Lemmy VS Mastodon

Lemmy. Either find an existing server or run your own.

Check out Lemmy ( https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy It is a decentral reddit alternative, so everyone can host a server and all these servers are federated.

You could check out Lemmy https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy

Federated opensource options exist. Lemmy is coming along nicely.

https://join-lemmy.org/ is a good option to create multi hosted superstonk network

The only elixir file (.ex/.exs) that came up configures pleroma inside this config, which is only used when testing Pleroma federation.

The lemmy network that is a reddit style system that also uses the fediverse has a lot of potential. Unfortunately the main lemmy server has gone crazy and is just as censored as reddit which defeats its value. However the wolfballs.com server is very freedom based. Hopefully that server will grow and more servers with a similar attitude will join in like what happened with the mastodon network.

If you'd like to give it a look, so far the most successful social network that is not built with profit as motivation seems to be Mastodon. It's open source, decentralized and I've heard it described as being sonewhat lioe Twitter, but your feed is just a chonological order of the posts from accounts you're subscribed to. Also LBRY as an alternative to YouTube.

Official website: https://joinmastodon.org/

Have you thought about Mastodon? Community owned and operated, just need to spool up the instance somewhere.

Suddenly remembered mastadon was a thing 🦧

What about hosting our own server using https://joinmastodon.org/ . I am ready to chip in towards the cost of server

The Fediverse is a made up of a bunch of social platforms that federate with each other and that all employ the ActivityPub protocol. Put simply, this means that people signed if I'm hosting Funkwhale on my server, I can follow someone's account on a different server and like and of their posts, they'll be able to do the same with mine. Platforms on the fediverse can also interact with one another. The microblogging (small posts like Twitter) platform Mastodon is also part of the Fediverse, and from it I can follow someone's Funkwhale account and see whenever they post a new song in my timeline. I can also follow anyone else on a platform that implements Activitypub because our platforms agree a set of standard interactions to share. Some more examples of Fediverse projects are PeerTube (similar to YouTube) and Pixelfed (similar to Instagram).

I guess I don't need to reveal much about the current events regarding major tech companies and social platforms censoring a certain Orange Guy. What I like to talk about is how companies like Brave could turn this into a great opportunity. The idea is simple: Brave, Inc can offer Brave-branded services for users that wish to get away from Big Tech (Twitter, Facebook, Google) and migrate into the fediverse, which is an open, decentralized alternative to have social media services that are not controlled by a single entity. Systems that are based on ActivityPub work like email: users with accounts on one server can communicate with any servers on any other server. There is no "wallet garden" and no "lock-in". If a user is not happy with the service from one server, they can migrate their account to another one. It also allows people to run their server, if they so wish, which gives them absolute control over their own social media and communications. So, let me dream a little and see how this could be offered: 1. Brave sets up an instance of either Mastodon or Pleroma and announces they are joining the Fediverse. Anyone can create‍ an account and be "[email protected]". 1. This instance is based on a freemium model: Advertisers can bid on an hourly/daily message that gets broadcast for every user in the brave server, but those that pay for the service (with BAT) can switch that off. (Of course, it is a given that no ad there will track its users, and users should be able to block the ad account if they really don't want to see any ads) 1. Brave can use this as a way to start their own KYC process. Users that want to get a blue checkmark can pay some BAT to do the KYC and get verified. KYC'd users would be able to cash out directly to their ethereum wallet. Bye Uphold! This is not about trying to attract the diaspora of Orange Guy's supporters from Twitter and the idea is not to have Brave become a refuge for hate speech. Let the real deplorables go to Gab or Parler. Moderation and prevention of abuse should still be expected, and to avoid bad actors Brave could even introduce some kind of fine (BAT-based of course) for its users who are abusing to system to uncivilized discourse. The idea is to establish Brave as a full-on alternative to Big Tech, based on open technology and that still preserves users' privacy. It would make the BAT ecosystem stronger and more useful. It would make Brave relevant even for people that don't know/don't care about the browser.