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Alternative social media platforms aim to challenge the societal control of Big Tech 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	Recommended by ProleWiki?
Lemmy	FOSS Reddit alternative	https://join-lemmy.org	Yes
Mastodon	FOSS Twitter alternative	https://joinmastodon.org	Yes
VK	Russian social media	http://vk.com	Yes
Weibo	Chinese social media	http://weibo.com	Yes
Gab	American alt-tech microblogging, tends to attract right wingers.	http://gab.com	If you can stomach the right wingers, it could be a good place to promote anti-establishmt ideas
Diaspora		https://diasporafoundation.org
Parler	Tends to attract right-wingers	https://parler.com
Flote		https://flote.app
Sola
Manyverse		https://www.manyver.se

References

↑ Jamie Redman (2021-01-09). "Big Tech's Freedom of Speech Purge Pushes People to Censorship-Resistant Blockchain Social Media"

[1] Jamie Redman (2021-01-09). "Big Tech's Freedom of Speech Purge Pushes People to Censorship-Resistant Blockchain Social Media"

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	'''Alternative social media platforms''' ~~refer to social media platforms that~~ aim to challenge the ~~social power~~ of Big Tech social media, such as [[Facebook, Inc.\|Facebook]] and [[Twitter]].		'''Alternative social media platforms''' aim to challenge the societal control of Big Tech 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.