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Is it just me or is internet a desert right now?
The mainstream networks are void of actual content\! Everybody is either mimicking something or avoiding any sort of relevance because "it just creates conflicts". And maybe that makes sense in these dark times? Remote work has got us so stuck to our screens that we'd rather not stick around on there. The escapism escaped from them when the corporation jumped in.
The mainstream networks are void of actual content: everybody is either mimicking something or avoiding any sort of relevance because "it just creates conflicts". The most exciting stuff on there is a new selfie filter. Telegram has been empty for a few months. There are 4 channels in my subscription list that have been updated in the past months. Mastodon makes me wonder how diversity can be so uniform. YouTube is a hell hole of sponsored content…. Matrix is well… just empty of people… Reddit is a giant loop of gifs that are better on every loop. IRC is nice\! Well, you need to have a bug first.
The larger audience is seemingly just happy with the way things are… The way things are being a hop-loop: insta-facebook-youtube-insta-facebook-youtube…
> But what am I happy with? The same thing\! My loop just revolves around different platforms.
Because I really do my best to social-media distance myself from the usual suspects. And there are plenty of alternatives:
I really do my best to social-media distance myself from the usual suspects. And there are plenty of alternatives:
* [Pixelfed](https://pixfed.com/tosettosetto){: target="_blank"} replaces Insta
* [Mastodon](https://kolektiva.social/@setto){: target="_blank"} replaces Twitter
* [Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/!YQcdVviFQNGYFMYrxD:matrix.org?via=matrix.org){: target="_blank"} replaces Whatsapp
* [PeerTube](https://v.basspistol.org) replace YouTube
You are hereby invited to my PeerTube channel\!
The fediverse is a diverse and federate network. Try it out\! I suggest you start by looking for a [community node that fits your desires](https://joinmastodon.org/communities){: target="_blank"}
 
Once you have an identity on one of those nodes, search for "@setto@v.basspistol.org" That is my PeerTube identity. You can also do it directly from my Channel\!