Disroot VS Federated Networks Association

Btw, the reason why I disagree is because the author seems to only see two possible models for social networks: centralised corporations vs all-powerful admins. But there is many more ways to go about this. Your company probably runs an email server for you, who is in charge of that? Some all-powerful admin? No drama there, right? How about coops/associations which run distributed services, such as... Source: about 1 year ago

Closest I can think of is disroot, but I don't think they do webhosting. Source: about 1 year ago

Yes that's a good idea and I would very much like to participate. This is a good platform we could use. Https://disroot.org/en. Source: over 1 year ago

To get a sense of what two organizations already host freely, take a look at Disroot and Framasoft. Source: over 1 year ago

Hey, you should give Disroot a try, they offer a free mailbox plus a bunch of other free online services. They are based on principles of freedom and privacy. Source: almost 2 years ago

Yes, were it not for the "email is great" part I think I would agree with the sentiment of the article. In fact the idea of having intercompatible social network already exists, I think it is called a federated social network, see https://feneas.org/. The idea hasn't really taken off yet because there is more to social media than just data exchange (think about moderation etc...), but I don't believe Facebook and... Source: over 2 years ago

It's what happened to reddit, having the open source code for reddit didn't really help once they closed it. You could still replace the URL with a proprietary codebase or rewrite some of the code before re-licensing so it's not bullet proof. The best defense I can think off is having it be hosted by some volunteer led non profit (something like feneas ) so it won't get sold off. Source: over 2 years ago

Feneas.org (requires paid subscription). Source: almost 3 years ago

I think it would be better to collaborate with some existing organisations like disroot or feneas, having a organisation with multiple maintainers is useful if someone decides to quit (which is normal, any contribution is great). So the instance does not go down. Existing organisations are also more well known. Source: almost 3 years ago