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Comparison of their designs

Other cool thing What is it? Kind of like... Decentralized? (P2P?) Anonymous? (IP hidden?) Confidential? (100% E2EE?) Data robustness? Identity verification? Requires invitation/server?
Comrad Social network Twitter No (central server on Tor) ✔️ Yes (everything routed via Tor) ✔️ Yes (100% E2EE) Minimal server (deleted ASAP) ✔️ Yes (central public key repository) ✔️ No (works like twitter)
Secure Scuttlebutt Social network Twitter / Facebook ✔️ Fully (P2P) No (P2P reveals IP; friend networks public) Partly (private E2EE, public unencrypted) ✔️ Distributed across friend networks? ✔️ Yes? (federated key exchange?) Yes (need initial pub)
Diaspora Social network Twitter Halfway (federated) No (unless via Tor Browser) No (unencrypted?) ✔️ ? Yes (need 'pod' server)
Mastodon Social network Twitter Halfway (federated) No (unless via Tor Browser) No (unencrypted?) ✔️ ? Yes (need 'instance' server)
Matrix Co-working space Slack Halfway (federated) No? ✔️ Yes? (100% E2EE) ? ✔️ Yes (?) Yes (invited channels only?)
Briar Messenger Messenger WhatsApp ✔️ Fully (P2P) ✔️ Yes? (Tor) ✔️ Yes (100% E2EE) None (needs 24/7 listener) Partly (public keys traded IRL) Yes (need initial contact?)
Cabal Chat Private chatrooms IRC ✔️ Fully (P2P) No (P2P reveals IP) Mostly (shared key, not E2EE) ✔️ Distributed Hash Table No (?) ✔️ Not really (public chat is open)
Signal Messenger WhatsApp No? No ✔️ Yes (E2EE, and audited) ? ? ✔️

Comparison of their features

Other cool thing DM users (E2EE) Group chat (E2EE) Post to world Post to friends/ties Symmetric ties (friends) Asymmetric ties (followers) Like posts Repost posts Edit posts Delete posts
Comrad ✔️ ? ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️? ✔️
Secure Scuttlebutt ✔️ ? ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ?
Diaspora ? ? ? ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️?
Mastodon ✔️ ? ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️?
Matrix ✔️ ✔️ ? ✔️ ✔️ ? ?
Briar Messenger ✔️ ✔️ ? ✔️ ✔️ ? ?
Cabal Chat ? ✔️ ? ✔️
Signal ✔️ ✔️ ✔️