I-Pixelfed iyisevisi yokwabelana ngesithombe yamahhala nemithombo evulekile. Ihlukaniswa, ngakho-ke idatha yomsebenzisi ayigcinwa kuseva emaphakathi, ngokungafani nezinye izinkundla. I-Pixelfed isebenzisa iphrothokholi ye-ActivityPub evumela abasebenzisi ukuthi bahlanganyele namanye amanethiwekhi omphakathi ngaphakathi kwephrothokholi, njenge-Mastodon, i-PeerTube, ne-Friendica. Ukusebenzisa le phrothokholi kwenza i-Pixelfed ibe yingxenye ye-Fediverse. Inethiwekhi yakhiwe izingosi ezimbalwa ezizimele ezixhumana zodwa, ezicishe ziqhathaniswe nabahlinzeki be-imeyili. Izinhlangothi ezithintekayo akudingekile ukuthi zonke zibhaliswe nomhlinzeki ofanayo, kodwa zingakwazi ukuxhumana zodwa. Ngakho-ke, abasebenzisi bayakwazi ukubhalisa kunoma iyiphi iseva futhi balandele abanye kwezinye izimo.