Monday, January 20, 2025

Mastodon and Pixelfed as alternatives to capitalist social media

For now, I have decided to continue using Meta products (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp), but I also use social-media sites that don't belong to capitalists and shareholders. I started using Mastodon in November 2022 when things started getting grim over at Twitter. I heard from quite a few people that they found it difficult to sign up for Mastodon. The main problem back then was deciding which server to use. I don't know if that has gotten easier, but I just signed up for a photo-sharing site, Pixelfed, that was extremely easy to join. I chose a server based in Switzerland and have already followed one person and shared my first photo. (Andrew Shields, #111words, 20 January 2025)

 

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