Thesis 15 – Social networks without a central owner
Mastodon, Pixelfed, Lemmy, Friendica, Hubzilla: you choose your own server (instance) or run it yourself.
You can always move with all your followers, posts, and media — no more hostage-taking.
It already works today for millions of people. The only thing still missing is you and me.
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