Editing Social media

'''Consumerium analysis work in progress on social media'''

== Free social media ==


=== Consumium free social quartet ===


The main [[#Consumium free social|quartet]] of the '''free''' is 

'''Consumium free social''' as of 2016 hosts 4 free social media:

* https://d.consumium.org [[#diaspora*|diaspora*]] since July 2013.
* https://friendica.consumium.org [[#Friendica|Friendica]] since 2016
* https://hub.consumium.org [[#Hubzilla|Hubzilla]] since 2016
* https://social.consumium.org [[#GNU social|GNU social]] since 2016


Additionally there is a [[GNU MediaGoblin]] media hosting instance at https://media.consumium.org. Interesting to see when this will actually take off.

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=== Hubzilla ===

* '''Hubzilla''' [https://hubzilla.org/hubzilla/ (.org)] is a very nice free social media where membership is to the entire network, not only to an instance.

* ''[https://hubzilla.nl/pubsites/ Hubzilla.nl list of public instances]'''

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[[File:Diaspora large new.png|thumb|right|400px|Diaspora is a s free-of-ads free-of-charge social media that is zealous in protecting the privacy of the consumer and often has high content quality.]]

=== diaspora* ===

* '''[[diaspora]]*''' [https://wiki.diasporafoundation.org/Main_Page (diasporafoundation.org)]

* '''[https://podupti.me/?advancedview=true PodUpTi.me diaspora* instances listing service]'''

* [https://wiki.debian.org/Diaspora Diaspora* installation instructions on the Debian wiki]

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[[File:Friendica_Logo.png|thumb|right|Friendica.]]

=== Friendica ===

* '''Friendica''' [http://friendica.com/ (.com)] is the least steep and long learning curve free social media alternative to [[#Facebook|Facebook]].

* The '''[http://dir.friendica.com/ Friendica Directory]''' is a place where you can find instances by location, groups, interesting tags and quite naturally people on the network

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[[File:GNU-social-logo.svg|thumb|right|GNU social is a nice microblogging platform and network]]

=== GNU social ===


* '''GNU social''' [https://gnu.io/ (gnu.io)]

* '''[http://www.fediverse.org/ Fediverse.org live GNU social instances listing]'''

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== Forprofit social media ==

=== Twitter ===
'''Twitter''' [https://twitter.com (.com)] is a well known ad funded [[w:microblogging]] platform. 

We are kind of there with the handle [https://twitter.com/consumium @consumium] since 2012. 

'''Read more on twitter''':
* [[w:twitter]]

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=== Google+ ===
'''Google+''' [https://plus.google.com/ plus.google.com] is a foray into social media by Alphabet Corporation also known as Google.

'''Read more on Google+''':
* [[w:Google+]]

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=== Facebook ===

'''Facebook''' [https://www.facebook.com/ (.com)] is a well known ad funded social networking site that serves hundreds of millions of users every day.

We are there with the handle [https://www.facebook.com/Consumium/ @consumium] since 2012 but the account didn't become public till 2015.

They employ a modern approach to serving content, using a [[w:Content delivery network|CDN (Content delivery network)]]

'''Read more on Facebook''':
* [[w:Facebook]]

== Former social media ==
* [[Tsu]] [https://tsu.co (.co)] was an interesting experiment where they copied the other services in clean cut implementation and gave 90% of their ad revenue to their users. It ran from 2014 to 2016.