I’ve recently started a subreddit (yes I know reddit sucks I am aware) and an associated Discord to experiment with a simple idea, can social media be used to coordinate productive labor outside of market relations, where people work together to produce useful things directly for use, rather than for profit, wages, or exchange.

The experiment is just getting started, but I’m interested in seeing how far this type of coordination could go. We already use social media for organizing activity without the market, from birthday parties to protests, why not production? But anyway back to my question.

Recent events with Discord, where personal data is required in ways that make hosting experimental communities risky, have highlighted the need for a more secure, less corporate platforms for this type of social experimentation.

I’m curious if anyone here has experience with alternative platforms that could host this kind of collaborative, post-capitalist project safely? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.