Explore some of the finest open-source software out there! tchncs is run by an individual, ad-free and funded by voluntary donations of its users. Due to good ranking in serverlists, some services like Mastodon or Matrix became quite popular around 2017.
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Services that might have gotten too costly, unreliable, have poor moderation tools or are no longer actively maintained by their developers. If you are an existing user, you might have luck requesting an account.
BookWyrm
Social reading and reviewing
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Federated YouTube alternative with P2P and live support.
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Experience like on Reddit, but decentralized in the Fediverse.
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Federated platform for your photos. Compatible to eg. Mastodon and PeerTube.
This way!Firefish
A beautiful feature-rich server for (more) advanced Fediverse users.
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Next level, federated microblogging. Make your Twitter obsolete with a few clicks.
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