Decentralize the Web to save freedom of expression + Internet 2.0

Separate yourself from the Core Web. AKA The main social medias and websites everyone uses. So sites and Apps like Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Bluesky (maybe), TikTok, Google, and anything AI related

Part 1: Video Watching/ Hosting

   Part 1:1: Lets start with YouTube. Theres many of YouTube Alternatives out there. Peertube is one of them that's decentralized Peertube You have to host your own instance. Others that I recommend is Odysse, BitView (Retro YouTube like Platform), and Glomble 

   Part 1:2: Host your own via your own website. This YouTuber I watched shows how you can literally host your own Video Hosting site and its not expensive at all and not as hard as people think it is. Here's the Video. I know the concern about this is that There's no way to watch all your favorite channels and people who create but its not that hard which leads me to Part 2

Part 2: Image and Personal Websites

   Part 2:1: MAKE YOUR OWN WEBSITE! I know it seems like an impossible task but its not. I use Neocities to make my site and for the actually HTML I used a website maker from 2002 to give it that old school website feel. Its easy to pull the code from the application and paste it into Neocities with some tweaks since HTML 5 is slightly different from the HTML 3 code I used but it works just fine.

   Part 2:2: I know now you're wondering how do you keep up with friend's post and videos. Well that's easy.... RSS Readers. This Reddit feed shows a bunch of the best Readers you can get. some are free others are not but all can be used in the same way. Basically replace social media algorithm feeds with feeds of the people you wanna watch and follow.

   Part 2:3: Image Hosting. I know trying to find a place to host your images and videos can be hard. some servers have weird rules and stuff on what you can and cant host. For those who want more artistic freedom I suggest self hosting at home with a server rack. It doesn't have to be expensive. You can easily get a small rack and honestly if you're only posting images 5-10tb is all you need. If you're hosting videos then a bit more at 1080p can work, but if you cant be bothered then there's plenty of Image hosting sites and server sites that are free or don't cost too much. This SpaceHey Forum Post talks about the free options and referring to that earlier video he brings up how to host from different services that are inexpensive.

Part 3: Alternative Social Media/ Forums

   Part 3:1: The one I use personally the most of Mastodon and SpaceHey. Mastodon is a decentralized Social Media site where you can host your own instance. You probably have heard of it and still don't understand it that much. well there's plenty of videos talking about how it works. The other one SpaceHey is an Old-school Social Media designed to look and function like MySpace from 2003.

   Part: 3:2: GET OFF OF REDDIT! I know its like the big main Forum site but its not decentralize. The admins there will quickly shut you down if they don't like what you post. Find alternatives or create one yourself. Here's a few Forums that people like to use and some I use

Yellow Teal Purple

SpaceHey Forums

Lemmy (Reddit Alternative)

Quora

That's just to name a few

   Part 3:3: Now I know you want to know how do you discover new people and sites. Well this is where Web Rings come in. There's plenty of Web Rings and many interconnects with each other and you can orbit these rings to find new websites and people to follow. This is a big BIG reason why I started disconnecting from the Core web and actually surfing the net again like we used to in the 90s and early 2000s.

This website has a very VERY Detailed list of Web Rings and new ones are being added all the time.

Sidenote: This Neocities Blog explains how to host your own website for video hosting which can also apply to Hosting for Images too.

Also Sidenote: This is Betanet aka Internet 2.0 This video talks about the project and how you can contribute to make the New Net. A Internet free from Corporate reach, Government eyes and Payment Processors.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTzBO_BliZ8

https://ravendevteam.org/betanet/

Last Point: 

Heres a link to a Pretty good VPN ProtonVPN

Here's all the latest Petitions to counter the government over reach. I know its not much but it's something we could do.

https://www.stopkosa.com/

https://www.change.org/p/youtube-s-ai-tracks-everything-you-watch-stop-this-now