Social networking that's not for sale: Your home feed should be filled with what matters to you most, not what a corporation thinks you should see. Radically different social media, back in the hands of the people.
The other of the two networks I built on, Mastodon meets all of my personal ideals in an open source web project. I'm constantly inspired by the team and community.
Mastodon is an effective Twitter alternative that supports decentralization via ActivityPub. It could use some visual enhancements, but given that it's open source and built on an open protocol — perhaps that will happen in 2023!
If you can take the time to build your follow graph, Mastodon provides the highest signal to nose ratio I’ve personally experienced in recent memory. The lack of recommendation algorithm defaults and the openness of the platform (allowing for a proliferation of clients) make Mastodon stand out from the exodus of Twitter DAU.
