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    == Free social media ==
    == 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
    === Consumium free social quartet ===
    * [https://media.consumium.org '''media.consumium.org''']  is a [https://mediagoblin.org/ GNU MediaGoblin] media hosting instance.
     
     
    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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    * [https://wiki.debian.org/Diaspora Diaspora* installation instructions on the Debian wiki]
    * [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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    '''Read more on twitter''':
    '''Read more on twitter''':
    * [[w: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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    '''Read more on Facebook''':
    '''Read more on Facebook''':
    * [[w: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)] 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.
     
    === 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+: