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What Major Social Media Platforms Would You Like To See Federated Alternatives To That Don't Exist Yet? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 9 months ago by z3rOR0ne@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Pretty much in the title. Maybe you wouldn't even use it, but would like to simply see it exist for the sake of having a federated alternative.

For me, it'd be the following:

LinkedIn
Meetup
Tiktok

I am on the first two, but would prefer a federated alternative. I'm not on Tiktok, but would like to see a federated alternative.

I'll admit these might not be a good idea. But as a thought experiment, I'd be curious about the community weigh in on what you all think this might look like.

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[–] Resol@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Flickr

Because Instagram sucks, and Pixelfed isn't really that amazing of a social media service despite having some great photography to gawk at.

I'd also like an alternative to Vimeo since not that many design agencies post their cool stuff on YouTube or even PeerTube (and I'm basically addicted to television branding).

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[–] Timwi@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

Ranker.

[–] moon@lemmy.cafe 2 points 9 months ago

PHP styled forums and Boorus would be cool. I know some PHP forums have recently added activitypub support, but it's still pretty recent and doesn't have much of a userbase.

Also a video platform like YouTube in a way. There's still a lot of issues to solve with that though, like storage and monetization. PeerTube just isn't going to cut it. Realistically if this were to ever happen, it'd have to be YouTube themselves to add activitypub support themselves and let people connect to them.

[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I'd LOVE to see a fediverse and updated version of Livejournal. Private blogging is an insanely good way to make lifelong friends.

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