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There's a thing called GNUSocial, which I think is open source and federated. No idea if it's popular, I've never heard of it before someone mentioned it on HN

by coldpie 11y ago

There's a thing called GNUSocial, which I think is open source and federated. No idea if it's popular, I've never heard of it before someone mentioned it on HN a few days ago. https://gnu.io/ https://gnu.io/

zanny 11y ago
It always depends on your definition of "popular". Are there users using it regularly? yes. Thousand? Yes. Millions? No. How many people do you want on your social network before you consider it popular enough to use?
riffic 11y ago
Great thing about software like GNUSocial is that organizations can run their own social infrastructure, a bit like how organizations could previously run their own email or any other service infrastructure, rather than rely on a third-party company to dispatch it on your behalf. By organizations, I'm talking about business, government agencies, educational institutions, et cetera.
- majewsky 11y ago
  > a bit like how organizations could previously run their own email [...] infrastructure "Previously"?
  - riffic 11y ago
    Don't read too much into that, it was a poor choice of wording.