Re: Resurgence of non-mainstr
By: Dr. What to Nightfox on Fri Apr 29 2022 08:07 am
> Remember when the "If you don't like how our platform is run, start your
> own" saying?
>
> Well, several started. MeWe is sort of like Facebook. Gab is sort of like
> Twitter. Rumble and BitChute are like YouTube. I'm sure there are more,
> but those are the ones I use.
Absolutely. Don't forget that there's a huge decentralized free, open-source so
ftware (FOSS) of social media out there (sometimes called the "Fediverse"). Fede
rated Social Media has sprung up everywhere, allowing the use of the ActivityPub
protocol to allow everyone to start up their own Twitter (Mastodon), YouTube (P
eerTube), Instagram (Pixelfed), and the like, and they can all talk to one anoth
er and federate easily and selectively.
I feel that, even though the Federation / Fediverse has been a nerdy experiment
mostly among fringe and nerds, the dramatic increase in it (namely, Mastodon) th
anks to Tusk's acquisition of Twitter is going to launch a new renaissance. Defi
nitely provides food for thought along-side the Alt Soc Med.
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