What are the most private social media platforms?

I’ve been feeling uneasy about the privacy implications of using Lemmy and similar platforms. The ability for anyone to view your entire posting history feels to me like publicly sharing my browser history. In contrast, most other social media platforms allow you to limit your feed visibility to just friends or followers.

I’m curious to hear from the community - what are the most private social media platforms you’ve come across? I vaguely remember stumbling upon one that automatically removed content after six months and had some other interesting privacy features. Can anyone refresh my memory or recommend some other private alternatives?

Delusion6903, (edited )

Check out Wiremin play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wiremin…

It’s pretty private but when I uninstalled the community was getting sparse and notifications were slow. Might be better or worse these days.

visc,

Notepad

thebardingreen,
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Funny. But, as it runs on Windows, it’s definitely not the most private.

I suggest Emacs or vi running in a Qube.

visc,

Real world paper notepad!

thebardingreen,
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Ah. I forget that real world paper exists, my ADHD brain can’t make functional use of it.

Crack0n7uesday, (edited )

Private discord groups or anonymous message boards where you don’t create an account to make a post or those dark web places where you can buy the illegal drugs and stuff.

guts, (edited )

Nostr you only need to create a public and private key to have an account and use TOR with specific relays. It is also one of the social media Edward Snowden use.

Zerush,
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The most private in your home with your friends and some beer.

far_university1990,

Most message board have no post history or account

refalo,

besides p2p/onion type stuff hiding your IP on top of whatever you use, I think imageboards are the most private/anonymous.

here’s a list: chan.city

hanrahan,
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leanleft,
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do some research

sharkfucker420,
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Social media is not private. Never will be

leanleft,
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thats not entirely true.

sharkfucker420,
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You’re right, it isn’t entirely true. A perfectly private social media service could be constructed but it likely won’t because there is no profit motive. Even if it were, how many people would truly use it.

We had things like this in the beginning of the internet. Anonymous chat rooms and message boards were incredibly popular but I doubt they will ever reach that level of popularity again.

hanrahan, (edited )
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A perfectly private social media service could be constructed but it likely won’t because there is no profit motive.

And here it is, that thing you said most likely won’t be…

gadgeteer.co.za/gotosocial-is-a-new-activitypub-s…

Even if it were, how many people would truly use it.

To be social, 3 people, maybe 5 is all you’d need.

As to proft motive, maybe you’re not aware of FOSS?

CrayonMaster,

To be social, 3 people, maybe 5 is all you’d need

That’s called a group chat

scottmeme,

The most private platform:

spoilerIs the ones you don’t use

K0W4LSK1,
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The thing is whoever you pick you are trusting someone else to host your data pictures whatever

swooosh,
smileyhead,

Your own website hosted on Tor/I2P, I think.

atomkarinca,

i guess securescuttlebutt is what you’re referring to.

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