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Re:Social Networks: It's worse than you think (2020) by bjt on Saturday September 11, 2021 @09:23PM (#28497753)
Invite-only and self-hosted are different things.

Discord is invite-only but not self-hosted. Maybe that would work for you?

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Re:Social Networks: It's worse than you think (2020) by abnry on Saturday September 11, 2021 @09:46PM (#28497878)
I want both. Basically I want something federated but not connected to the "fediverse" as in Mastedon. Perhaps I need to look into Mastedon.
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Re:Social Networks: It's worse than you think (2020) by fsiefken on Sunday September 12, 2021 @03:56AM (#28499376)
alternatives:

scuttlebutt https://scuttlebutt.nz/

twtxt https://indieweb.org/twtxt

iris.to (hypercore protocol)

meshtastic https://meshtastic.org/

bbs https://www.ipingthereforeiam.com/bbs/?step=name&all=0

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Re:Social Networks: It's worse than you think (2020) by basmango on Sunday September 12, 2021 @03:12AM (#28499218)
Maybe flarum
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