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Sad to see them go. Mastodon, https://mastodon.social/ https://mastodon.social/, is a new and positive alternative. Mastodon is a free, open-source social netw

by jelv 10y ago

Sad to see them go. Mastodon, https://mastodon.social/ https://mastodon.social/, is a new and positive alternative. Mastodon is a free, open-source social network server. It's GNU Social-compatible and federated. https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon Diaspora is also still going strong with 20k MAU but there is no interaction between the pods https://the-federation.info/ https://the-federation.info/.

akjainaj 10y ago
And there's also https://gab.ai https://gab.ai if you're into free speech.
- thanatropism 10y ago
  I remember trying to sign up for gab.ai back when Milo Yanopopopopoulos was advertising it, but getting entered on a wait list.
- fpig 10y ago
  I just looked at their community guidelines and saw this: Non-U.S. residents and citizens must follow the laws of their domicile pertaining to online conduct, communication and content. Gab AI, Inc. will respect the territorial sovereignty of nation-states and their applicable laws pertaining to online communications, though we urge governments of the world to consider Articles 18, 19 and 20 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). So does this mean they are willing to censor content from people who live in less-free countries based on those countries' laws even though they don't have to, being based in the US? Isn't that weird for a "free speech" network?
  - akjainaj 10y ago
    Free speech for the western world. Their admins are right-wing, so they are respectful of the sovereignty of all states and their laws/customs, as expected from people from the right. On the other hand, there's Mastodon/GNU Social (what GP recommended) for people from the left, where they ban fascists/nazis, but they apply the same rules to users from all countries, as expected from people from the left. It makes me kinda sad that these alternatives to Twitter are so politically polarised...
    - daveid 10y ago
      Mastodon the software is not politically aligned. mastodon.social the flagship instance of the developer (me) that simply runs/demonstrates the latest code, is, in this case, leaning left. You can run your own.

by jelv 10y ago

akjainaj 10y ago

And there's also https://gab.ai https://gab.ai if you're into free speech.

thanatropism 10y ago
I remember trying to sign up for gab.ai back when Milo Yanopopopopoulos was advertising it, but getting entered on a wait list.
fpig 10y ago
I just looked at their community guidelines and saw this: Non-U.S. residents and citizens must follow the laws of their domicile pertaining to online conduct, communication and content. Gab AI, Inc. will respect the territorial sovereignty of nation-states and their applicable laws pertaining to online communications, though we urge governments of the world to consider Articles 18, 19 and 20 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). So does this mean they are willing to censor content from people who live in less-free countries based on those countries' laws even though they don't have to, being based in the US? Isn't that weird for a "free speech" network?
- akjainaj 10y ago
  Free speech for the western world. Their admins are right-wing, so they are respectful of the sovereignty of all states and their laws/customs, as expected from people from the right. On the other hand, there's Mastodon/GNU Social (what GP recommended) for people from the left, where they ban fascists/nazis, but they apply the same rules to users from all countries, as expected from people from the left. It makes me kinda sad that these alternatives to Twitter are so politically polarised...
  - daveid 10y ago
    Mastodon the software is not politically aligned. mastodon.social the flagship instance of the developer (me) that simply runs/demonstrates the latest code, is, in this case, leaning left. You can run your own.