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2 | Blogger | https://www.blogger.com/ | centralized | Followers | Tags | Yes | yes | Yes | Yes | Reactions | Very | yes | yes | integrated with Google Calendar | yes | through Google Photos | Yes | Through Youtube | Free and or paid domain hosting | yes | yes | yes | yes | Yes | ||||||||||||||
3 | Cake | https://www.cake.co | centralized | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Diaspora | https://diasporafoundation.org/ https://pluspora.com (a Diaspora pod for G+ expatriates) | federated | Yes: "aspects" | No (but can subscribe to hashtags) | tags - but work differently from G+ collections hashtagging | Yes | No | Yes | Yes (OP only, not comments - subscribes you to notifications on post) | No | Users and hashtags | Yes | No | Yes, & real name not needed | Yes (OP only, not comments) 4MByte limit on images | No | No, at least not pluspora. Others might? | Free if using common pods, cost of server to host pod if not | Mobile browser works well | Some but not good ones | No | Yes | Pod owner has access to all your data | Free | No | Yes | You can self-host your own pod. You can export your data but there's no practical import or pod migration, see issue https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora/issues/908. Partial imports of connections may be available. "Pluspora" is one specific node of "Diaspora*" which is a distributed network. *There are mobile apps available for Android and iOS, but they're basically wrappers for the mobile site. Can't block users. ActivityPub not available. | ||||||||||
5 | Discord | discordapp.com | centralized | yes | Yes (friend groups, servers) | Hashtagging (for channels only), channels | yes | Yes | Yes | No (but technically yes) | Yes | Users, roles, what people said, friends | yes | with bots, yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | Free, but there is Nitro about $6USD / mo. | yes | yes | yes | owner/admin of server | moderate | no | no | Discord is a chat that, in a way, is "social media". it was originally used for gamers, along with free and easy voice chat, but now has evolved into a large community of servers, including gamig ones and non-gaming ones. | |||||||||||
6 | Dreamwidth | https://www.dreamwidth.org/ | centralized | YES: "filters" | Yes | tags | Yes | Comments only. OpenID allows commenting and subscription, but not posting. | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Paid accounts only | Yes, by month or completely - XML or CSV formats | Mini-calendar only | Yes | Yes, 500MB limit | Yes | No (embedding from other sites permitted) | Free Paid ($35 per year) Premium ($50 per year) | Not very. Works with mobile browser, but Android autosuggest doesn't work. | No | Yes | Yes | Private - former LiveJournal staffers (US-based). | All content (posts and comments) is owned by the content creator. | Generous. Local laws apply. | No | No | A fork of LiveJournal with US owners and enlightened speech policies. Accepts RSS and Atom feeds for reading on-site, past 14 days only. | ||||||||
7 | Ello | https://ello.co | centralized | No | Kind of; but more like "repurposed" individual accounts though. Community accounts are currently being highlighted by Ello management. | No | Yes | You can sign up using just an email address and specify only a username & nothing else... | Yes | Yes | Yes; Hearts | Kinda, yeah; it's pretty simple to get a grasp on imo... | Yeah, kinda, including full-text, but not very robust... search operators non-existent, causes multi-word queries to be processed as if OR searches | Yes but text only, in the form of a JSON archive file | No | Yeah kinda; you can set your account to be fully public or to be visible to only logged-in Ello users. Nothing like Twitter "locked" accounts. | Yes | No | No (embedding from other sites permitted) | Free | Yes, but significantly not as robust as the desktop website | iOS and Android apps, but again not very robust | No; but blocking & muting pretty much works, kinda... | Yes | Ello, PBC (Public Benefit Corporation; privately held) | Hard policy against hate speech, but allows full frontal nudity photos as long as self-marked as NSFW | No | No | ||||||||||
8 | https://www.facebook.com/ | centralized | Yes: Friend Lists | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not really | Yes | Yes | USD 3 / month | Yes | Zuckerberg | Restrictive | Yes | I only included this one for the sake of completeness. | yes, but FB can read them | no | no | no | |||||||||||||||
9 | Forum Software | https://www.drupal.org/ https://www.phpbb.com/ https://www.vbulletin.com/ | centralized | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Old school | Usually | Yes | Usually | yes | Free software but requires hosting | Mostly Open source. Some chargeable | Depends on site's T&Cs | Drupal, phpB, vBulletin are the main software sources. There are other small players. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Friendica | https://friendi.ca/ | federated | Yes: "groups" | Yes (advanced user type) Note: While non-Friendica federated users can subscribe to Forums and read and comment on posts, only Friendica users appear to be able to make posts directly to Forums. | Yes: "categories" (probably you have to activate this feature in the settings: additional features / tools...) | Yes | Yes | Yes, and editable | Yes (posts and comments) | Intuitive with embedded help | Works well even globally | Yes | Yes, but not part of federation | Yes | yes | Yes | yes | Free, or cost of server to self-host | Yes | Yes (though not very good) | Yes | Yes | Open Source | User controlled | No | Yes | Can overlap with Diaspora*, Hubzilla and many others Comes with plug-ins (node-specific) for integration with WordPress, Google+ and several others. includes multiple addons including XMPP. Import only possible for contacts, not for posts or other data. | ||||||||||
11 | Gab | https://gab.ai/home | centralized | No | yes (groups) | only via hashtags | Yes | yes | yes | Up and Downvotes | Yes | Yes, but not very good Hashtags | Yes | No | Mute Real name not needed | yes | no | Yes https://gab.ai/tv | Free + premium | yes | Android (not in store) | yes | Commercial | Uncompromising Free speech | No | |||||||||||||
12 | Google Groups | https://groups.google.com | centralized | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | yes | Free | Yes | Built on top of email, NNTP with a web interface. This is Google's portal to Usenet, an early core element of the internet. However, groups created via the Google Groups site may not be included in Usenet. (PM) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Google Plus | centralized | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (except for that recent bug) | Yes | Yes | Yes | USD 25 / month | yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unclear | No | Ten months left, and counting... | no | ||||||||||||
14 | Groups.io | https://groups.io/ | Yes | Yes, as replies | Yes | Moderate, should not be too hard for those who have used listservs, Yahoo Groups or Google Groups | Yes, and has hashtags | Yes | I think so. You can post pics in email to the group or in the Photos section of the group page. Can create albums in the Photos section. | Free + premium | Yes | I don't think so | Groups.io was launched by Mark Fletcher and is operated from Portola Valley, California, United States. Mark Fletcher founded egroups back in the 1990s which after various takeovers became Yahoogroups | No | https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/groupsio | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Hubzilla | https://project.hubzilla.org/page/hubzilla/hubzilla-project | federated with full mirroring | Yes: "groups" | Yes, via "channels" (pseudo user type) | via hashtags (and channels) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Moderate | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Free, or cost of server to self-host | Yes | Open Source | User controlled | No | Yes | "Nomadic Profiles" -- you can move your data and (Hubzilla) social connections from server to server without losing them. Supports ActivityPub: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActivityPub, can connect with other federated networks | ||||||||||||||
16 | id | https://www.sol.enterprises/ask-for/software | decentralized/federated | networks | better group data management | labels | Yes. | Yes. | flexible threading | plus / minus | great | detailed | Users can store any of their data on their computers and copy to their computers whatever data they haven't stored there yet. The goal is that a user's data are available to them all the time. | superior | Users can grant data rights precisely. | Users can store any amounts of data. | more than many programs | Users can store any amounts of data. | USD 17 / month | Yes. | included | It's designed differently. Discuss such features and we'll provide! | powerful | We conclude with you agreements through which we make you owners of this service to the extent legal in your country. | It's easy to write "free". We'd like to not interfere with your data. We'll discuss this continuously with you, so that there is always a public agreement on how we must support your data management. | No! | Subscribers may participate in making decisions e.g. about the design. | |||||||||||
17 | LiveJournal | https://www.livejournal.com/ | centralized | YES: "filters" | Yes | tags | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Free | Russian | Restrictive | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Mastodon | https://joinmastodon.org/ | federated | No | via hashtags | Yes | One can sign up using an email address and choose an arbitrary user name. | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | One can run its own instance | Should be done via Peertube | Yes | Free | Yes | Yes | Free Software, instances ran by different organisations and people | No | Yes | no media embedding - youtube, spotify etc. | ||||||||||||||
19 | MeWe | https://mewe.com/ | centralized | .? No* | Yes | no - but has tagging, and Groups settings can mimic behavior | No* | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, through emoticons | Yes | Yes, but won't see any posts without adding people to contacts | Yes | Yes | Yes Real name requested | Yes - 8Gb for free limit | Yes - 8GB limit for free | Basic Free. Storage above 8Gb available for purchase. Fee for chat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Venture Capital | Free Speech | No | 8GB My Cloud Storage Free then $5 for 50GB etc. Education groups get Pro for free. Note: posts on MeWe cannot be linked to or shared outside MeWe. They cannot be emailed, and they cannot be bookmarked. This is a problem if sharing your posts widely is a concern for you. | 8GB | Encrypted and fee based. | yes, in paid tier | no | no | |||||||
20 | Mighty Networks | google-rewritten.mn.co | Topics | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | USD 39 / month | Yes. | Yes. MightyNetworks | Yes | Yes. Topics | MightyNetworks & Ms.Bonnie | None | |||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Minds | https://www.minds.com/ | centralized blockchain | No | yes (groups) | hashtags | Yes | Yes | Yes | Up and Downvotes | Yes | Yes, but not very good Hashtags | no | No | Block Real name not needed | yes | no | Yes | no | Free + premium + they pay you | yes | Android and web browser | yes, but limited | yes | Commercial Open Source | Uncompromising Free speech | Content boosting | Share posts with Twitter & Facebook or copy & paste url provided. | no limits | yes | yes | yes | yes | |||||
22 | MySpace | https://myspace.com/ | Doe anyone even use this still? | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Narrative | www.narrative.org | centralized content, decentralized governance | No | No | Niches are unique subject oriented channels | YES | YES | YES | YES | YES | Yes | Yes | Future Feature | No | YES | Yes | Future Feature | Future Feature in 2019 | Yes | Free with opportunity to earn rewards | Yes | Later in 2019 | Yes and elected human moderators | No | US Based | Content Creators | Free Speech | Yes, but directed at related content and not people | Alpha live now (sign up on website for access), Beta open to full public in March 2019 | None | no | yes - 85% of revenue to members | no | ||||
24 | Nextdoor | https://nextdoor.com/ | centralized | no - though some try to skirt that | yes | thanks instead of likes | okay. i do see newbies making mistakes when they post | yes not sure how well it works | yes and anyone can post an event | some | you can add images to a post | you can add video to a post | free | Yes | Limited - you can sorta tag businesses if mentioned in a post | Based in San Francisco, California, Nextdoor was founded in 2010 and is funded by Benchmark Capital, Greylock Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Tiger Global Management, and Shasta Ventures as well as other investors and Silicon Valley angels. | yes | Communication (et al) is limited by physical proximity. Only useful for your AFK neighborhood. | yes | |||||||||||||||||||
25 | Quipler.com | https://quipler.com/ | centralized | yes: Channels. Turn on only what you want to see | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | on par with google+ | Yes - very comprehensive | Currently available on request. User-activated coming soon | Yes | Yes - Incredibly detailed | Yes | somewhat | No - not yet | Free | Yes. | No | Yes | Yes | Commercial | Free | No | Pull-content only. You turn on channels to see what's in there, nobody can ever push content to you. Influencers curate Qubes that are collecions of content on specific subjects. Qube curators have to be verified (no fakes). Qubes can have shops where curators can place products that are relevant to the Qube. (e.g. where to get something they're reviewing or what you need to do th DIY project they're describing etc.) Comprehensive search of everything in the network of Qubes makes Quipler an effective "portal" to only that which you choose to view on the internet. Your own personal view of the Internet, completely under your control. | |||||||||||||
26 | https://www.reddit.com/ | Yes | Yes | Yes (and dislikes) | Yes | Yes | I've found the culture on Reddit to be pretty vicious. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | RSS-enabled blog + RSS feed reader (aka "good old internet") | https://feedly.com/ many others | federated | Yes (grouping feeds in reader) | No | Yes (following individual categories or tags of a specific blog) | Yes | Yes (depending on blog) | Yes | Yes | via Google Search | Yes | via Plugin | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Scuttlebutt | https://www.scuttlebutt.nz/ | decentralized p2p | Follows | Channels | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, replies | Yes | Pretty good | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes, open source | Free | WIP | N/A | Yes | Open Source | No | Main client is called patchwork: https://github.com/ssbc/patchwork | |||||||||||||||
29 | SimplyCircle (DOES NOT EXIST ANYMORE) | www.simplycircle.com | Pretty good | Yes, can be wonky | Of member list only | Yes | Yes | Free and premium | Yes | Yes | Yes, slightly clunky | Elena Krasnoperova Founder and CEO | No | https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/simplycircle | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | SOLA | https://sola.foundation/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Solid | https://solid.inrupt.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | Steemit | https://steemit.com https://busy.org/ https://steempeak.com | decentralized blockchain | No | No | only via hashtags | Yes | only for 7 days | yes | Up and Downvotes | Depends on site used | Yes, but not very good Hashtags | No | No | Mute Real name not needed | yes, via IPFS https://alpha.steepshot.io | different sites to choose | yes, via IPFS https://d.tube | Free + crypto currency | yes | Mutlipe Android apps for different purpouses | Downvotes & low reputation hides content | yes | Commercial Open Source Data visible on blockchain | Free speech, loss of reputation by downvotes | Content boosting | Mutiple specialised websites avaiable: • Audio Blog: https://dsound.audio • Video Blog: https://d.tube • Photo Blog: https://alpha.steepshot.io | |||||||||||
33 | Tildes | https://tildes.net | centralized | No | No | Forums | No | Yes (pseudonyms allowed) | Yes | Yes | Upvotes, flags | Good | Yes | No? | No | No? | No | No | No | Free | Yes (Web) | No | N/A | Yes | Community / Open Source | Forum-oriented site (similar to Reddit). Small, still private beta, but planned public in November 2018. | ||||||||||||
34 | https://twitter.com | centralized | Lists | Yes | No | Yes | Free | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
35 | VERO | https://www.vero.co/ | Centralized | Yes | No | Yes, but they don't work the same as on G+ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, only for posts, not comments | Yes. Mix of G+, Instagram, and Facebook | Yes | Yes | No | Yes, real name not needed only a phone number for verification purposes | Yes, unlimited | Only your stream, you can choose to see all posts or as 'collections' aka posts only of one category at a time | Yes | Free | Yes, Android and iOS | Yes | Privately owned by Ayman Hariri | Free speech | NO | No | https://verohelp.zendesk.com/hc/en-us for any questions and https://www.vero.co/vero-manifesto/ to read what the app is about | |||||||||||
36 | Wordpress | https://wordpress.com/ | Centralized. Unless you run your own. | Categories that are user defined | yes | yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | very | yes | yes | yes | yes | Yes | Yes | no | Free on wordpress.org, otherwise paid | Yes. | yes | yes | yes | Commercial | |||||||||||||||
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