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Decentralized Social Media Is the Only Alternative to the Tech Oligarchy (www.404media.co)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 months ago

Hey, that's us!

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 months ago (9 children)

There's another alternative, which is no social media at all. There is no particular problem that it solved. If it disappeared, would your quality of life be worse in any way?

[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 months ago

I could live without all the news and stuff, and I do just ignore it when it gets too much. The ability to communicate with other people across the entire world however is something I really appreciate.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Sometimes when it gets overwhelming I don't do any news or social media at all for a few weeks. It seems to help my mental health, particularly when every bit of news suggests that everything is going to shit.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

google hasn't done much with YouTube yet

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (2 children)

There's Peertube as an alternative. It lacks some content, but the platform is on par. It is developed by a French association called Framasoft. Thus said, you're right, Youtube is still okay, even thus there are some fake videos and scam, but they are easy to avoid.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Peertube sucks ass, so much content simply not even there, most videos don't work or they're in either mostly french or russian, and this is on the biggest instances.

Now I might be stupid, but I really don't see how peertube is an alternative. Odysee or rumble are my personal best bets, but in case of youtube it's hard to find a real alternative in my opinion. Especially as a creator.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I agree. I don't use it for these reasons. But technologically speaking, it's an open source alternative.