Pretty much in the title. Maybe you wouldn’t even use it, but would like to simply see it exist for the sake of having a federated alternative.

For me, it’d be the following:

  • LinkedIn
  • Meetup
  • Tiktok

I am on the first two, but would prefer a federated alternative. I’m not on Tiktok, but would like to see a federated alternative.

I’ll admit these might not be a good idea. But as a thought experiment, I’d be curious about the community weigh in on what you all think this might look like.

  • Count Regal Inkwell@pawb.social
    38·
    9 months ago

    Tumblr

    DeviantArt

    Furaffinity

    Archive Of Our Own

    Keep the fediverse weird and invite more theater kids. They pair surprisingly well with the tech dorks that make up the majority of the current fedi population.

    • Caesium@lemmy.world
      4·
      9 months ago

      what do you think a defederated ao3 would look like? not trying to sound condescending here or anything just actually curious

      • Count Regal Inkwell@pawb.social
        4·
        9 months ago

        No different from the regular thing except:

        • Different fandoms would congregate in different home instances – Which is ultimately just an aesthetic difference but still.
        • It’d be a lot more resilient due to decentralisation. I’m old enough to remember when the entire concept of fanfiction was something considered litigious and anyone who wrote it felt they were skirting on the edge of the law. People forget how easy it is for those times to come back. All it’d take is 1(one) corporately-backed author making a stink about it. Decentralization would make it harder to curb.
        • Caesium@lemmy.world
          2·
          9 months ago

          oooh point 2 makes a lot of sense. I do tend to forget how fragile the current internet ecosystem is thanks to corporations

    • Omega_Haxors@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      Doubled on FA. Great repository for artwork but their moderation is just terrible. If you’re in the 3rd world you can get banned permanently with no warning for a single mistake, yet there’s known groomers on there who the admins routinely protect no matter how many times they fuck up. And the alternatives aren’t any better, with most of them dying on the hill of allowing loli shit and AI art so that’s all that ever gets posted.

      EDIT: and after they moved their forums to discord the entire website became radioactive causing tons of people, including myself, to leave.