I guess being new here I need to understand some things a bit better. Someone tagged my first post as an ad. I honestly don’t understand why, since it stated reasons to move from mainstream social media to more ethical and meaningful platforms. If anyone would like to share advice, that would be more than welcome.

On another note, some of the platforms I found have the “non-US” advantage. Some of them are non-profits, others are user-controlled…

Some platforms are great for browsers, but they have no APP or they need a third party APP.

Any suggestions? Where to move from Instagram? And Facebook? And X? And Linkedin? and Amazon? Spotify? Youtube? Google Drive, Dropbox or Onedrive?

  • OtterAEnglish
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    7 hours ago

    It’s hard to tell what was wrong with that post without seeing it. At the same time, we’re not a hive mind. People will disagree from time to time :)

    or they need a third party APP

    I’ve seen this complaint from other new users. Is there something wrong with a lack of an official app? Would it be an ok compromise for the official project to recommend some third party apps?

    A lot of these projects don’t have the capacity (yet) to develop an official app on top of the main platform.

    As for the recommendations

    • Pixelfed is a good alternative to Instagram
    • Mastodon and similar platforms are good alternatives to Twitter/X

    These are harder, or there’s not as much motivation for them. The projects are still going, but they’re slower:

    • Facebook: a lot of people dropped Facebook completely without replacing it with anything. The only real value is private groups and buy/sell tools, of which the first can be replaced with chat platforms and the second already has a patchwork of proprietary alternatives depending on where you are

    • LinkedIn: network effect is extreme with this one since it depends on where everyone else in your field of work is hanging out. Some fields don’t use LinkedIn at all already

    • Amazon: I don’t see the benefit of having a fediverse version of this? Building tools that independent stores can use to stay competitive might be better

    • Spotify: Funkwhale exists, but there are some concerns around piracy. Other options are self hosting or using one of the many other proprietary streaming platforms

    • Cloud storage: there are a number of alternatives https://ca.purchasewithpurpose.io/category/file-storage/