[SpookyZalost]

What is the Fediverse you're probably asking... well it's a collection of servers using decentralized, open source, social media platforms.

what that means is that it's not controlled by corporations, nothing is on a single server that can be hacked, and it's free to join, plus there's cross pollination between it all.

some more well known platforms include mastodon, basically a twitter alternative with aspects of tumblr.  Frendica, a decentralized face book alternative where people can make their own servers and stuff, and peertube which is a peer to peer based decentralized alternative to youtube and other video sharing platforms.

it's a lot harder to do DMCA claims and such, and it's hard to have information be lost.

it's possible this is the future of social media once the corps stagnate a bit but who knows...

just wanted to share this crazy thing I've stumbled upon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fediverse
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendica
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(software)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PeerTube

[Guardian]

Very interesting...

anything to compete with the new data mining conglomerates, I'm all for it.

[SpookyZalost]

right?

it's kinda exciting that there's new alternatives popping up, in a way building a new region of cyberspace designed around the media we all consume, but reflecting the old ways of doing things and keeping it out of corporation hands.