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Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other Official Social Network Profiles by {{project_name_short}}.
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= {{project_name_short}} Social Media Profiles =

There are a few {{project_name_short}} social media profiles, but users should not rely on them for getting up-to-date {{project_name_short}} News. Instead, refer to [[Stay_Tuned|Follow {{project_name_short}} Developments]] for better sources of {{project_name_short}}-related news. Social media profiles are not suitable for contacting {{project_name_short}} developers; see [[Contact]] for relevant contact information.

If users can safely share {{project_name_short}} information or positive experiences using the platform with others, feel free to follow or like these profiles below with an anonymous account as a small way to [[Contribute]].

== Official Forum ==

* [https://forums.{{project_clearnet}}/ {{project_name_short}} Forums]

== Instant Message Groups ==

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* [https://t.me/s/{{project_telegram_all_news_channel_name}} {{project_name_short}} Telegram News Channel] (active)
* [[File:Matrix_logo.svg.png|50px|link=https://matrix.to/#/#{{project_name_short}}:{{project_matrix_server}}]] [https://matrix.to/#/#{{project_name_short}}:{{project_matrix_server}} {{project_name_short}} Matrix Channel] (inactive, read-only)

== Social Media Accounts == 

* [https://www.reddit.com/r/{{project_name_short}}/ reddit r/{{project_name_short}} subreddit]
* [https://libranet.de/u/{{project_name_short_lowercase}} Friendica {{project_name_short}}] <font size="-3">(maintained by TNT) (Supports <code>ActivityPub</code>. Also users of Mastodon can follow.)</font>
* [https://twitter.com/{{project_name_short}} Twitter {{project_name_short}}] <font size="-3">(maintained by {{project_name_short}} team)</font>
* [https://www.facebook.com/{{project_name_short}} Facebook {{project_name_short}}] <font size="-3">(maintained by {{project_name_short}} team)</font>
* [https://fosstodon.org/@{{project_name_short_lowercase}} Mastodon {{project_name_short}}] <font size="-3">(maintained by TNT) (Supports <code>ActivityPub</code>.)</font>

== Video Platform Accounts ==

* [https://www.youtube.com/@PrettyGoodSecurity YouTube PrettyGoodSecurity]
* [https://odysee.com/@PrettyGoodSecurity Odysee PrettyGoodSecurity]
* [https://www.bitchute.com/channel/PrettyGoodSecurity/ BitChute PrettyGoodSecurity]
* [https://rumble.com/c/PrettyGoodSecurity Rumble PrettyGoodSecurity]

= Developer Accounts =
* [https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads/whonix-anonymous-os-thread.408150/ Wilders Security Forums]: adrelanos
* [https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=119373.0;all Bitcoin]: adrelanos
* '''github''': [https://github.com/adrelanos adrelanos]
* '''reddit.com''': [https://www.reddit.com/user/adrelanos adrelanos]
* '''slashdot.org''': adrelanos
* '''wilderssecurity.com''': adrelanos
* '''bitcointalk.org''': adrelanos
* '''keybase.io''': adrelanos
* '''launchpad.net/~adrelanos''': adrelanos
* '''https://tails.boum.org''': adrelanos
* '''irc.oftc.net''': nickname adrelanos, registered as adrelanos
* '''savannah.gnu.org''': [https://savannah.gnu.org/users/adrelanos adrelanos]
* '''stackexchange''': [https://area51.stackexchange.com/users/88850/adrelanos adrelanos]; <s>[https://stackexchange.com/users/2891671/adrelanos 2]</s>
* '''The Tor Project trac''': [https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?reporter=proper&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=type&col=priority&col=milestone&col=component&order=priority proper]
* '''twitter''': [https://twitter.com/adrelanos adrelanos]
* '''wikipedia.org''': [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Adrelanos adrelanos]
* '''getmonero.org''': [https://repo.getmonero.org/adrelanos adrelanos]
* [https://matrix.to/#/!ldUrkJMMqFScVZBdYN:{{project_matrix_server}}?via=matrix.org&via={{project_matrix_server}}&via=privacytools.io {{project_name_short}} Matrix Channel]: HulaHoopWhonix
* [https://matrix.to/#/!ldUrkJMMqFScVZBdYN:{{project_matrix_server}}?via=matrix.org&via={{project_matrix_server}}&via=privacytools.io {{project_name_short}} Matrix Channel]: adrelanos
* matrix: <code>@adrelanos:matrix.org</code>
* '''forum.qubes-os.org''': [https://forum.qubes-os.org/users/adrelanos/activity adrelanos]

= Admins =
{{Admins}}

= Selection of Platforms =
== Account Creation ==
An account will most likely be created, when...

Criteria:

* The platform must be somewhat popular or show potential to become somewhat popular. <ref>
This is a somewhat arbitrary determination and not too much time is spent on research.
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* Easy sign-up.
* Legal.

Non-Criteria:

* Networks respects privacy of its users.
* Tor users are permitted to sign-up.
* Anonymous sign-up permitted.
* Other ethical or political considerations.
* In an ideal world, "perfectly moral" decisions would be made but that is deemed impractical. For elaboration, see [[Warning#Unsubstantiated_Conclusions|unsubstantiated conclusions]]. <ref>
In that case most major networks could not be used because most fail in one regard or another. Therefore no such attempt is being made.
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Reasons for account creation:

* Reserving account name.
* Censorship resistance.
* Escaping (potential) shadow banning.
* Decentralization, diversity.
* Allowing users to choose their favorite network.

Non-Reasons for account creation:

* Endorsing that network.

== Criteria for which Social Networks accounts are most actively used ==
Amended <code>October 24, 2020</code>.

* Usability. The easier it is to (auto) post to these networks, i.e. post 1 time using an (external or third party such as IFTT) tool and then spread to multiple networks, the more likely this network is going to see more posting activity.
* Depends on contributor time and availability to mirror posts to these networks.

== Criteria for Footer Inclusion ==
Amended <code>October 24, 2020</code>.

Criteria for (wiki) [[Template:footer|footer]] inclusion:

* platforms self-hosted by {{project_name_short}} (discourse forums, newsletter, rss)
* third party platforms:
** popular, generally active or followed by our user community regardless of whether based on Freedom Software or non-freedom software
** promising platforms that have the potential to grow or are in an expansion phase
* experimentation
* technical merit (decentralized and/or censorship-resistant)

= End-to-End Encrypted Public Chat =
Unavailable.

* blocker: {{project_name_short}} matrix chat is bridged to {{project_name_short}} telegram chat. Meaning, any messages on matrix and telegram gets relays. (As long as the free relay bot service is functional.) Matrix channel encryption is incompatible with relaying to Telegram.
* Other reasons:
** It's a public chat anyhow. Anyone can join telegram and view that chat history.
** No clear threat model.
** Lower maintenance effort.

= Footnotes =
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