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Open-source social media is growing (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 2 weeks ago by oleg_rswll@sopuli.xyz to c/CoMaps@sopuli.xyz

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CoMaps now has more than 7k subscribers across different social media platforms – today reaching 7,777. And the biggest growth is on open-source platforms:

Mastodon - distributed microblogging

Matrix - distributed group messaging

Lemmy - distributed discussion communities

Bluesky - microblogging

Pixelfed - Photos

SimpleX - private messaging

If you have not tried these, check them out!

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[-] paraphrand@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Fair enough. But we can’t forget Bluesky is using open source and federation as tools to attract users. And we need to hold them to their promises.

this post was submitted on 13 Aug 2025

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