> Did anyone try it out already? I'd love to hear more about how it worked it practice.
Just tried it but it's not a direct import - it's "dump your data from Instagram as JSON[1] and we'll import that JSON". i.e. a one-off backup restore.
(If ActivityPub allowed backdated posts, I'd do the sync myself from my instaloader downloads but alas, most servers do not.)
[1] "It may take up to 14 days to collect this information and send it to you."
It looks like the instagram->pixelfed import actually preserves the original post's date. Dansup imported a post from 2016 and it shows up as "7y ago" in my mastodon UI.
Oh yeah, if you have direct access to the database / backend admin (as I'm sure this importer does), you can frob things to get the correct dates and avoid pushing them out as new posts. Just not possible via the standard APIs at the moment (I had to patch my Akkoma to allow backfilling of posts from certain accounts.)
Got my download - 2.4GB. Uploaded it - Safari chugs badly here.
If you leave that tab at all, it breaks and restarts which cancels the import process.
Once it's uploaded the file, Pixelfed wants you to tap each image you want to import in a 3-wide scrolling grid and there's no "select all" I can see. Plus it is now DOG SLOW.
I have 9052 Instagram posts. Bugger that, frankly, because I'm not spending upwards of 3 hours clicking on a web page to import photos.
In summary - nice idea badly implemented.
[edit: Tried it in Chrome. Upload is much smoother and more reliable but still no "select all" and it still chugs like a 1970s PC - a good 30s between clicking and the image being selected.]
Apologies, should have been clearer that it's the MastoAPI which has no concept of backdated posts - or even of creating dated posts at all. [1] has no `created_at` or any other (useful) timestamp. Hence having to local-patch my Akkoma to allow passing `created_at` for my backfill needs.
Just tried it but it's not a direct import - it's "dump your data from Instagram as JSON[1] and we'll import that JSON". i.e. a one-off backup restore.
(If ActivityPub allowed backdated posts, I'd do the sync myself from my instaloader downloads but alas, most servers do not.)
[1] "It may take up to 14 days to collect this information and send it to you."