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The fediverse promises social media without Big Tech, if it can avoid familiar pitfalls

  • The fediverse is a decentralized social media alternative where ordinary people shape communication, avoiding issues like hate speech and intrusive algorithms.
  • Researchers at Stanford University raised concerns about child sexual abuse material spreading on the fediverse.
  • Despite its positive attributes, the fediverse faces significant challenges such as commercial capture and the spread of toxic content.
  • Experts believe learning from past digital platforms is crucial for the fediverse to succeed as a substitute for mainstream social media.
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The fediverse promises social media without Big Tech, if it can avoid familiar pitfalls

You've probably noticed lately that a lot of people are trying out alternatives to the big social media networks X, Instagram and Facebook. For example, after Elon Musk bought Twitter in 2022 and started allowing far more disinformation and hateful content on the site, renamed X, advertisers and users started backing away. More recently, Meta's decision to roll back hate speech rules has prompted many people to consider leaving Instagram and Fac…

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The fediverse promises social media without Big Tech – if it can avoid familiar pitfalls

In the fediverse, you can have your own social media platform but also connect to many others. Aram Sinnreich, CC BY-NDYou’ve probably noticed lately that a lot of people are trying out alternatives to the big social media networks X, Instagram and Facebook. For example, after Elon Musk bought Twitter in 2022 and started allowing far more disinformation and hateful content on the site, renamed X, advertisers and users started backing away. More …

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Jack Dorsey Locked Out of X, Criticizes Media Centralization - American Faith

Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter—now rebranded as X under Elon Musk—revealed on the social media platform Primal that he has been locked out of his own X account. A post on Wednesday indicated that Dorsey had 11 hours remaining in his lockout, though it remains unclear what led to the restriction. Dorsey has previously voiced concerns over the centralization of digital platforms and the unintended consequences of corporate control over online …

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arXiv: Comparing User Activity on X and Mastodon

arXiv: Comparing User Activity on X and Mastodon. “The ‘Fediverse’, a federation of decentralized social media servers, has emerged after a decade in which centralized platforms like X (formerly Twitter) have dominated the landscape. The structure of a federation should affect user activity, as a user selects a server to access the Fediverse and posts are distributed along the structure. This paper reports on the differences in user activity bet…

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