Passing this along here since this community (that I am new to) is also looking into other options.
Originally shared by Robert Freeman-Day
I am also thinking more and more about decentralization and/or federation.
Looking at Secure Scuttlebutt right now.
Take about 15 min from your usual youtube train (you know you are doing it right now!) and look at this vid that explains the start of it pretty well:
Watch and look it over and post questions/comments.
What if we were to be fully able to post publicly and (end to end encrypted) privately to people AND keep our content?
What if we were able to post offline, knowing that it would get to the wider world with little issue?
What if we weren’t beholden to a large company to hold and protect our data/writings/etc?