Jerboa

Privacy Pros: Uses the fediverse which decentralizes power into groups rather than one company or entity. Joining certain instances can sheidl your personal info from the public. No ads or trackers in most instances.

Privacy Cons: Everything you post is public and copyable. Everything you do is visible to the instance owners and moderators.

Privacy Tip: Do not join “threads” which is Meta’s attempt to monopolize the fediverse. Instead, join on a smaller instance that fits your interests, e.g. slrpnk.net if you are into environmental futurism, or blahaj.zone if you are into politics.

Jerboa is an app for Lemmy, a federated reddit alternative. Jerboa is made by Lemmy’s developers, and is free, open-source software, meaning no advertising, monetizing, or venture capital, ever.

Lemmy is similar to sites like Reddit, Lobste.rs, or Hacker News: you subscribe to forums you’re interested in, post links and discussions, then vote, and comment on them. Behind the scenes, it is very different; anyone can easily run a server, and all these servers are federated (think email), and connected to the same universe, called the Fediverse.