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Social networks built in the US are mainly advertising businesses. They show you content designed to keep you scrolling and sell your attention to advertisers. Your posts, likes and reading habits are analysed to build a profile that follows you across the internet. European and open alternatives are mostly run by non-profits and volunteer communities, where users come first, not advertisers.
🛡️ Based in Europe
Germany
A social network like Twitter, but with no ads and no algorithm. Join any community and talk to people across the whole network.
Lightweight social network that connects to Mastodon and the wider Fediverse, easy to self-host on a modest server.
Pleroma is run by many independent servers. When you sign up, pick a server hosted in Europe.
