{"id":6293,"date":"2021-06-13T23:11:16","date_gmt":"2021-06-13T23:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/?p=6293"},"modified":"2021-06-13T23:15:19","modified_gmt":"2021-06-13T23:15:19","slug":"creative-commons-with-pixelfed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/13\/creative-commons-with-pixelfed\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Commons with Pixelfed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I recently generated a post expressing my frustration<\/a> with Creative Commons photos. It wasn’t that there weren’t powerful ways to find CCd photos, it was that I could not recommend a way to share my photos under Creative Commons licenses. Actually, I have a great way to do this. A large number of Creative Commons licenses are shared through Flickr which I use (my collection of African wildlife<\/a> is an example). The problem is that I pay $60 or so a year and many may find this cost-prohibitive. There seems no way to offer CC photos via Google photos. One might think so because Google does a good job of help folks find CC photos, but the company does not seem to see their photo tool as a way to share publically using CC licenses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As things often seem to go, I have found a great way for those wanting to share their photos on a budget. I have used Pixelfed.social<\/a> for quite a while and this service has just added a way to label photos as CC. Pixelfed<\/a> is a federated service that is very similar to Instagram. Actually, the similarity to Instagram was what first attracted me to the service. I was looking for something to diversify my social media interests and get away from Facebook (Instagram is owned by Facebook and feeds into the same data-collection system). A federated site means that the software is open source and can be installed by multiple parties. Mastodon is another example if you want to try a Twitter alternative. As a user of a federated service you belong to the group using a specific server, but have access to the other federated content as well. It does help in getting started if you can convince a few friends to join the same instance so you have a way of sharing content within a small group and getting started. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a way to get started with Pixelfed. You create an account and access from phone, tablet, or computer. I am interested in the public approach so to add a public image (not limited to my friends), you select the public option for a given photo. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once you have uploaded a photo, you have the opportunity to describe it, add a location, tag people AND now add a license<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The image should now be available with the CC licenses you have assigned. The designation appears below the image in the way Pixelfed displays the photo (see below). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My account is public<\/a> and you can use it to see what an account looks like. <\/p>\n

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I recently generated a post expressing my frustration with Creative Commons photos. It wasn’t that there weren’t powerful ways to find CCd photos, it was that I could not recommend a way to share my photos under Creative Commons licenses. Actually, I have a great way to do this. A large number of Creative Commons … Continue reading Creative Commons with Pixelfed<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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