm not in a position to talk from experience of usage, but Vernissage seems to be the one to use if EXIF meta data matters to you and Pixelfed if you only want images

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@timtfj

And writers etc. Amazing to hear about that period.