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|[[Lemmygrad|Lemmy]]
|[[Lemmygrad|Lemmy]]
|[[Reddit]] alternative
|[[Free and open-source software|FOSS]] [[Reddit]] alternative
|https://join-lemmy.org
|https://join-lemmy.org
|Yes
|Yes
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|[[Mastodon]]
|[[Mastodon]]
|Twitter alternative
|[[Free and open-source software|FOSS]] Twitter alternative
|https://joinmastodon.org
|https://joinmastodon.org
|Yes
|Yes
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|VK
|[[VK]]
|Facebook alternative hosted in [[Russia (disambiguation)|Russia]]
|[[Russian Federation|Russian]] social media
|http://vk.com
|http://vk.com
|Yes
|Yes
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|[[Weibo]]
|[[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] social media
|http://weibo.com
|Yes
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|[[Gab]]
|American alt-tech microblogging, tends to attract right wingers.
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|If you can stomach the right wingers, it could be a good place to promote [[Marxism–Leninism|anti-establishmt ideas]]
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|Diaspora
|Diaspora

Revision as of 21:09, 11 March 2022

Alternative social media platforms refer to social media platforms that aim to challenge the social power 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. 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

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