A lot of people are making the leap to Parler, Flote, MeWe and Gab. Unfortunately, most of those apps/sites are also a) closed source b) have policies that allow them to censor / ban accounts for any reason, similar to Facebook.
For example:
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200627/23551144803/as-predicted-parler-is-banning-users-it-doesnt-like.shtml
In order for me to advocate for a new platform, it has to meet the following criteria:
1. Open source
2. Decentralized (P2P > Federated > centralized)
3. Available on desktop and cell phones.
4. Transparent, user controlled curation
5. User controlled data
6. Incentive aligned business model (business makes money when users are happy)
7. Decent UI / UX
8. Plugin system
So far, the following sites seem the most promising to me:
Minds
Patchwork
Hubzilla
Matrix
Dreamwidth
Diaspora
For example:
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200627/23551144803/as-predicted-parler-is-banning-users-it-doesnt-like.shtml
In order for me to advocate for a new platform, it has to meet the following criteria:
1. Open source
2. Decentralized (P2P > Federated > centralized)
3. Available on desktop and cell phones.
4. Transparent, user controlled curation
5. User controlled data
6. Incentive aligned business model (business makes money when users are happy)
7. Decent UI / UX
8. Plugin system
So far, the following sites seem the most promising to me:
Minds
Patchwork
Hubzilla
Matrix
Dreamwidth
Diaspora