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'''Alternative social media platforms''' aim to challenge the societal control of Big Tech [[social media]], such as [[Facebook, Inc.|Facebook]] and [[Twitter]].
'''Alternative social media platforms''' aim to challenge the societal control of Western corporate [[social media]], such as [[Facebook, Inc.|Facebook]] and [[Twitter]].


These platforms tend to either be based in countries outside of the [[imperial core]] or are open source alternatives which tend to avoid any jurisdiction at all.  
These platforms tend to either be based in countries outside of the [[imperial core]] or are open source alternatives which tend to avoid any jurisdiction at all.  

Revision as of 16:54, 2 December 2023

Alternative social media platforms aim to challenge the societal control of Western corporate social media, such as Facebook and Twitter.

These platforms tend to either be based in countries outside of the imperial core or are open source alternatives which tend to avoid any jurisdiction at all.

Alternative social media[1]
Name Notes Link
Lemmy FOSS Reddit alternative with Lemmygrad and Hexbear as openly leftist instances. https://join-lemmy.org
Mastodon FOSS Twitter alternative https://joinmastodon.org
PeerTube FOSS YouTube alternative. https://joinpeertube.org
Invidious Mirrors the same content as YouTube but without ads or tracking https://invidious.io/
VK Russian social media http://vk.com
Telegram Russian chat app, considered social media because some chats are used as interactive feeds (like ASB News) https://telegram.org/
Weibo Chinese social media http://weibo.com
Minds FOSS cryptocurrency-based social media https://www.minds.com
Panquake FOSS cryptocurrency-based social media (yet to be launched) https://panquake.com
Gab Statesian alt-tech microblogging, tends to attract right wingers. http://gab.com
Diaspora https://diasporafoundation.org
Parler Tends to attract right-wingers https://parler.com
Flote https://flote.app
Sola
Manyverse https://www.manyver.se

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