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Open-source social media is growing
(sopuli.xyz)
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!
Why was bluesky so successful but mastodon wasn’t? 🤔
Server choice was daunting for a lot of people. It had more notable names move over and mastodon has the stigma of nerd shit.
Personally, I would like to see mastodon be the standard choice, but it has more of an uphill battle