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|[[Free and open-source software|FOSS]] cryptocurrency-based social media | |||
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|Plaxed<ref>{{News citation|date=2012-01-25|title=New Venezuelan Social Network Takes Off|url=https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/6772}}</ref> | |Plaxed<ref>{{News citation|date=2012-01-25|title=New Venezuelan Social Network Takes Off|url=https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/6772}}</ref> | ||
Revision as of 15:50, 21 March 2022
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.
| 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 |
| Telegram | Russian chat app, considered social media because some chats are used as interactive "feeds" (like ASB News) | https://telegram.org/ | |
| Chinese social media | http://weibo.com | Yes | |
| Minds | FOSS cryptocurrency-based social media | https://www.minds.com | |
| Plaxed[2] | Venezuelan social media | ||
| 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-establishment 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"
- ↑ "New Venezuelan Social Network Takes Off" (2012-01-25).