Oh wow, @InInteraction there are plenty of federated twitter (and facebook, and youtube, and instagram, etc.) alternatives...The key term to search for is "fediverse" (sort of a portmaneau of federated univers of social networks). The following info site might help with a brief overview: https://the-federation.info/
There are many other sites that can provide an overview/intro. Plus, the following is a sample of alternatives:
Blogging => Plume, Write.as/WriteFreely => Comparable to Blogger.com, Medium, Tumblr
Image Hosting => PixelFed, MediaGoblin => Comprable to Instagram
Microbloging => Gnu social, Mastodon, Microblog.pub, Pleroma, postActiv, pump.io, etc. => Comparable to twitter
Pastebin => distbin => Comparable to Pastbin.com, ~GitHub
Social networking => Diaspora, Friendica, Honk, Hubzilla => Comparable to Facebook
There are many other sites that can provide an overview/intro. Plus, the following is a sample of alternatives:
Blogging => Plume, Write.as/WriteFreely => Comparable to Blogger.com, Medium, Tumblr
Image Hosting => PixelFed, MediaGoblin => Comprable to Instagram
Microbloging => Gnu social, Mastodon, Microblog.pub, Pleroma, postActiv, pump.io, etc. => Comparable to twitter
Pastebin => distbin => Comparable to Pastbin.com, ~GitHub
Social networking => Diaspora, Friendica, Honk, Hubzilla => Comparable to Facebook
Audio/Video hosting => PeerTube, funkwhale, NodeTube => Comprable to Youtube, SoundCloud, vimeo
Events => Mobilizon => Comparable to Facebook, Meetup.com
Forum/Link Aggregator => Lemmy => Comparable to Hacker News, Lobste.rs, Reddit
Good luck!!!