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Ask HN: What are decentralized Twitter alternatives?

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Re: Ask HN: What are decentralized Twitter alternatives?

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I am the admin of both a Mastodon Instance( https://zee.li ), and a Peertube Instance( https://tube.zee.li ), both of which are ActivityPub based federated instances. While individual nodes are not decentralized the federated network as a whole is. It is ultimately up to you to choose a well-federated, fast, and reliable instance that meets your criteria for information freedom and user protections. You can find an u…

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Re: Ask HN: What are decentralized Twitter alternatives?

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I am the admin of both a Mastodon Instance( https://zee.li ), and a Peertube Instance( https://tube.zee.li ), both of which are ActivityPub based federated instances. While individual nodes are not decentralized the federated network as a whole is. It is ultimately up to you to choose a well-federated, fast, and reliable instance that meets your criteria for information freedom and user protections. You can find an u…

I signed up for and confirmed an account, but now when I navigate to zee.li I just get a blank screen. When I go to other pages, i.e. https://zee.li/settings/profile , I get an interface but it appears un-styled

Interesting, I'm having no issues here. Can you post the output in your browser's console as well as your OS, browser, & versions? Thank you! We also have a discord if you would like additional assistance! https://discord.gg/XWq3fgcRgs

Re: Ask HN: What are decentralized Twitter alternatives?

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I am the admin of both a Mastodon Instance( https://zee.li ), and a Peertube Instance( https://tube.zee.li ), both of which are ActivityPub based federated instances. While individual nodes are not decentralized the federated network as a whole is. It is ultimately up to you to choose a well-federated, fast, and reliable instance that meets your criteria for information freedom and user protections. You can find an u…

I signed up for and confirmed an account, but now when I navigate to zee.li I just get a blank screen. When I go to other pages, i.e. https://zee.li/settings/profile , I get an interface but it appears un-styled

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Re: Ask HN: What are decentralized Twitter alternatives?

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Every time I go looking for one of these open alternatives it’s filled with fringe conspiracy theorists, actual racists, etc. Example is LBRY. Bryan Lunduke says he’s switching off YouTube for LBRY, so I go there to check it out. Top trending video is some white supremacist thing why I shouldn’t forget my ancestry. Search for “how to repair furnace”, second result is video how Epstein is alive. Even Lunduke is taking…

The problem for permissive alt-platforms is that if the mainstream platforms expand their definition of bannable undesirables (call them witches for short) then all the witches will go to whatever platforms are still available to them (the permissive ones). This article details nicely how it all plays out:

https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/05/01/neutral-vs-conservativ...

>The moral of the story is: if you’re against witch-hunts, and you promise to found your own little utopian community where witch-hunts will never happen, your new society will end up consisting of approximately three principled civil libertarians and seven zillion witches. It will be a terrible place to live even if witch-hunts are genuinely wrong.

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>The equilibrium is basically what we see now. The neutral gatekeeper institutions lean very liberal, though with a minority of conservative elites who are good at keeping their heads down and too mainstream/prestigious to settle for anything less. The ghettos contain a combination of seven zillion witches and a few decent conservatives who are increasingly uncomfortable but know there’s no place for them in the mainstream.

Re: Ask HN: What are decentralized Twitter alternatives?

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Forget Twitter alternatives. How about a social network that mirrors real world social interactions? Only adding people you actually know. Keeping conversations private. Encryption to prevent censorship. What is the social media equivalent of signal?

https://uniqpath.com !

Re: Ask HN: What are decentralized Twitter alternatives?

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I am the admin of both a Mastodon Instance( https://zee.li ), and a Peertube Instance( https://tube.zee.li ), both of which are ActivityPub based federated instances. While individual nodes are not decentralized the federated network as a whole is. It is ultimately up to you to choose a well-federated, fast, and reliable instance that meets your criteria for information freedom and user protections. You can find an u…

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Re: Ask HN: What are decentralized Twitter alternatives?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I signed up for and confirmed an account, but now when I navigate to zee.li I just get a blank screen. When I go to other pages, i.e. https://zee.li/settings/profile , I get an interface but it appears un-styled

Seems to have been an issue with Cloudflare caching, please try now!

Oh just saw this reply. I've actually gone ahead and set up my own server for my account.
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