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


    We can divide the various social media by type. Most obvious is profit vs. nonprofit which we will use here.
    == Free social media ==
    These are free-of-charge and often free-of-commercial-pushing i.e. refreshing compared to the commercial social media.
     
    * [https://d.consumium.org '''d.consumium.org'''] [[#diaspora*|diaspora*]] pod since July 2013
    * [https://media.consumium.org '''media.consumium.org''']  is a [https://mediagoblin.org/ GNU MediaGoblin] media hosting instance.


    == Free social media ==
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    [[Consumium free social]] as of 2016 hosts 4 free social media:
    === Hubzilla ===


    * https://d.consumium.org [[diaspora]]* since July 2013
    * '''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://friendica.consumium.org [[Friendica]] since 2016
    * https://hub.consumium.org [[Hubzilla]] since 2016
    * https://social.consumerium.org [[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.
    * ''[https://hubzilla.nl/pubsites/ Hubzilla.nl list of public instances]'''


    === Hubzilla ===
    ----


    * [[Hubzilla]] [https://hubzilla.org/hubzilla/ (.org)]
    [[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* ===


    * [[diaspora]]* [https://wiki.diasporafoundation.org/Main_Page (diasporafoundation.org)]
    * '''[[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]
     
    * [https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Diaspora Diaspora* installation instructions on Arch wiki]
     
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    [[File:Friendica_Logo.png|thumb|right|Friendica.]]


    === Friendica ===
    === Friendica ===


    * [[Friendica]] [http://friendica.com/ (.com)]
    * '''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 ===
    * [[GNU social]] [https://gnu.io/ (gnu.io)]
     
     
    * '''GNU social''' [https://gnu.io/ (gnu.io)]
     
    * '''[http://www.fediverse.org/ Fediverse.org live GNU social instances listing]'''
     
    ----


    == Forprofit social media ==
    == Forprofit social media ==
    * [[Twitter]] [https://twitter.com/ (.com)]
     
    * [[Facebook]] [https://www.facebook.com/ (.com)]
    === 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]]
     
    ----
     
    === 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]]
     
    === Display ===
    [[w:Display (social network)]] is Tsu rebranded and relaunched in 2021


    == Former social media ==
    == Former social media ==
    * [[Tsu]] [https://tsu.co (.co)]
     
    === Tsu ===
    * [[w: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. Revived in 2021 as [[#Display]].
     
     
    === 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+]]

    Latest revision as of 23:18, 27 May 2022

    Consumerium analysis work in progress on social media

    Free social media[edit | edit source]

    These are free-of-charge and often free-of-commercial-pushing i.e. refreshing compared to the commercial social media.


    Hubzilla[edit | edit source]

    • Hubzilla (.org) is a very nice free social media where membership is to the entire network, not only to an instance.

    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*[edit | edit source]


    Friendica.

    Friendica[edit | edit source]

    • Friendica (.com) is the least steep and long learning curve free social media alternative to Facebook.
    • The Friendica Directory is a place where you can find instances by location, groups, interesting tags and quite naturally people on the network

    GNU social is a nice microblogging platform and network

    GNU social[edit | edit source]


    Forprofit social media[edit | edit source]

    Twitter[edit | edit source]

    Twitter (.com) is a well known ad funded w:microblogging platform.

    We are kind of there with the handle @consumium since 2012.

    Read more on twitter:


    Facebook[edit | edit source]

    Facebook (.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 @consumium since 2012 but the account didn't become public till 2015.

    They employ a modern approach to serving content, using a CDN (Content delivery network)

    Read more on Facebook:

    Display[edit | edit source]

    w:Display (social network) is Tsu rebranded and relaunched in 2021

    Former social media[edit | edit source]

    Tsu[edit | edit source]

    • w:Tsu (.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. Revived in 2021 as #Display.


    Google+[edit | edit source]

    Google+ plus.google.com is a foray into social media by Alphabet Corporation also known as Google.

    Read more on Google+: