As I see it:
Reddit - Lemmy Discord - Revolt Twitter - Mastodon Snapchat / Whatsapp - Signal ? Instagram - No replacement to my knowledge Skype / Zoom - Jitsi
etc etc
Check out Pixelfed for an Instagram replacement. Seems to fill the same sort of use case
I’ve tried it but the content is more like what Flickr used to be it’s all artistic photography, which I guess is fine if that’s what you’re into but I couldn’t find much else.
I don’t personally use it but pixelfed is an Instagram type of site. It’s part of the fediverse as well.
i even found out the other day that pixelfed does stories and live streaming!
though those things are based on reading the configuration settings in documentation, so i have no idea what those features are like….
also worth noting that as usually with fediverse platforms, pixelfed data is accessible from other platforms like mastodon
ie you can retoot a pixelfed post afaik, and i believe that at least in kbin that means you can have a threaded conversion about a pixelfed post?
Can I use this login for that site or do I need a new account?
They are working on mastodon integration
You’d need to create another account, pixelfed is currently working on a “login with mastodon” feature that will probably be released pretty soon, but even with that you’re still technically creating another account, you’ll just be able to log into it using a mastodon account and copy your bio, profile pic, follows, and things like that if you want.
But yeah, there’s nothing for lemmy
I was only ever really into Reddit, which Lemmy has handily replaced.
- I technically have an Instagram, but I scrubbed it and removed the app to stop me from doomscrolling and giving Meta ad revenue.
- Microblogging like Twitter or Tumblr never really appealed to me.
- I was born after 2000, so Facebook doesn’t exist in my world.
I do use Discord, but mainly because all my friends and family are on there. I would love if a federated alternative like Matrix became the standard. Hopefully the EU’s Digital Markets Act will help - if I understand it correctly, Discord and other platforms will be forced to allow seamless bridges (which currently will get you banned) under interoperability requirements.
Discord -> Element(matrix) is my go to
Trying to replace reddit on PC but this place still isn’t great for gaming and wrestling and niche games i’m currently into. I do enjoy it on my phone though, also tagged back in Somethingawful on my phone also for some nice reading of some classic threads and PYF stuff.
Other than that, no need to replace anything otherwise :)
Lemmy fulfills a sort of reddit/more intimate internet forum thing. Reddit’s real social good was fixing shitty search engine results by using Reddit as a keyword, and for centralizing a lot of hobbyist discussion. Lemmy and the lemmylikes will get there as the platform matures.
I’m loving pixelfed as a sort of Imgur substitute tbh. Quick and easy image hosting for when I post on here. Not crazy about Instagram as a social media platform so there’s nothing I need pixelfed to do besides let me host medium-sized images, caption them and copy the link.
I feel that currently Lemmy may be less web searcheable compared to Reddit, since the domain names aren’t consistent. I mean not every instance’s domain’s are named with lemmy. sopuli.xyz, programming.dev, technics, reddthat etc. I haven’t tested it tho.
Someone that is good with SEO could create a read-only instance that federates with every available instance to help with that
I didn’t really do Twitter but was big into Instagram for a while until the whole thing started with them pushing reels, so honestly Mastodon is more of a replacement for IG in my particular case. I can upload images, so there’s no real need to keep a separate Pixelfed. Pixelfed users who just want to see images can in fact follow people on Mastodon, and just get their images. I can also follow people on Pixelfed and see them in my Mastodon feed. So that covers all the bases really.
Still use Discord plenty, never really had a problem with it although I do use it for its intended purpose rather than trying to turn it into a forum which is where a lot of servers seem to go wrong.
Don’t use FB, although I understand Friendica is the main replacement software for that.
Been considering looking into PeerTube but it seems best for very short videos just due to file storage. Mine tend to be more around the 15-20 minute mark on average so not sure that would work.
Matrix is the best Messenger/Discord replacement, because you can still bridge content to other services, if they don’t want to switch to Matrix. Plus, it’s distributed like XMPP or ActivityPub so you can self-host, use different providers and apps.
Edit: Lemmy also uses Matrix for encrypted DMs
Lemmy also uses Matrix for encrypted DMs
that’s sick! didn’t know that, oughta check that out then. is there anywhere they discuss/explain that?
Why are people trying to replace Discord? Just for the sake of federation or…?
Discord has been rolling out terrible features lately instead of improving the already existing ones. Messages still aren’t E2EE and third-party clients are against TOS.
Discord being proprietary should be reason enough to try to replace it
Discord has some shady shit in its privacy policy, and one of their largest investors is Tencent. Discord is one of my top targets for replacement, but none of my friends are all that interested in trying Matrix
convjnce them by saying ‘there is no nitro’
Does anyone even care about nitro tho?
I assume people who are looking to try to use all FOSS for social media/chat platforms
I only used reddit as my big social media and then discord for messaging. Fediverse has become a good alternative to reddit, but discord will be hard to convince people to move over to alternatives like matrix or revolt.
@jackpot@lemmy.ml @asklemmy@lemmy.ml Replacement for Instagram is @pixelfed@mastodon.social 👍
Reddit - Lemmy Discord - Matrix Texting - Signal/RCS Twitter - Mastodon
I tried Tumblr as a replacement for reddit for a while, but I’m just not really cut out for microblogging, so I came to lemmy.
Lemmy is a given, since I’m fairly active here.
I’ve been using Mastodon even if I was never a Twitter user. (Or at least, not a serious user. I had an account some time ago, as I was dating a girl who posted there often and she insisted that I should use it.)
I’ve been trying to convince people to migrate from Whatsapp to Signal. Easier said than done due to network effect.
I host my own private “Facebook” for my large family. The web app is called HumHub and it’s free to use (though some premium add-ons are paid).
