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US alternatives don't feel too good either. We need a neutral social media society that plays fair. Maybe a company HQed in Switzerland or something offering f

US alternatives don't feel too good either. We need a neutral social media society that plays fair. Maybe a company HQed in Switzerland or something offering full privacy and full ad protection seems to be an opportunity.

toomuchtodo 2y ago
https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/14/contesting-popularity/#everybody-samba https://pluralistic.net/2025/01/14/contesting-popularity/#ev... https://freeourfeeds.com/ https://freeourfeeds.com/ https://techcrunch.com/podcast/social-media-should-be-built-on-protocols-not-platforms-says-mastodon-ceo-eugen-rochko/ https://techcrunch.com/podcast/social-media-should-be-built-... "Social media should be built on protocols, not platforms."
est 2y ago
Or use decentralized ones like Bluesky
- winterbloom 2y ago
  There's a reason that it isn't as popular as Twitter
  - est 2y ago
    besides the user base difference, any articles explain the reason?
  - CM30 2y ago
    Uh what? Most of the more active Twitter users/power users moved over, at least on one side of the political spectrum. That and Twitter has been around way longer.
- fsflover 2y ago
  It's not decentralized. Mastodon is.