‘Open Source And Ethical’ TikTok, WhatsApp And Instagram Alternatives Could Transform Social Media

[enkers@sh.itjust.works]

I was pissed at Signal for dropping SMS support. Their rationalisation was kinda bs. Now I just use matrix instead, since it's decentralised.

[lumiluz@slrpnk.net]

Email alias?

[comrade19@lemmy.world]

Can you guys help me: I have Facebook and instagram which isn't great. Never got twitter or tiktok and I'm very glad about that. If I get bluesky will I end up using instagram and Facebook less or just get addicted to another regretful thing? What's it actually like?

[serinus@lemmy.world]

No mention of Lemmy. Hardly a mention of Mastodon. The leading image is all the oligarch apps. I'm not impressed.

[carighan@lemmy.world]

Not too be confused with the Masturbatron.

[3dmvr@lemm.ee]

get our there and mention lemmy ppl here dont even want that site to grow

[jagged_circle@feddit.nl]

Yes masta

[jagged_circle@feddit.nl]

Venture capital doesn't benefit you any more than a leach benefits you

[moncharleskey@lemmy.zip]

I joined Pixelfed yesterday, the Instagram alternative. I wasn't really active on IG and haven't logged in in years, but Pixelfed seems solid. The glaring issue though is that none of my friends use it, so it's just a personal photo for now, but hopefully that will change.

[noedel@lemmy.world]

I've been on ethical alternatives for social media for a while and the one thing missing is just everyone I know

[speculater@lemmy.world]

I tried to create an account days ago and never got a confirmation email, which server did you make your account?

[ulrich@feddit.org]

That's a last resort for me, personally.

[slax@sh.itjust.works]

Hitching on the wagon that Pixelfed is leading is good. There's a lot of talk even from those who don't care about FOSS, or Fediverse projects. Let's give some credit and let things slide so the whole can succeed.

[serinus@lemmy.world]

Yeah, I don't mind Pixelfed getting attention at all. It's just that I don't trust Forbes, and this article seems to want to muddy the waters.

[cyborganism@lemmy.ca]

Well it sure benefited a lot of new tech projects and companies.

[moncharleskey@lemmy.zip]

Metapixl and signup was instant for me.

[datavoid@lemmy.ml]

And the ads... There is a correlation there I'm sure.

[serinus@lemmy.world]

Their rationale was that SMS is not secure and having something not secure on their app was damaging.

[lost_my_mind@lemmy.world]

Yvan eht noij!

[jaybone@lemmy.world]

MastaDon is the new TruthSocial app.