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You probably are looking for or want to look at [[Consum(er)ium list of lists]] to find list of stuff that exists, and is good. | You probably are looking for or want to look at [[Consum(er)ium list of lists]] to find list of stuff that exists, and is good. | ||
== | == Consumerium list of projects and stuff that no longer exist == | ||
* [[:Category:Projects that no longer exist]] | * [[:Category:Projects that no longer exist]] | ||
=== 4 === | === 4 === | ||
* | * 4insiders.de/ was a German books and CDs price comparison service found defunct in Spring 2017 | ||
=== A === | === A === | ||
* <s>A-B.ie</s> was a nationwide independent [[w:Intermodal passenger transport|multimodal]] [[traveller router]] for [[w:Ireland|Ireland]] discontinued in | * <s>A-B.ie</s> was a nationwide independent [[w:Intermodal passenger transport|multimodal]] [[traveller router]] for [[w:Ireland|Ireland]] discontinued in [[2016]]. | ||
* | * www.airline-direct.es/ was a Spanish price comparison service for flights and cars. Found defunct in the Spring of 2017. | ||
=== B === | === B === | ||
* <s> | * <s> badcorp.org/ </s>- had a very interesting search engine in the 00's for figuring out who owns who! This is essential to track those constantly-changing names. | ||
* | * bestreviewratings.com was a supplement review aggregator. Found discontinued in the Spring of 2017. | ||
* | * www.bestwebbuys.com/ used to an American price comparison service. Found discontinued in the Spring of 2017. | ||
* | * www.bookbrain.co.uk/ used to be a price comparison service for books. Found discontinued in the Spring of 2017. | ||
* | * www.bookhq.com/ used to be an American book price comparison service. Found discontinued in the Spring of 2017. | ||
* | * www.bookkoob.co.uk was a British price comparison service for books. Found discontinued in the Spring of 2017. | ||
* | * thebookscore.net TheBookscore.net] was a review site or review aggregator for books. Found discontinued in the Spring of 2017. | ||
* | * www1.bottomdollar.com/ was an American price comparison service later acquired by PriceGrabber.com. | ||
* [[w:Buffalo CarShare|Buffalo CarShare]] | * [[w:Buffalo CarShare|Buffalo CarShare]] www.buffalocarshare.org/ (.org) was a nonprofit carsharing service in the Buffalo, NY area. Found discontinued in 2017. | ||
=== C === | === C === | ||
* | * www.calgarycarshare.ca Calgary Carshare (.ca) was a carsharing service in [[w:Calgary|Calgary]]. Found discontinued in the Spring of 2017. | ||
* | * carreviewsuk.co.uk was a car review site. | ||
* | * carsharehfx.ca/ CarShare HFX was a carsharing service in [[w:Halifax|Halifax]]. Found discontinued in the Spring of 2017. | ||
* Ciao.com was a price comparison service that was available in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch, Italian and Swedish. | * Ciao.com was a price comparison service that was available in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch, Italian and Swedish. | ||
* | * www.cityfan.com was an Italian restaurant reviews site. Found discontinued in the Spring of 2017. | ||
* | * www.cooceo.de/ was a German price comparison service found defunct in the Spring of 2017. | ||
* | * www.compareshopbooks.com/ was an American price comparison service for books. Found discontinued in the Spring of 2017. | ||
* <s> | * <s> ConsumerGadget.net ConsumerGadget.net]</s> was an ethical information SMS+XHTML-service in the 00's in Finnish. Was discontinued and won money was donated to Kulutusjuhla Ry. | ||
* | * www.cooceo.de/ was a German price comparison service found defunct in Spring of 2017. | ||
* <s>[[CorpKnowPedia]]</s> was an early 00's wiki tracking the corporate landscape with the intention of building a database to track the behaviour of corporations. | * <s>[[CorpKnowPedia]]</s> was an early 00's wiki tracking the corporate landscape with the intention of building a database to track the behaviour of corporations. | ||
* | * www.costameno.it/ was an Italian price comparison service. Found defunct in the Spring of 2017 | ||
* <s> | * <s>crit.org</s> used to be annotation software to 'mark up' any site on the web | ||
* | * www.critics.gr/ was a Greek multi-category review site by nett O.E. Found discontinued in the Spring of 2017. | ||
=== D === | === D === | ||
* | * www.drivejoy.co.uk/ and www.drivejoy.es/ were [[w:Peer-to-peer carsharing|peer-to-peer carsharing service]]s for UK and Spain respectively. Found discontinued in the Spring of 2017. | ||
=== E === | === E === | ||
* <s>[[Ekopedia]] | * <s>[[Ekopedia]] www.ekopedia.org/ (.org)</s> - advice on living green in 7 languages [[MediaWiki]], CC-A-SA. Contents are utilised in [[Appropedia]].org (www.appropedia.org/Ekopedia) | ||
* [[w:Energy in Common|Energy in Common]] | * [[w:Energy in Common|Energy in Common]] www.energyincommon.org/ (.org) was a microloans for renewable energy solutions scheme. Found discontinued in the Spring of 2017. | ||
* <s> | * <s>www.environmentaldirectory.net/</s> used to list over 13.000 organisations dealing with environmental issues in the US | ||
=== F === | === F === | ||
* | * www.fleety.com.br/ was a carsharing service in Curitiba, São Paolo and Florianópolis, Brazil. Found discontinued in 2017. | ||
* <s>[[w:Flexcar|Flexcar]]</s> was a carsharing service in the USA | * <s>[[w:Flexcar|Flexcar]]</s> was a carsharing service in the USA | ||
* <s> | * <s>www.futureforests.com/</s> - A project for making products [[carbon neutral]] by planting enough [[tree]]s to absorb the amount of [[carbon]] emissions caused by the production of the [[product]]. Currently mostly about music records that want a fun [[label]] to print on the cd-sleeve. It'd be nice to see a [[burning rock]] [[power plant]] have this label. | ||
=== G === | === G === | ||
* | * givetake.pl/ was a Polish P2P lending site. Found discontinued in the Spring of 2017. | ||
* | * www.goedkoopstehardware.com/ used to be a Dutch computer components price comparison service. Found defunct in the Spring of 2017. | ||
* <s>[[GreenScan]] - | * <s>[[GreenScan]] - www.adbusters.org/campaigns/opensource/greenscan/ - </s>was an early [[Adbusters]] project to create a hand-held barcode scanner with a simple output system. Scan a product: if you get a [[green light]], it is ok to buy. Red is bad. | ||
* | * www.grouplend.ca/ used to be a Canadian P2P lending site. Found discontinued in the Spring of 2017. | ||
=== H === | === H === | ||
* | * www.homenow.fr/ used to be a French app for Android and iOS that keept track of public transport timetables and reminds you to get home before service ceases for the night. Found discontinued in 2017. | ||
=== I === | === I === | ||
* | * www.incredita.co.il was an Israeli consumer loans oriented P2P lending site. Found discontinued in the spring of 2017. | ||
* <s> | * <s> www.infoshop.org/octo/matrix/index.php/Main_Page The Matrix: An anti-capitalist database]</s> was a [[GFDL]] and [[MediaWiki]] running site | ||
* <s>[[Interra]] - | * <s>[[Interra]] - interraproject.org interraproject.org]</s> was a scheme to make a [[card]] to enable "purchasing from locally owned and sustainable businesses" that "donates automatically to community organizations" and even "facilitates connections" like [[faction]]s or [[Serendipity]]. | ||
=== J === | === J === | ||
=== K === | === K === | ||
* | * www.kuluttajaluotot.com/ was a Finnish price comparison service for consumer loans | ||
=== L === | === L === | ||
* <s> | * <s>www.ladywiki.org/</s> was open public space for exchange & action against (not only sexual) discrimination, public domain | ||
* | * www.lainaa-netista.com/ was a Finnish price comparison service for loans | ||
* [[w:Listar|Listar]] | * [[w:Listar|Listar]] www.listar.com/ (.com) was a search for products by country available in English and Spanish. Found discontinued in 2017. | ||
* <s>[[Living Platform]]</s> was proposed by [[142.177.X.X]] to be useful to emulate to set [[Publish:policy]] as it has very similar problems notably with [[faction]] and challenges of remaining [[troll-friendly]] despite intense feelings about things | * <s>[[Living Platform]]</s> was proposed by [[142.177.X.X]] to be useful to emulate to set [[Publish:policy]] as it has very similar problems notably with [[faction]] and challenges of remaining [[troll-friendly]] despite intense feelings about things | ||
* | * www.locomute.co.za/ was a South African carsharing service. Found discontinued in 2017. | ||
* [[Lsb]] - was an epic wiki named "eg" ( suppose thatäs latin for example gratularis or so ) by the [[lsb:Efficient Civics Guild]] use <nowiki>[[lsb:Article name]]</nowiki> | * [[Lsb]] - was an epic wiki named "eg" ( suppose thatäs latin for example gratularis or so ) by the [[lsb:Efficient Civics Guild]] use <nowiki>[[lsb:Article name]]</nowiki> | ||
=== M === | === M === | ||
* | * www.metaprices.com/ was an American price comparison service for books etc. Found discontinued in the Spring of [[2017]] | ||
* <s>Modo Fac Central, | * <s>Modo Fac Central, www.modofaccentral.com/mfc/</s> was online social networking system lead by Kerry Santo for social entrepreneurs and all who want to Just Do It | ||
* | * www.moneygum.com/ was a British price comparison service for insurance, loans and credit cards. Found discontinued in Spring of 2017. | ||
* | * www.myphilanthropedia.org/ was a charity reviewing site where experts were invited to rate charities so you can easily choose which one to donate to. Found discontinued in the Spring of 2017. | ||
=== N === | === N === | ||
* | * netshoppers.com/ was an American price comparison service. Found discontinued in the Spring of 2017. | ||
* NexTag | * NexTag www.nextag.it/ and NexTag.es were price comparison service domains by [[w:Nextag|Nextag]], Inc. Found defunct in the Spring of 2017. | ||
=== O === | === O === | ||
* <s>[[OurAnswer]]</s> was a method for the people to respond to [[business leaders]] and [[politicians]] and it ran [[MediaWiki]] and worked under [[GFDL]]) | * <s>[[OurAnswer]]</s> was a method for the people to respond to [[business leaders]] and [[politicians]] and it ran [[MediaWiki]] and worked under [[GFDL]]) | ||
* | * www.onecompare.com/ used to be a British price comparison service for mobile phones. Found discontinued in the Spring of 2017. | ||
* <s>One Village Foundation, | * <s>One Village Foundation, www.onevillage.biz</s> responding to the AIDS challenge in Africa by organizing unity centers as catalysts for global villages | ||
=== P === | === P === | ||
* | * www.pcworld.com/shopping/ was an American price comparison service for computers etc. by [[w:PC World]]. Found discontinued in the Spring of 2017. | ||
* <s> | * <s>planetarycitizen.open.ac.uk/</s> used to be a network for the Planetary Citizen | ||
: "This project comes out of a vision for a peaceful, sustainable future for the Earth that has been developing in many places. That vision was very evident in the non-governmental side of the World Summit for Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg in August/September 2002, in many of the events that were ignored by the mass media." | : "This project comes out of a vision for a peaceful, sustainable future for the Earth that has been developing in many places. That vision was very evident in the non-governmental side of the World Summit for Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg in August/September 2002, in many of the events that were ignored by the mass media." | ||
* | * www.pricealert.com.au/ was a car price comparison service in Australia found defunct in 2017. | ||
* | * pricebomb.co.uk/ was a British price comparison service. Found defunct in the Spring of 2017. | ||
* [[w:PricePanda|PricePanda]] | * [[w:PricePanda|PricePanda]] www.pricepanda.com.ar/ and www.pricepanda.com.co/ were price comparison services in Argentina and Colombia. Found discontinued in the Spring of 2017. | ||
* <s>[[w:PriceSCAN|PriceSCAN]].com</s> was a site that used to keep indices on certain consumer electronics over time. Discontinued in 2011. | * <s>[[w:PriceSCAN|PriceSCAN]].com</s> was a site that used to keep indices on certain consumer electronics over time. Discontinued in 2011. | ||
* | * www.pricetracker.co.uk/ was a DVDs, music,games, gadgets, software and books price comparison service by Primosys. Found defunct in the Spring of 2017. | ||
* | * comparer.prixcarburant.com était une liste des comparateurs de prix des carburants en France. On l'a trouvé disparu 2017. | ||
* [[w:ProCompare]] | * [[w:ProCompare]] www.procompare.com (.com) was a review aggregator. Found discontinued in the Spring of 2017. | ||
=== Q === | === Q === | ||
* | * web.quicar.de/ Quicar.de was share a Volkswagen carsharing in Germany. Found discontinued in 2017. | ||
* | * www.qype.it was an italian eating & drinking, nightlife, shopping, arts & entertainment, services, Health&Beauty review aggregator. Found discontinued in the Spring of 2017. | ||
=== R === | === R === | ||
* <s>[[Recyclopedia]] | * <s>[[Recyclopedia]]www.recyclopedia.info (.info)</s> was a closely aligned wiki that used [[GetWiki]], an ancient fork of Mediawiki. Recyclopedia is down for an unknown period. Although much of the content seems to be reappearing at the [[Embodiment wiki]]. | ||
=== S === | === S === | ||
* | * www.smartshopping.co.uk/ was a British price comparison service by 1&1 Internet AG. Found discontinued in the Spring of 2017. | ||
* | * www.shopyoo.de/ was a [[German]] price comparison service found defunct in the Spring of 2017. | ||
* <s> | * <s>www.socialforge.net/tiki-index.php </s> was "a free service for everyone wishes to share knowledge and to collaborate to build projects related to: | ||
**[[participative democracy]] ([[direct democracy]], [[consensus method]], [[emergent democracy]], ...); | **[[participative democracy]] ([[direct democracy]], [[consensus method]], [[emergent democracy]], ...); | ||
**[self-governance]] | **[self-governance]] | ||
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**[[anti-authoritarism]] in practice | **[[anti-authoritarism]] in practice | ||
**[[technology]] as a liberation tool" | **[[technology]] as a liberation tool" | ||
* | * slipperycat.com - attempt to nail down ontology for game business - shows what a simple industry looks like from low level code up to production. - a '''stub''' at the moment | ||
* <s> | * <s>www.subvertise.org/</s> - A fun collection of subverted [[advertising]] i.e. Defaced ads and image manipulations in the spirit of [[adbusters]]. Plenty of fun for all [[Brand]]/[[Logo]]/Graphics/ViolentRevolutionOfTheProletariat type of people | ||
* <s> | * <s>www.stapleton-gray.com/surpriv/ The Surpriv blog</s> was for discussions of RFID-related surveillance and privacy issue | ||
* | * stromsparung.com/ was a German electricity price comparison service. Found defunct in the Spring of 2017. | ||
* [[w:SwoopThat.com|SwoopThat]] | * [[w:SwoopThat.com|SwoopThat]] swoopthat.com was an American price comparison service for textbooks. Found discontinued in the Spring of 2017. | ||
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=== T === | === T === | ||
* | * www.tangou.cn/ used to be a Chinese price comparison service found discontinued in maintenance sweep. | ||
* <s>[[w:TheFind.com]]</s> was shop aggregator by TheFind, Inc discontinued in 2015 | * <s>[[w:TheFind.com]]</s> was shop aggregator by TheFind, Inc discontinued in 2015 | ||
* <s> | * <s>www.thetransitioner.org TheTransitioner.org]</s> was an attempt to build "a Collective Intelligence economy" Copyright unknown | ||
* | * www.trustbuddy.se/ was a Swedish P2P lending site. Found discontinued in the Spring of 2017. | ||
* | * www.tuotetieto.com was an effective price finder for retail chain's webshop prices in Finland | ||
* <s>Tuotewiki.fi</s> Finnish language product-oriented ( instead of holistic orientation like Consum(er)ium ) | * <s>Tuotewiki.fi</s> Finnish language product-oriented ( instead of holistic orientation like Consum(er)ium ) | ||
=== U === | === U === | ||
* <s>UnitedDiversity</s> - Also referred to as "udoo." (United Diversity Open Organisation). A very interesting London based group dedicated to building commons and sharing resources: to improve [[measuring well-being|quality of life]] for all while simultaneously reducing [[ecological footprint]]. | * <s>UnitedDiversity</s> - Also referred to as "udoo." (United Diversity Open Organisation). A very interesting London based group dedicated to building commons and sharing resources: to improve [[measuring well-being|quality of life]] for all while simultaneously reducing [[ecological footprint]]. ud.lir.be/tiki-index.php] | ||
=== V === | === V === | ||
* <s> | * <s>veganwiki.org/</s> - was a wiki for our vegan friends, currently only in German, but English, French and Spanish wikis are being prepared for setup | ||
* | * www.vikingcars.is/ was a [[w:peer-to-peer carsharing|peer-to-peer carsharing]] service for Iceland. Found discontinued in 2017. | ||
=== W === | === W === | ||
* | * www.weinlupe.de/ was a German wine finder and price comparison service found defunct in Spring 2017. | ||
* <s>[[Wikicompany]](.com) </s> - a community built, free content, worldwide, business directory. | * <s>[[Wikicompany]](.com) </s> - a community built, free content, worldwide, business directory. | ||
* <s> | * <s>www.wtfcon.org</s> - WTF's The Future was a wiki that organised moots for techno-hippies and anarcho-geeks. A truly cool use of emergent democracy. ''wtfcon.org is down - content moved to [[UnitedDiversity]], see above'' Many of the people who were involved in this seem to be somehow involved in ironfire.org/takebacktheweb Take Back The Web]. | ||
=== X === | === X === | ||
=== Y === | === Y === | ||
=== Z === | === Z === | ||