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Comparison of microblogging and similar services

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The tables below compare general and technical information for some notable active microblogging services, and also social network services that have status updates.

General information

ServiceOwnerLaunchedPrimary serviceSoftware licenseContent licenseMultilingualAd-freeFederatedBlueskyDiasporaFacebookFriendicaGNU socialidenti.caMastodonMicro.blogMovimPleromaSteam communityThreadsToutTumblrTwisterWeiboViva EngageX (Twitter)
Open source2021-10-21social network
Open source2010-11social network
Meta2004-02-04social network
Open source2010-07social network
Open source2010-03-03microblogging
Open source2008-07-02microblogging
Open source2016-10microblogging{{Yes93English plus 92 translations listed in
Riverfold Software2017-04-24microbloggingauthor1=Varioustitle=microddotblog on Githuburl=https://github.com/microdotblogwebsite=Githubpublisher=Micro.blogaccess-date=2023-01-01archive-date=2022-12-30archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230212955/https://github.com/microdotblogurl-status=live }}Mixed
Open source2011-03social network
Open source2019-02-22microblogging
Valve Corporation2003-09-12
Meta2023-07-05microbloggingPartly
Tout2010-04microblogging
Automattic2007microblogging
Open source2013-12-30microbloggingPartly
Sina Corporation2009-08microblogging
Yammer, Inc.2008-09microblogging
X Corp.2006-08microblogging

Features

An overview of integral features. Extras may be provided by third-party applications/services, but are not listed here.

ServiceTaggingGroupsConversationPrivatePrivate following listRSSAtomBookmarkletBlueskyFacebookFriendicaGNU socialMastodonMicro.blogMovimSteam communityTumblrWeiboX (Twitter)
title=Overview: Version 1.1 of the Twitter APIurl=https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1/overview#JSON_support_onlypublisher=Twitteraccessdate=23 October 2013archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131024070203/https://dev.twitter.com/docs/api/1.1/overview#JSON_support_onlyarchive-date=24 October 2013url-status=dead}}

Posting and reading

Communication methods supported by the services. Extras may be provided by third-party applications/services, but are not listed here.

ServicePost viaRead viaWebXMPPEmailSMSAPIMicropubWebXMPPEmailSMSAPIFeedActivityPubFacebookFriendicaGNU socialMastodonMicro.blogMovimX (Twitter)
title=Email newsletter subscriptionsurl=https://help.micro.blog/t/email-newsletter-subscriptions/731website=Micro.blogdate=6 December 2021access-date=2023-01-02archive-date=2023-01-02archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230102095816/https://help.micro.blog/t/email-newsletter-subscriptions/731url-status=live }}

References

References

  1. (10 November 2022). "Diaspora AGPL-3.0-or-later".
  2. Afrikaans, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Esperanto, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Interlingua, Italian, Macedonian, Malayalam, Norwegian, Nynorsk (New Norwegian), Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Sardinian, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Taiwanese Chinese, Tamil, Turkish
  3. Heath, Alex. (October 19, 2021). "Facebook is planning to rebrand the company with a new name".
  4. "README file".
  5. (2019). "GNU social localization".
  6. (2008-07-02). "Control Yourself, Inc. launches Identi.ca, the Open Microblogging Service". Control Yourself, Inc..
  7. "Show HN: A new decentralized microblogging platform {{!}} Hacker News".
  8. (5 November 2022). "mastodon/mastodon". Mastodon.
  9. Much of the client software is open source, but the code running the [[Micro.blog]] site is currently not released, as of 2023-01-02
  10. "microddotblog on Github". Micro.blog.
  11. (13 December 2021). "Movim AGPL-3.0-or-later".
  12. "Movim, License".
  13. (12 November 2022). "movim localization".
  14. "COPYING".
  15. (2019). "Pleroma weblate".
  16. "Steam Translation Server – Welcome". Valve.
  17. Malone, Michael. (2011-12-05). "News Chiefs 'Tout' Benefits of Social Video". Broadcasting & Cable.
  18. "About Yammer".
  19. (April 11, 2023). "Twitter Company 'No Longer Exists,' Is Now Part of Musk's X". [[Bloomberg News]].
  20. "How to get a Facebook RSS feed | Zapier".
  21. "Friendica/Mods/Bookmarklet-share2friendica at develop · friendica/Friendica".
  22. "Identi.ca bookmarklet".
  23. "Mastodon Follow/Interact Bookmarklet".
  24. ((Tumblring Basics (tumblebasics))). (Apr 9, 2016). "Tumblr Tip: Install The Bookmarklet For Easy Posting".
  25. "Bookmarklets/Networks/Tumblr.json at 17f7f8dda6f9365749a8c4a3d5e9ff70f8e0ee84 · RadLikeWhoa/Bookmarklets".
  26. "Overview: Version 1.1 of the Twitter API". Twitter.
  27. "bookmarklets/networks /Twitter.json".
  28. Tagging in micro-blogging services is often done with [[hashtag]]s.
  29. The ability to see whole conversation (multiple replies) on one flat page.
  30. If this service has the ability to hide posts from the general public.
  31. "Share new posts on your Facebook page via Gmail email".
  32. (18 April 2018). "How to Share Facebook Posts with Non-Facebook Friends".
  33. (6 December 2021). "Email newsletter subscriptions".
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