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.

Contents

General information

ServiceOwnerLaunchedPrimary serviceSoftware licenseContent licenseMultilingualAd-free
Bluesky Open source2021-10-21 social network MIT own TOS19Yes
Diaspora Open source2010-11 social network AGPLv3-or-later [1] AGPLv3 31 [2] Yes
Facebook Meta [3] 2004-02-04 social network Proprietary own TOS112No
Friendica Open source2010-07 social network AGPLv3-or-laterown TOSYesYes
GNU social Open source2010-03-03 microblogging AGPLv3-or-later [4] CC BY 3.070 [5] Yes
identi.ca Open source2008-07-02 [6] microblogging Apache v2 (pump.io) CC BY 3.0YesYes
Mastodon Open source2016-10 [7] microblogging AGPLv3-or-later [8] own TOS93 [9] Yes
Micro.blog Riverfold Software2017-04-24 microblogging Mixed [10] [11] MixedYesYes
Movim Open source2011-03 social network AGPLv3-or-later [12] [13] AGPLv3 59 [14] Yes
Steam communityValve Corporation2003-09-12 Proprietary own TOS28 [15] Yes
Threads Meta 2023-07-05 microblogging Proprietary own TOS31Yes
Tout Tout 2010-04 [16] microblogging Proprietary own TOSYesYes
Tumblr Automattic 2007 microblogging Proprietary own TOSYesNo
Twister Open source2013-12-30 microblogging MIT & BSD own TOS2:en,ruYes
Weibo Sina Corporation 2009-08 microblogging Proprietary own TOSYesNo
Viva Engage Yammer, Inc.2008-09 [17] microblogging Proprietary own TOSYesYes
X (Twitter) X Corp. [18] 2006-08 microblogging Proprietary own TOSYesNo

Features

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

Service Tagging [Note 1] GroupsConversation [Note 2] Private [Note 3] Private following list RSS Atom Bookmarklet
Bluesky YesNoYesNoNoNoNoNo
Facebook YesYesYesYes?No [19] NoNo
Friendica YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes [20]
GNU social YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes [21]
Mastodon YesNoYesYesYesYesYesYes [22]
Micro.blog YesNoYesNo?YesNoNo
Movim YesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Steam communityYesYesYesYesYes???
Tumblr YesNoNoYesYesYesNoYes [23] [24]
Weibo YesYesYesYesYesNoNoNo
X (Twitter) YesYesYesYesYesNo [25] No [25] Yes [26]
  1. ↑ Tagging in micro-blogging services is often done with hashtags.
  2. ↑ The ability to see whole conversation (multiple replies) on one flat page.
  3. ↑ If this service has the ability to hide posts from the general public.

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 via
Web XMPP Email SMS API Micropub Web XMPP Email SMS API Feed ActivityPub
Facebook YesNoYes [27] YesYesNoYesNoYes [28] YesYesNoNo
Friendica YesNoNoNoYesNoYesNoNoNoYesYesYes
GNU social YesYesYesYesYesNoYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
Mastodon YesNoNoNoYesNoYesNoNoNoYesYesYes
Micro.blog YesYesNoNoYesYesYesYesYes [29] NoYesYesYes
Movim YesYesNoNoYes?YesYesNoNoYesYesNo
X (Twitter) YesNoNoYesYesNoYesNoNoYesYesYesNo

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Diaspora AGPL-3.0-or-later". GitHub . 10 November 2022. Archived from the original on 22 December 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  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". The Verge . Archived from the original on October 20, 2021. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
  4. ↑ "README file". Archived from the original on 2014-11-03. Retrieved 2015-02-09. ...under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
  5. ↑ "GNU social localization". Transifex. 2019. Archived from the original on 14 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022. English translated to 69 languages
  6. ↑ "Control Yourself, Inc. launches Identi.ca, the Open Microblogging Service". Control Yourself, Inc. 2008-07-02. Archived from the original on April 10, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
  7. ↑ "Show HN: A new decentralized microblogging platform | Hacker News". news.ycombinator.com. Archived from the original on 2020-11-07. Retrieved 2017-02-23.
  8. ↑ "mastodon/mastodon". Mastodon. 5 November 2022. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  9. ↑ English plus 92 translations listed in "Mastodon translations in Crowdin". Crowdin . Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  10. ↑ 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
  11. ↑ Various. "microddotblog on Github". Github. Micro.blog. Archived from the original on 2022-12-30. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
  12. ↑ "Movim AGPL-3.0-or-later". GitHub . 13 December 2021. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  13. ↑ "Movim, License". GitHub . Archived from the original on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  14. ↑ "movim localization". Transifex. 12 November 2022. Archived from the original on 14 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022. English translated to 58 languages
  15. ↑ "Steam Translation Server – Welcome". Valve. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
  16. ↑ Malone, Michael (2011-12-05). "News Chiefs 'Tout' Benefits of Social Video". Broadcasting & Cable. Archived from the original on 2019-12-14. Retrieved 2012-08-06.
  17. ↑ "About Yammer". Archived from the original on July 18, 2011.
  18. ↑ Wei, De Wei; Katanuma, Marika (April 11, 2023). "Twitter Company 'No Longer Exists,' Is Now Part of Musk's X" . Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on April 11, 2023. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  19. ↑ "How to get a Facebook RSS feed | Zapier". Archived from the original on 2023-02-26. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  20. ↑ "Friendica/Mods/Bookmarklet-share2friendica at develop · friendica/Friendica". GitHub . Archived from the original on 2023-02-26. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  21. ↑ "Identi.ca bookmarklet". Archived from the original on July 20, 2009.
  22. ↑ "Mastodon Follow/Interact Bookmarklet". Archived from the original on 2023-02-26. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  23. ↑ Tumblring Basics (tumblebasics) (Apr 9, 2016). "Tumblr Tip: Install The Bookmarklet For Easy Posting". Tumblr. Archived from the original on Feb 26, 2023.
  24. ↑ "Bookmarklets/Networks/Tumblr.json at 17f7f8dda6f9365749a8c4a3d5e9ff70f8e0ee84 · RadLikeWhoa/Bookmarklets". GitHub . Archived from the original on 26 February 2023.
  25. 1 2 "Overview: Version 1.1 of the Twitter API". Twitter. Archived from the original on 24 October 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  26. ↑ "bookmarklets/networks /Twitter.json". GitHub.
  27. ↑ "Share new posts on your Facebook page via Gmail email". Archived from the original on 2023-02-26. Retrieved 2023-02-26.
  28. ↑ "How to Share Facebook Posts with Non-Facebook Friends". 18 April 2018. Archived from the original on 26 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  29. ↑ "Email newsletter subscriptions". Micro.blog. 6 December 2021. Archived from the original on 2023-01-02. Retrieved 2023-01-02.
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