As a researcher of alternative social media platforms, I couldn’t resist joining the #forkiverse.

[anna@theforkiverse.com]

As a researcher of alternative social media platforms, I couldn’t resist joining the #forkiverse.

If you’re reading this, I’d love to hear your story. What brought you here? What keeps you here?

[olliestudio45@theforkiverse.com]

@anna running from the bots, slop and trolls... btw are you familiar with the gemini protocol? That place is amazing

[thegiddystitcher@sunny.garden]

@anna 1. I like using social media to be social. 2. All the pretty photos of fibre crafts.

Hello and welcome to Fedi!

[olliestudio45@theforkiverse.com]

@anna this is what it looks like and it can only be accessed through the geopard browser iirc

[berniethewordsmith@neopaquita.es]

@anna I removed my Twitter account during some Elon Musk event I cannot remember. I find the tone and energy of this network way more peaceful and less abrasive (others may disagree on this one) than the corporate-owned social media. Also, accounts like @FediTips and @mastodonmigration Helped me a lot

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@anna

The revelations about Meta/Facebook collaborating with various villains, especially the leaked memo that Meta knew people would die and didn't see it as a problem:

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/growth-at-any-cost-top-facebook-executive-defended-data

And after that leak people did indeed die:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/dec/06/rohingya-sue-facebook-myanmar-genocide-us-uk-legal-action-social-media-violence

https://www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2022-02-20/facebook-accused-of-letting-activists-incite-ethnic-massacres-with-hate-and-misinformation-by-survivors-in-ethiopia/

What keeps me here is helping more people onto here, and away from nasty platforms that make money from promoting hate.