I totally meant to do this earlier when this was brought up on the Discord, but I got busy and time got away from me. I don't keep track of the social media accounts for the KHWiki, so I am surprised to hear that the FB is quite popular, since I've viewed it as a dying, outdated site. ^_^; I do wonder if it might be possible to just focus on a single social media rather than multiple ones since it can be hard to coordinate across different platforms, but I understand that can be difficult if the aim is more exposure. Maybe that's something that be discussed, depending on what happens to certain platforms *coughs* Twitter *coughs*, in the future.
On that note, while I can't volunteer to help with managing the social media accounts, I want to reiterate what I brought up on Discord and get the ball rolling on this topic. Because of the dumpster fire that Twitter is quickly becoming with misinformation, security concerns, system manipulation, and failing infrastructure, we might want to discuss where the KHWiki can migrate to if Twitter becomes too much to bear. Since our small talk on Discord, I've decided to make a list on the new, upcoming social media sites that many people are going to. We do have options of going to Tumblr and/or permanently settling on FB if need be, but as KSM and others pointed out, it might be a good idea to consider alternatives in the future. Judging from we've seen so far, here's the list:
Established Platforms
1.) Tumblr - No brainer since it's of the long-standing, established platforms out there. I think some of the staff also have personal accounts there (Shard, I think, has one)? Know it hasn't been very popular since the NSFW purge and has its own brand of issues, but it's still one of the most popular sites out there.
2.) Facebook - Active account for the KHWiki currently, but I know it's not a platform that a lot of us would want to go to because of numerous issues.
3.) Mastodon - Mastodon become one of the go-to spaces when the dumpster fire began, but I've heard very conflicting accounts about it on Twitter. Others say it's good, but I heard that a lot of people find it confusing/complicated to navigate and it's buggy?
Notable New/Upcoming Platforms
1.) Tribel Social - New social media platform that has, from my observation, has thrown down the gauntlet against Muskrat. Created by a progressive activist Omar Rivero, who is also a founder of news platform called Occupy Democrats. According to Wikipedia, they apparently had a bad reputation for misinformation, though I've seen their account and all they do is report the same news as most other outlets have, though it more bombastic way? Anyway, this is one of the platforms I've heard of the most since they're heavily promoting on Twitter, and many people have to migrated to it since the dumpster fire started. Seems to be the similar in terms of format to Twitter, but as a new site, technical issues and TOS concerns have been reported. Has an website and an app available.
2.) Hive Social - Next to Tribel Social, Hive is definitely a big contender as a new platform, but unfortunately, the team behind it consists of two people (?) and there has been issues raised on its TOS and reports of security issues, forcing them to shut down until they get sorted out. I think some of the staff (THS and KSM?) said they're also on Hive. Currently only have an app, with talks of them developing a website in the future. They're active on Twitter, which they're using to promote themselves.
3.) Spoutible - Upcoming social media platform created by CEO Christopher Bouzy of Bot Sentinel. Very established and well-known among the progressives and tech industry, it seems. Currently operating with transparency and with large engagement with followers. Been keeping an eye on his progress on developing his platform, and has the experience to properly create/host a social media platform with proper security clearance and making sure they follow standard TOS. Expect to launch officially by late Jan. or Feb. of next year, but the beta is expected to launch on Dec. 5.
4.) Post - New platform currently in beta, where a lot of journalists are flocking to. Don't know much about outside from that since users who join are either accepted as beta users or stuck on a waitlist. So far, the only bad thing I heard about it people saying it's "elitist"? Don't think this would be a good alternative for us to go to, but I'm putting it out there on the basis of, again, I don't know anything the platform and keeping an open mind.
5.) Counter Social - It's a platform I've seen popped up several times, but I don't know anything about it since it's one of the new (?) platforms that aren't getting a lot of attention. They have a website and app, but you can only view it if you're signed up.
- Greetings, users. System is up, and ready for user input. - 10:42 PM Tue, November 22, 2022 MST
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