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Decentralized Social Media Is the Only Alternative to the Tech Oligarchy (www.404media.co)
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[–] Clbull@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Tildes (a closed garden Reddit alternative) frequently love to reminisce about the days of small forum communities. Maybe we need to bring them back.

[–] FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (2 children)

They still exist. I’m active in one, love it.

I sometimes fantasise about a lemmy like decentralised protocol that works for old school forums.

[–] Obelix@feddit.org 6 points 16 hours ago

NodeBB has added ActivityPub federation today. So that should work

[–] bjvanst@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

what does closed garden mean in this context? as in contrast to the fediverse?

[–] gwen@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 hours ago

you must be accepted after filling out an application, then you'll get your ssh key validated and only then can you tunnel in and join properly