As I see it:
Reddit - Lemmy Discord - Revolt Twitter - Mastodon Snapchat / Whatsapp - Signal ? Instagram - No replacement to my knowledge Skype / Zoom - Jitsi
etc etc
I don’t personally use it but pixelfed is an Instagram type of site. It’s part of the fediverse as well.
I was only ever really into Reddit, which Lemmy has handily replaced.
- I technically have an Instagram, but I scrubbed it and removed the app to stop me from doomscrolling and giving Meta ad revenue.
- Microblogging like Twitter or Tumblr never really appealed to me.
- I was born after 2000, so Facebook doesn’t exist in my world.
I do use Discord, but mainly because all my friends and family are on there. I would love if a federated alternative like Matrix became the standard. Hopefully the EU’s Digital Markets Act will help - if I understand it correctly, Discord and other platforms will be forced to allow seamless bridges (which currently will get you banned) under interoperability requirements.
Matrix is the best Messenger/Discord replacement, because you can still bridge content to other services, if they don’t want to switch to Matrix. Plus, it’s distributed like XMPP or ActivityPub so you can self-host, use different providers and apps.
Edit: Lemmy also uses Matrix for encrypted DMs
Lemmy also uses Matrix for encrypted DMs
that’s sick! didn’t know that, oughta check that out then. is there anywhere they discuss/explain that?
It’s not fully integrated in the sense that you can use your Lemmy account to message over Matrix. Rather, you can add your existing Matrix handle to your profile and then a fancy “Send Secure Message” button is displayed under your profile, which just links to your Matrix account. I like the simplicity of it, as it leaves the security aspects to apps and services that have considerably more resources than Lemmy has at the moment (Element and Matrix are being used and improved by different governments, militaries, and other organisations).
EDIT: Element has started using Rust for their back-end implementation, so maybe Lemmy can use that library one day as well.
still really cool tho - them integrating other open standard
Lemmy is a given, since I’m fairly active here.
I’ve been using Mastodon even if I was never a Twitter user. (Or at least, not a serious user. I had an account some time ago, as I was dating a girl who posted there often and she insisted that I should use it.)
I’ve been trying to convince people to migrate from Whatsapp to Signal. Easier said than done due to network effect.
Why are people trying to replace Discord? Just for the sake of federation or…?
For a non federated option I love guilded
revolt is foss discord, no nitro there
Reddit - Lemmy Discord/Signal/WhatsApp - Matrix Twitter - Mastodon Instagram - Pixelfed
Unless the communities you visit move, it’d be very difficult to move entirely.
This applies to discord especially.
They’re more of a compliment to the other social networks in many cases
Yup. Reddit is 100% gone but Discord remains used for me
convincw friends by saying no nitro there
What’s the issue with WhatsApp? I thought it was great for privacy.
the only thjng good is the messages and calls are alledgely encrypted, literally every other detail they know. live location? entire contact list? how frequently you text someone? etc etc
I recently came across https://pixelfed.org/ for an Instagram replacement. I haven’t had a chance to try it out yet, but it looks promising. Seems like a federated platform like Lemmy/Mastodon that’s geared towards photo sharing.
reddit+instagram -> lemmy 🤑
Discord -> Element(matrix) is my go to
I tried Tumblr as a replacement for reddit for a while, but I’m just not really cut out for microblogging, so I came to lemmy.
I didn’t really do Twitter but was big into Instagram for a while until the whole thing started with them pushing reels, so honestly Mastodon is more of a replacement for IG in my particular case. I can upload images, so there’s no real need to keep a separate Pixelfed. Pixelfed users who just want to see images can in fact follow people on Mastodon, and just get their images. I can also follow people on Pixelfed and see them in my Mastodon feed. So that covers all the bases really.
Still use Discord plenty, never really had a problem with it although I do use it for its intended purpose rather than trying to turn it into a forum which is where a lot of servers seem to go wrong.
Don’t use FB, although I understand Friendica is the main replacement software for that.
Been considering looking into PeerTube but it seems best for very short videos just due to file storage. Mine tend to be more around the 15-20 minute mark on average so not sure that would work.
It’s time to use session over Signal
why
Even more secure and private. Works with session keys instead of mobile numbers like Signal.
is it widely used? how long would it take to decrypt then
What does that mean? You want to decrypt messages from Session and compare it to how much time it takes to decrypt messages on Signal?
yeah
I never got anyone to use Signal!
I would use session with people I meet on the internet. For my family, they are too entrenched in other chat services for me to be able to move. When I root my mobile I will put these apps in the workspace.
Reddit with Lemmy and WhatsApp with Signal. I still use Reddit and WhatsApp but i would miss out on to much if i cut the ties. I have LinkedIn but i’m not really using it. Does YouTube count as social media?
