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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 [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Is it federated? Or is it just a solo version for anybody who wants their own solo bandcamp?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

AFAIK it is in beta but developer planned or already implemented federation. If I'm wrong, I think @freebliss could correct me.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

@TadeuszBonawentura @z3rOR0ne @small44 It's more the "your own solo bandcamp" thing to paraphrase @sentient_loom. From the technical side, given it's a static site generator, it can not technically act as a server for anything, including federation. It could act as an activity pub client technically, but it's an open research question how that could be interesting. So for now no plans and no implementation, but I'm keeping tabs on ActivityPub and at least thinking about possible directions.