#Ditching Meta? Open source alternatives to Instagram, TikTok, and WhatsApp fundraise on Kickstarter

#Ditching Meta? Open source alternatives to Instagram, TikTok, and WhatsApp fundraise on Kickstarter

The developer behind Pixelfed, Loops, and Sup, open source alternatives to Instagram, TikTok, and WhatsApp, respectively, is now raising funds on Kickstarter to fuel the apps’ further development. The trio is part of the growing open social web, also known as the fediverse, powered by the same ActivityPub protocol used by X alternative Mastodon. The…

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#TikTok goes dark in the US

#TikTok goes dark in the US

TikTok has gone dark in the U.S., the result of a federal law that bans the popular short-form video app for millions of Americans — at least for now. TikTok users began receiving a message about the ban around 10:30 p.m. Eastern. As of Saturday evening, the app was also no longer available in the…

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#Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes

#Bluesky is getting its own photo-sharing app, Flashes

More good news for those looking to exit Meta’s social app ecosystem in favor of a more open alternative: An independent developer is building a photo-sharing app for Bluesky called Flashes. The soon-to-launch app is powered by the same technology that underpins Bluesky, the AT Protocol, and has been built using code from the developer’s…

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#Bluesky Hits 25M Users As Exodus From X Continues

#Bluesky Hits 25M Users As Exodus From X Continues

Bluesky, the upstart social media platform, hit the important milestone of 25 million users early Friday morning. The site continues to profit from people looking for an alternative to X, formerly known as Twitter, with Bluesky achieving phenomenal growth since Election Day. According to a Nov. 13 post by Bluesky CEO Jay Graber, the site…

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