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Re:The Best Alternative for Every Facebook Feature by reacharavindh on Saturday March 24, 2018 @04:51AM (#16665589)
I wish there was GNUbook or something that is run by a non-profit organization like Wikipedia that provides a service that serves as a social ID(think like a portable phone number), and then let people use whichever "messaging service" they like by bringing their ID with them. This way the messaging services become replaceable and users a avoid the network lock-in.
Re:The Best Alternative for Every Facebook Feature by 0kto on Saturday March 24, 2018 @06:16AM (#16665850)
So [matrix] seems to fit the bill: federated network, bridges to other services (like IRC), encryption, you can write your own client or run your own server...

[Matrix]: https://matrix.org/

Re:The Best Alternative for Every Facebook Feature by beagle3 on Saturday March 24, 2018 @10:20AM (#16666709)
Also hubzilla (nee red/matrix, unlrelated to matrix; descending from friendica which DID federate with Facebook and Twitter for a while, until FB & T closed off the federation API bridges)