Hi ! I was wondering if there is something like Pinterest, but free/open source/ethical ? Like, something that doesn’t use all our datas to train AIs, without any adds… And which is kinda like Pinterest (possibility to make boards of ideas/photos from internet). I tried Raindrop, but this is not open source as far as I know…
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Serious question, what is Pinterest actually for?
Like a virtual corkboard or whatever?
As far as I can tell it’s a tool for ruining the usefulness of Google Image Search. That’s all I’ve ever seen it used for.
My mom uses it for finding and saving recipes.
I sometimes use it for references for RPG character ideas and medieval craft projects
i used it for art reference, now i just search things up, which is significantly less convenient
reason i stopped using it is because over half of the images there nowadays are AI-generated, not useful.
I use it mainly to find inspiration for home renovations. I have big plans lol
Really you can use Pinterest to find inspiration with any project that involves some creativity.
Personally, I use it to find recipes and keep them all in one place.
My partner uses it for art/drawing inspiration and it seems good for that
i use it for more shitposting material there’s a lot of funny stuff on there
https://alternativeto.net/software/pinterest/
Use the filter to narrow it to open source software. You can also select self-hosted, Linux/Windows/MacOS, or iOS/Android.
I’ve recently installed karakeep (previously hoarder) for collecting images and idea boards. I haven’t had time to play around with it so much can’t say what it’s like, but it came up a lot in other discussions of Pinterest alternatives. Also, you need to o selfhost, but if you want something free and not funded by ads, that’s pretty much a given.
Tbh, I also don’t know if it’s FOSS, but it is free to use and if you self host you can control its access.
Karakeep is open source.
PikaPods is a great way to self host software like this if you don’t already have a server to run it on. https://docs.karakeep.app/installation/pikapods/
You kinda gotta decide on one thing to focus on. No one platform can fullfill all of those unless its a fediverse platform.
Also, if its open then companies can train their AIs on it.
If the software used to host it is open source, that doesnt mean its ethical or free of ads because if its run by a corporation with financial interests then they wont care about that.
If you want a long term art platform that is free, open source, censorship resistant and non commercial, then your only real bet is something thats fediverse/decentralized and run by random users.
Otherwise its always going to be enshittified. I havent heard of any other image focused fediverse platforms apart from pixelfed and thats just not what you want i think?
It’s basically a variation of ‘Cheap, fast, or good: pick two’ When free is a requirement it really limits what your options are. Running servers costs money.
I’m thinking you’re already on it.
But have you checked out bluesky?
Not FOSS but Cara is a great anti ai art platform
