@dansup @pixelfed thanks for your efforts with Pixelfed, Dan.
I know it's Threads federating and not Instagram, but if that experiment goes well and someday it's Instagram that's federating, I would seriously consider taking my Instagram account and hopping aboard Pixelfed instead.
More than any of the other ActivityPub services, Pixelfed and Firefish were what made me realize I wanted to back the federated future because those two services really brought home the diversity of options that decentralized social media makes possible.