• grrgyle@slrpnk.net
      4·
      4 days ago

      Yeah, this is more about getting away from the centralised / commercial / corporate / commodified / compromised / etc -verse.

      What do we call that side of social media anyway?

      It would be nice to have a term to sum it all up. Because for a lot of people it’s just the water they’re in - they don’t think about it, because it’s default/mainstream. They don’t even consider that they have a choice.

      Kind of like, but not really, how the term cis makes people confront that they have a label, even if they don’t think about it.

      • lime!@feddit.nuEnglish
        12·
        4 days ago

        probably matrix. it’s decentralised, but not with the same protocol as the other things in the list. which makes sense, instant messaging is not social media.

          • lime!@feddit.nuEnglish
            1·
            4 days ago

            briar is great, but i don’t think any of these services are really recommended for their privacy. rather, it’s ease of switching. doesn’t briar require in-person verification?

            • 52fighters@lemmy.sdf.org
              2·
              4 days ago

              You can add at a distance. You can also “introduce” two contacts to each other. There’s also forums and groups you can create or join.

  • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
    21·
    4 days ago

    Pixelfed and Loops aren’t ready for migration. Account creation is still disabled and requires several messages to work around the beta splash page.

  • yeehaw@lemmy.ca
    10·
    4 days ago

    Loops, huh? I’ll check that out.

    Oh wait.

    “We’re not accepting new users at this time.”

    • Chozo@fedia.io
      2·
      4 days ago

      It seems like they open up registrations in waves while it’s still in development. Signups were open just a couple weeks ago, so I imagine they’ll probably turn them back on again soon.