Social media is one of the most valuable data points, that is collected about us, so it's time to fundamentally reject surveilance capitalism and switch to self-hostable, open source and decentralized social media.

That's exactly what the fediverse is. In the linked image, there is an overview of some of the networks out there, that are similar to platforms, you are already used to. If you want to learn more about how the fediverse works, look here.

The digital indepence day is all about taking small steps and trying to switch away one service at a time. You don't have to fully commit to the service, just try it out and see if you like it. The fediverse as a whole is constantly growing and especially the stuff you find on piefed / lemmy theese days is often really interresting. You will find some nieche communities if you look around a bit. If you wanna learn more about the digital independence day, look at di.day .