[Feature] Use Censorship Free Social Media Platforms

[Ryu945]

Is there an existing request for feature?

• [X] I have searched the existing issues

What feature would you like?

Session app helps people communicate with security, privacy and without censorship. It is strange that Session uses many social media platforms but not the one that actually gives people the ability to communicate without censorship. www.gab.com is one of the largest general social media platforms in the US ( only X/X related and Facebook/Facebook related) is larger. It is the largest one that in the world that allows communication without censorship. Sessions should open an account on Gab.

Anything else?

No response

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without censorship

Debatable so far :sweat_smile:

[Ryu945]

without censorship

Debatable so far 😅

That is basically the same thing as countries that block the Tor network or countries that block Gab. Each service can only do its best to make sure people still have access despite country wide blocks. I assume the developers of Sessions are working on it.

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Indeed. I hope so too...because otherwise there is no point in any of that :upside_down_face:

[qdhj]

how about using something that ain't "known primarily as a platform for radical right-wing communities"? diaspora, nostr, fediverse, lemmy, bastyon, there's PLENTY of options without nazi scum

btw, Session already uses odysee.

[javabudd]

gab is a breeding ground for right-wing conspiracy theories, no.

[Ryu945]

how about using something that ain't "known primarily as a platform for radical right-wing communities"? diaspora, nostr, fediverse, lemmy, bastyon, there's PLENTY of options without nazi scum

btw, Session already uses odysee.

You have been reading hit job articles on Gab. There is nothing on the internet that requires articles to be true. Ironically, information on Gab tends to have a much higher accuracy then information on other news sites. Things that were called made up years ago are now accepted as common knowledge today.

I did look into other options. The problem with the Fediverse is moderator harassment and mass censorship that occurs on that platform. Enough server operators and the leadership of the development team go out of their way to accomplish mass censorship. They even put poison code in their apps that sabotage your ability to connect with server they don't like. I heard it split the Fediverse into two different groups of servers but I haven't looked into this later part. There is a huge issue with people joining the Fediverse not knowing this issue and not knowing which type of server they joined. The recommended defaults are usually the ones causing all these problems.

[Ryu945]

gab is a breeding ground for right-wing conspiracy theories, no.

That would be another hit job article. There is nothing on on the internet that requires articles to be true. Ironically, information on Gab tends to have a much higher accuracy then information on most news sites. Things that were called made up years ago are now accepted as common knowledge today.

[qdhj]

You have been reading hit job articles on Gab. There is nothing on the internet that requires articles to be true. Ironically, information on Gab tends to have a much higher accuracy then information on other news sites. Things that were called made up years ago are now accepted as common knowledge today.

when it comes to fascism: "There is nothing on the internet that requires articles to be true..." when it comes to harassment: "Oh that's a reason to abandon the platform!"

what a double-standart. but i've mentioned more than just fediverse. use arweave, nostr or bastyon -- there is no censorship.

[Ryu945]

You have been reading hit job articles on Gab. There is nothing on the internet that requires articles to be true. Ironically, information on Gab tends to have a much higher accuracy then information on other news sites. Things that were called made up years ago are now accepted as common knowledge today.

when it comes to fascism: "There is nothing on the internet that requires articles to be true..." when it comes to harassment: "Oh that's a reason to abandon the platform!"

That is why most people abandoned the Fediverse. The fascism of people imposing their view and banning everyone and every server that did not align with their views. It got so bad you saw ridiculous things like people being banned for saying they liked the recent Harry Potter game. The harassment from the software developers and moderators also scared people away.

what a double-standart. but i've mentioned more than just fediverse. use arweave, nostr or bastyon -- there is no censorship.

Lemmy is more of a forum and the developer of it hard coded censorship into it. I was talking about social media like X. I haven't heard of the others you mentioned. I thought they were alternative clients for the Fediverse like diaspora as there are multiple programs that access the Fediverse. I'll have to learn about them but I suspect they have a far smaller populations then Gab.

[javabudd]

gab is a breeding ground for right-wing conspiracy theories, no.

That would be another hit job article. There is nothing on on the internet that requires articles to be true. Ironically, information on Gab tends to have a much higher accuracy then information on most news sites. Things that were called made up years ago are now accepted as common knowledge today.

This statement is delusional at best and malicious at worst. Gab is a well-known right wing echo chamber and should not be considered free and fair by any means.