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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:
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.
VRChat
I'd LOVE to see a fediverse and updated version of Livejournal. Private blogging is an insanely good way to make lifelong friends.
Flickr
Because Instagram sucks, and Pixelfed isn't really that amazing of a social media service despite having some great photography to gawk at.
I'd also like an alternative to Vimeo since not that many design agencies post their cool stuff on YouTube or even PeerTube (and I'm basically addicted to television branding).
I can't get browsing by hashtags to work on pixelfed itself. Only shows like 3 results.
I hope it can get better sooner than later
A shared whiteboard. Something like Google's Jamboard
YouTube I know some peer to peer stuff exists but I haven't checked it out. Not sure how federation would come into play
Can I choose 'none' as an answer?
Aside from being a difficult concept for non-tech people to grasp, the problem with the fediverse is that it's an absolute nightmare to moderate. Nothing is stopping bad actors from creating their own instance and flooding others with illegal content. Lemmy World and Lemmy.ml have already had incidents where communities have been targeted and flooded with CSAM.
Social media platforms that I do have problems with can't see a good fediverse alternative for these reasons, plus a few others.
YouTube as one such example: the problem is that video hosting costs a lot of money.
Like, one of those sites where you rate the hotness