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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

• Features

• Posting and reading

• See also

• References

| Service | Owner | Launched | Primary service | Software license | Content license | Multilingual | Ad-free |

|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|

| Bluesky | Open source | 2021-10-21 | social network | MIT | own TOS | 19 | Yes |

| Diaspora | Open source | 2010-11 | social network | AGPLv3 -or-later [ 1 ] | AGPLv3 | 31 [ 2 ] | Yes |

| Facebook | Meta [ 3 ] | 2004-02-04 | social network | Proprietary | own TOS | 112 | No |

| Friendica | Open source | 2010-07 | social network | AGPLv3 -or-later | own TOS | Yes | Yes |

| GNU social | Open source | 2010-03-03 | microblogging | AGPLv3 -or-later [ 4 ] | CC BY 3.0 | 70 [ 5 ] | Yes |

| identi.ca | Open source | 2008-07-02 [ 6 ] | microblogging | Apache v2 ( pump.io ) | CC BY 3.0 | Yes | Yes |

| Mastodon | Open source | 2016-10 [ 7 ] | microblogging | AGPLv3 -or-later [ 8 ] | own TOS | 93 [ 9 ] | Yes |

| Micro.blog | Riverfold Software | 2017-04-24 | microblogging | Mixed [ 10 ] [ 11 ] | Mixed | Yes | Yes |

| Movim | Open source | 2011-03 | social network | AGPLv3 -or-later [ 12 ] [ 13 ] | AGPLv3 | 59 [ 14 ] | Yes |

| Steam community | Valve Corporation | 2003-09-12 | content delivery social network service | Proprietary | own TOS | 28 [ 15 ] | Yes |

| Threads | Meta | 2023-07-05 | microblogging | Proprietary | own TOS | 31 | Yes |

| Tout | Tout | 2010-04 [ 16 ] | microblogging | Proprietary | own TOS | Yes | Yes |

| Tumblr | Automattic | 2007 | microblogging | Proprietary | own TOS | Yes | No |

| Twister | Open source | 2013-12-30 | microblogging | MIT & BSD | own TOS | 2:en,ru | Yes |

| Weibo | Sina Corporation | 2009-08 | microblogging | Proprietary | own TOS | Yes | No |

| Viva Engage | Yammer, Inc. | 2008-09 [ 17 ] | microblogging | Proprietary | own TOS | Yes | Yes |

| X (Twitter) | X Corp. [ 18 ] | 2006-08 | microblogging | Proprietary | own TOS | Yes | No |

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

| Service | Tagging [ Note 1 ] | Groups | Conversation [ Note 2 ] | Private [ Note 3 ] | Private following list | RSS | Atom | Bookmarklet |

|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|

| Facebook | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No [ 19 ] | No | No |

| Friendica | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [ 20 ] |

| GNU social | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [ 21 ] |

| Mastodon | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [ 22 ] |

| Micro.blog | Yes | No | Yes | No | ? | Yes | No | No |

| Movim | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |

| Steam community | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |

| Tumblr | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes [ 23 ] [ 24 ] |

| Weibo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |

| X (Twitter) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No [ 25 ] | No [ 25 ] | Yes [ 26 ] |

cite-note-tagging-191. Tagging in micro-blogging services is often done with hashtags.

cite-note-conversation-202. The ability to see whole conversation (multiple replies) on one flat page.

cite-note-private-213. If this service has the ability to hide posts from the general public.

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

| Service | Post via | Post via | Post via | Post via | Post via | Post via | Read via | Read via | Read via | Read via | Read via | Read via | Read via |

|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|

| Service | Web | XMPP | Email | SMS | API | Micropub | Web | XMPP | Email | SMS | API | Feed | ActivityPub |

| Facebook | Yes | No | Yes [ 27 ] | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes [ 28 ] | Yes | Yes | No | No |

| Friendica | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |

| GNU social | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |

| Mastodon | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |

| Micro.blog | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [ 29 ] | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |

| Movim | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |

| X (Twitter) | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |

• Microblogging

• OpenMicroBlogging

• Microblogging in China

cite-note-diaspora-agpl-3-0-or-later-14. "Diaspora AGPL-3.0-or-later". GitHub. 10 November 2022. Archived from the original on 22 December 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2022.

cite-note-25. 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

cite-note-36. citerefheath2021Heath, 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.

cite-note-47. "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.

cite-note-58. "GNU social localization". Transifex. 2019. Archived from the original on 14 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022. English translated to 69 languages

cite-note-69. "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.

cite-note-710. "Show HN: A new decentralized microblogging platform | Hacker News". news.ycombinator.com. Archived from the original on 2020-11-07. Retrieved 2017-02-23.

cite-note-811. "mastodon/mastodon". Mastodon. 5 November 2022. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2022.

cite-note-912. English plus 92 translations listed in "Mastodon translations in Crowdin". Crowdin. Archived from the original on 12 July 2019. Retrieved 8 November 2022.

cite-note-1013. 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

cite-note-m-b-on-github-1114. citerefvariousVarious. "microddotblog on Github". Github. Micro.blog. Archived from the original on 2022-12-30. Retrieved 2023-01-01.

cite-note-movim-agpl-3-0-or-later-1215. "Movim AGPL-3.0-or-later". GitHub. 13 December 2021. Archived from the original on 10 November 2022. Retrieved 10 November 2022.

cite-note-movim-agpl-3-0-1316. "Movim, License". GitHub. Archived from the original on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2016.

cite-note-1417. "movim localization". Transifex. 12 November 2022. Archived from the original on 14 November 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022. English translated to 58 languages

cite-note-1518. "Steam Translation Server – Welcome". Valve. Archived from the original on February 20, 2020. Retrieved October 11, 2018.

cite-note-1619. citerefmalone2011Malone, 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.

cite-note-1720. "About Yammer". Archived from the original on July 18, 2011.

cite-note-1821. citerefweikatanuma2023Wei, 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.

cite-note-2222. "How to get a Facebook RSS feed | Zapier". Archived from the original on 2023-02-26. Retrieved 2023-02-26.

cite-note-2323. "Friendica/Mods/Bookmarklet-share2friendica at develop · friendica/Friendica". GitHub. Archived from the original on 2023-02-26. Retrieved 2023-02-26.

cite-note-2424. "Identi.ca bookmarklet". Archived from the original on July 20, 2009.

cite-note-2525. "Mastodon Follow/Interact Bookmarklet". Archived from the original on 2023-02-26. Retrieved 2023-02-26.

cite-note-2626. citereftumblring-basics-tumblebasics-2016Tumblring Basics (tumblebasics) (Apr 9, 2016). "Tumblr Tip: Install The Bookmarklet For Easy Posting". Tumblr. Archived from the original on Feb 26, 2023.

cite-note-2727. https://web.archive.org/web/20230226213519/https://github.com/RadLikeWhoa/bookmarklets/blob/17f7f8dda6f9365749a8c4a3d5e9ff70f8e0ee84/networks/Tumblr.json

cite-note-twitterv1-1-2828. "Overview: Version 1.1 of the Twitter API". Twitter. Archived from the original on 24 October 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2013.

cite-note-2929. "bookmarklets/networks /Twitter.json". GitHub.

cite-note-3330. "Share new posts on your Facebook page via Gmail email". Archived from the original on 2023-02-26. Retrieved 2023-02-26.

cite-note-3431. "How to Share Facebook Posts with Non-Facebook Friends". 18 April 2018. Archived from the original on 26 February 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023.

cite-note-m-b-newsletters-3532. "Email newsletter subscriptions". Micro.blog. 6 December 2021. Archived from the original on 2023-01-02. Retrieved 2023-01-02.