As I see it:

Reddit - Lemmy Discord - Revolt Twitter - Mastodon Snapchat / Whatsapp - Signal ? Instagram - No replacement to my knowledge Skype / Zoom - Jitsi

etc etc

  • colonial@lemmy.world
    12·
    2 years ago

    I was only ever really into Reddit, which Lemmy has handily replaced.

    • I technically have an Instagram, but I scrubbed it and removed the app to stop me from doomscrolling and giving Meta ad revenue.
    • Microblogging like Twitter or Tumblr never really appealed to me.
    • I was born after 2000, so Facebook doesn’t exist in my world.

    I do use Discord, but mainly because all my friends and family are on there. I would love if a federated alternative like Matrix became the standard. Hopefully the EU’s Digital Markets Act will help - if I understand it correctly, Discord and other platforms will be forced to allow seamless bridges (which currently will get you banned) under interoperability requirements.

  • Lvxferre@lemmy.ml
    8·
    2 years ago

    Lemmy is a given, since I’m fairly active here.

    I’ve been using Mastodon even if I was never a Twitter user. (Or at least, not a serious user. I had an account some time ago, as I was dating a girl who posted there often and she insisted that I should use it.)

    I’ve been trying to convince people to migrate from Whatsapp to Signal. Easier said than done due to network effect.

  • DanTheMan827@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    3·
    2 years ago

    Unless the communities you visit move, it’d be very difficult to move entirely.

    This applies to discord especially.

    They’re more of a compliment to the other social networks in many cases

  • Kernal64@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    2 years ago

    I recently came across https://pixelfed.org/ for an Instagram replacement. I haven’t had a chance to try it out yet, but it looks promising. Seems like a federated platform like Lemmy/Mastodon that’s geared towards photo sharing.

  • TeaHands@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 years ago

    I didn’t really do Twitter but was big into Instagram for a while until the whole thing started with them pushing reels, so honestly Mastodon is more of a replacement for IG in my particular case. I can upload images, so there’s no real need to keep a separate Pixelfed. Pixelfed users who just want to see images can in fact follow people on Mastodon, and just get their images. I can also follow people on Pixelfed and see them in my Mastodon feed. So that covers all the bases really.

    Still use Discord plenty, never really had a problem with it although I do use it for its intended purpose rather than trying to turn it into a forum which is where a lot of servers seem to go wrong.

    Don’t use FB, although I understand Friendica is the main replacement software for that.

    Been considering looking into PeerTube but it seems best for very short videos just due to file storage. Mine tend to be more around the 15-20 minute mark on average so not sure that would work.

    • jackpot@lemmy.mlOP
      2·
      2 years ago

      the only thjng good is the messages and calls are alledgely encrypted, literally every other detail they know. live location? entire contact list? how frequently you text someone? etc etc

  • Mothra@mander.xyz
    2·
    2 years ago

    Lemmy obvs.

    Then NewPipe/freetube for YouTube. In saying this, though, I do acces YT directly if I need to post a comment or something, very occasionally. Not sure if the replacement counts as social media since they are just scrappers, you don’t really interact with others.

    I use Signal for family. Couldn’t get friends to jump over. Nobody cares. Everybody loves Whatsucks.

    Casual discord user, been looking at options but haven’t made up my mind yet. Probably not worth the hassle considering how little I use it

  • hddsx@lemmy.ca
    1·
    2 years ago

    Facebook - None Messenger - Signal Discord - Discord Twitter - N/A Instagram - None Skype / Zoom - Discord / Teams

    • jackpot@lemmy.mlOP
      1·
      2 years ago

      Revolt is foss discord, teams should be replacwd but depends on your use case

      • hddsx@lemmy.ca
        1·
        2 years ago

        It took my until this year to finally disable my Facebook account - my Instagram has been disabled for a while. If it stays disabled for at least six months, I’ll finally delete it.

        Why? It’s very hard to convince friends from around the world to all switch platforms when there is no major draw and most people are NOT on the new platform.

        I don’t like Zoom or Teams, but there are cases in which you are forced to do so in order to interact remotely with certain customers or businesses.

        It took months and multiple people to convince one of my more tech savvy friends to switch to signal.

        Sure, I can make the switch. But is it worth the hassle?

  • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.ca
    1·
    2 years ago

    Mastodon (specifically mstdn.ca). Lemmy.ca, pixelated (though I rarely use it like I should) and I’m hoping to soon get a tilvids account to document my progress modelling for X-plane and creating the assets for my own computer board game.