<h1 id="social" class="anchor"><a href="#social"><i class="fas fa-link anchor-icon"></i></a> Decentralized Social Networks</h1>

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  <strong> If you are currently using Social Networks like Facebook or Twitter, you should pick an alternative here. </strong>
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website="https://diasporafoundation.org/"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-diaspora/290"
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title="Friendica - Facebook Alternative"
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description="Friendica has an emphasis on extensive privacy settings and easy server installation. It aims to federate with as many other social networks as possible. Currently, Friendica users can integrate contacts from Facebook, Twitter, Diaspora, GNU social, App.net, Pump.io and other services in their social streams."
website="https://friendi.ca/"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-friendica/291"
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title="PixelFed - Instagram Alternative"
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description='A free and ethical photo sharing platform, powered by ActivityPub federation. Pixelfed is an open-source, federated platform. You can run your own instance or <a href="https://fediverse.party/en/pixelfed/">join one.</a>'
website="https://pixelfed.social/"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-pixelfed/293"
github="https://github.com/pixelfed"
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title="GNU social - Twitter Alternative"
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description="A social communication software for both public and private communications. It is widely supported and has a large userbase. It is already used by the Free Software Foundation."
website="https://gnu.io/social/"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-gnu-social/292"
github="https://github.com/foocorp/gnu-social"
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<h3>Worth Mentioning</h3>
<ul>
  <li><a href="https://www.minds.com/">Minds</a> - An <a href="https://gitlab.com/minds">open source</a> and distributed social networking service, integrating the blockchain to reward the community.</li>
  <li><a href="https://movim.eu/">Movim</a> - Federated social platform that relies on the XMPP standard and therefore allows you to exchange with many other clients on all devices.</li>
</ul>

<h3>Related Information</h3>
<ul>
  <li><a href="https://justdeleteme.xyz/">JustDeleteMe</a> - A directory of direct links to delete your account from web services.</li>
  <li><a href="https://forget.codl.fr/">Forget</a> - A service that automatically deletes your old posts on Twitter and Mastodon that everyone has forgotten about.</li>
  <li><a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/facebook-container/">Facebook Container by Mozilla</a> - Prevent Facebook from tracking you around the web.</li>
  <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/help/delete_account">Delete your Facebook account</a> - Direct link to delete your Facebook account without being able to reactivate it again.</li>
  <li><a href="https://deletefacebook.com/">How To Permanently Delete A Facebook Account</a> - This guide will take you through a smooth and successful Facebook account deletion.</li>
  <li><a href="https://www.stopusingfacebook.co/">Stop using Facebook</a> - A curated list of reasons to stop using Facebook and how to do it.</li>
</ul>
