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Latest revision as of 08:51, 9 October 2025
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 |
| Lemmy | FOSS Reddit alternative | https://join-lemmy.org |
| Mastodon | FOSS Twitter alternative | https://joinmastodon.org |
| PeerTube | FOSS YouTube alternative | https://joinpeertube.org |
| VK | Russian social media, and an app. | http://vk.com |
| 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 | |
| Minds | FOSS cryptocurrency-based social media | https://www.minds.com |
| Panquake | FOSS cryptocurrency-based social media (hasn't yet been launched) | |
| Plaxed | Venezuelan social media | |
| Gab | American alt-tech microblogging | http://gab.com |
| Diaspora | https://diasporafoundation.org | |
| Parler | https://parler.com | |
| Flote | https://flote.app | |
| Sola | ||
| Manyverse | https://www.manyver.se |
See also
References
- ↑ Big Tech's Freedom of Speech Purge Pushes People to Censorship-Resistant Blockchain Social Media by Jamie Redman on Bitcoin.com