On Social Media

For an anyone that's using mewe. They give you 8gb/ month storage- how does that work exactly? I guess it just starts over every month? And if you need more you can buy it?

Sheeesh "A petition on popular echo chamber Change.org is beseeching Google to keep on the official floggers-of-the-dead-horse that is Google+, for the benefit of the few agoraphobic dwellers of the baronies and fiefdoms within." https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/3065380/angry-google-users-form-support-network-on-changeorg

Not sure if this has been shared here yet, but I read each of the 250 descriptions and found it somewhat useful to see what's out there. Though I doubt it's a fully vetted list, it has the link to each platform and is a helpful reference. I also offer a Google Plus Meetup Group on Facebook for any interested. Google Plus Meetup Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1189060457917856/?ref=bookmarks https://socialmedialist.org/social-media-apps.html?fbclid=IwAR22uE99Q1b7NC1zG99pPFhKW7KUYQ9_pnIo4VsGM77IJw47Otdmb8qvK4I https://socialmedialist.org/social-media-apps.html?fbclid=IwAR22uE99Q1b7NC1zG99pPFhKW7KUYQ9_pnIo4VsGM77IJw47Otdmb8qvK4I

I have heard conflicting reports on whether Hangouts will be shut down as well. Could anyone confirm the status of hangouts please? Thank you.

Can anyone tell me how to make a MeWe page

Some observations I posted today about some alternatives I'm busy actively testing - I'm a heavy G+ Collections poster so it is this type of functionality I'm seeking to allow followers to tune into a specific topic I post on vs just profile posts. Originally shared by Danie van der Merwe My observations on alternatives to G+ that I'm testing and especially MeWe Groups It's been about two weeks now (I think) since the announcement about G+ shutting down by August 2019 and I've been testing out MeWe, Minds, Friendica, Diaspora (Pluspora) and Hubzilla quite actively. It's a pity I did not record the exact follower numbers as I did have Diaspora, Friendica and Hubzilla accounts open with some followers but Minds and MeWe were brand new so those are good indicators from a clean slate. I post the same content so there is no difference on that front except that for MeWe, Minds and Diaspora I have to repost manually which is a bit of a pain and I'll mention wh...

If you're familiar with an alternative to Google Plus - particularly if it's a relatively obscure service - please consider posting an entry here to tell our members what that alternative is like. It would be great if you could include screenshots , and describe some of the details of how you use the service. Tell us what you like about it. You can certainly talk about flaws, too. If possible, please include the #WhatItsLike hashtag. Thanks!

From the link below: One of the questions for Bill Ottman, the Co-Founder and CEO of Minds: Do you have any advice to share with other entrepreneurs with regards to growing a brand or business? Build something that puts equal attention into your philosophy and principles (eg transparency, privacy, free speech) while simultaneously hitting the human nature nerve (eg. incentives rewards, viral reach). Keep the branding clean and open for evolution. We have made a few small pivots and that wouldn’t be possible without a brand/domain that was too limited in language. Control your tools. Use as much open source software as possible and don’t cave to the convenience temptation for aspects of the product that matter. For instance, everyone who used Facebook login on their apps just decimated their user’s privacy in the recent hack of 50m accounts. Reliance on major tech companies for your infrastructure is high-risk. October 30, 2018 https://masur.com/lawtalk/bill-ottman-co-founder-ceo-of-m...

I just found out MeWe just made Pages available. So I quickly snapped up pages for Gazing Skyward TV, Trinity Aviation Solutions and The Flying Cloud. Come on over and give them a follow if you are interested in aviation. I am feeling pretty confident MeWe is going to be my new platform of choice. Gazing Skyward TV https://mewe.com/p/gazingskywardtv Trinity Aviation Solutions https://mewe.com/p/trinityaviationsolutions The Flying Cloud https://mewe.com/p/theflyingcloud Also don't forget to follow my profile. https://mewe.com/i/johnchvatal If you are over there on MeWe, post links to your profiles in the comments. I want to connect with people who love aviation and are in the field of WordPress web development. I also have an interest in online privacy. So I may be posting about that over there in the future... #avgeek #MeWe #GooglePlusMigration

I have been seeing a lot of social media sites mentioned, and there is no way that I have the time or energy to try them all out myself. So I thought it might be helpful to have some screenshots of various alternatives. This is the main page of my journal on Dreamwidth. Most of it is obvious, I guess. The Reading page contains posts from people and communities that I have designated. I can create many different views for my reading page, with different communities and individuals, of course. I have great flexibility and control for who can see each post, including me-only and public. Public posts can be shared with non-members and indexed by outside search engines. From the posting page I can also post to any community that I'm part of. The inbox allows private messages as well as containing copies of any comments made on my posts. I'll include a second screenshot with more detail in the comments. #WhatItsLike

Nice library which can be used for converting html formatted content strings in JSON takeout archive to markdown: #!/usr/bin/python import json import sys import html2text converter = html2text.HTML2Text() converter.ignore_links = True for filename in sys.argv[1:]: post = json.load(open(filename)) print ('%s :' % (filename, )) if 'content' in post: print(converter.handle(post['content'])) https://github.com/aaronsw/html2text

Originally shared by Tony Payson Earlier this month, it was announced by Google that as of August 2019, Google+ will be closing down. The announcement comes on the heels of a Wall Street Journal expose of a bug found in the security features of the website. Something which Google was… http://aapayson.wordpress.com/2018/10/30/5-seconds-a-brief-history-and-abrupt-demise-of-google/

An interesting review of Google+ alternative social media sites Mastadon, MeWe, Minds, GAB and Vero with screen shots. October 29, 2018 https://reason.com/blog/2018/10/29/ready-to-get-off-facebook-reason-reviews #GooglePlusMigration #GooglePlus #socialMediaSites #Mastadon #MeWE #Minds #GAB #Vero https://reason.com/blog/2018/10/29/ready-to-get-off-facebook-reason-reviews

The uncensored, free speech social media platform known as Minds.com has adopted a bill of rights. Minds is an alternative site to Google+ that provides a similar experience but is open source. Developers are working on adding features. Your real name is not required to open a Minds account. Only an email address is required. Minds is officially adopting the Manila Principles On Intermediary Liability, a digital bill of rights, outlined by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and other leading digital rights organizations. The principles have been endorsed by nearly 300 leading press freedom and technology policy organizations and individuals. They act as a guideline for protecting freedom of expression and create an open environment for innovation. It is our hope to create a network effect of companies and organizations adopting the principles to further Internet freedom globally. The Manila Principles On Intermediary Liability 1. Intermediaries should be shielded from liability for...

How about, instead of a blank-slate "ask me anything" interactive Q&A format, we put together a sheet of baseline questions and have each rep fill out that questionnaire first? That will not only save time, but give us more of an apples-to-apples basis of comparison.

Announcing G+MM AMA: Cake.co founder Chris MacAskill, Thursday 1 November 2018 at 5 pm US/Eastern Chris MacAskill, has agreed to participate in an AMA on G+MM at 9 PM UCT (5 PM US/Eastern, 2 PM US/Pacific), on Thursday 1 November 2018, in the Google+ Mass Migration community on Google+. Cake.co is a topic-centered microblogging service with excellent image support. For a good overview, see: https://www.cake.co/conversations/CTvLf2K/welcome-to-cake-google-refugees-here-s-how-to-get-started-using-cake/XG5bDgZ This is the third in a series of AMAs, we have other guests invited and candidates and contacts are welcomed! Guidelines, requests, scheduled AMAs, and more: https://social.antefriguserat.de/index.php/Ask_Me_Anything (Also in the G+MM sidebar links.) #googleplus #gmmAmas #ama #gplusrefugees #gmm #plexodus #CakeCo https://plus.google.com/communities/112164273001338979772

FYI for anyone complaining about the lack of public posts on MeWe, this is from the CEO, who is doing an AMA on Reddit: Q: Will public posts on MeWe be indexable and searchable by outside search engines such as Google? If so, will the results from a search be able to directly link to individual posts? Or will non-MeWe members have to sign up to see them? A: We're working on this - in V1 in late 2018 they will not be, we want to make sure we get the open post model perfect for our members and their followers/profiles. In V2 which we expect early in 2019, we expect them to be indexable and searchable and visible. Most importantly we are committed to protecting our members and their data, so we are carefully exploring how best to do this. Which is what I tried to explain to some asshole on here the other week. The official release notes haven't referenced this, but the developers over there have been hinting that true public posts, versus "open posts" visible to everyone...

Passing on for a friend who didn't want so too much noise. YMMV. Originally shared by Rick Wayne (Author) FYI for anyone complaining about the lack of public posts on MeWe, this is from the CEO, who is doing an AMA on Reddit: Q: Will public posts on MeWe be indexable and searchable by outside search engines such as Google? If so, will the results from a search be able to directly link to individual posts? Or will non-MeWe members have to sign up to see them? A: We're working on this - in V1 in late 2018 they will not be, we want to make sure we get the open post model perfect for our members and their followers/profiles. In V2 which we expect early in 2019, we expect them to be indexable and searchable and visible. Most importantly we are committed to protecting our members and their data, so we are carefully exploring how best to do this. Which is what I tried to explain to some asshole on here the other week. The official release notes haven't referenced this, but the dev...

Great interview of CEO Mark Weinstein by Dave Sussman. He talks about just about everything that people have concerns over. You can listen to it while you do your chores. 🤓 https://youtu.be/Rlz3Up3dt2c

Hello, my name is Jason and I am the author of Socialhome. Ask me Anything! Project url: https://socialhome.network Proof of AMA: https://jasonrobinson.me/content/2274394/doing-an-ama-on-socialhome-at-the-googleplus-mi/ https://socialhome.network

Edit: it's now ended but you can see all the questions and answers. MeWe's CEO Mark Weinstein's live AMA has now started. Here is the link https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/9sq3jf/im_mark_weinstein_founderceo_of_mewe_the/

I have opened an account at https://steemit.com/@cade.johnson On arrival there one is made strongly aware of the focus on monetization of content. Not being particularly interested in that aspect is simplifying in a way - I can ignore about 80% of the content. Promotion of photography posts seems to occupy much of the remaining bandwidth. There are, as far as I have been able to ascertain, no news services posting there. A couple of topics which I personally follow - offgrid living and artificial intelligence, don't make their list of "all tags". So I am mildly discouraged, but only beginning. If anyone else is there, please advise me here or on steemit so we can share notes. http://Steemit.com

Click on the image to enlarge it if it hard to read. A message on why GAB (a censor-free alternative to Twitter) is down. Where ever you migrate to, if it is free speech and without censors and one of the users commits an atrocity, service providers that support your platform may pull there services and leave the site down like GAB.

For those who didn't support openbook on kickstarter or indiegogo now there is an option on the website to sign up for a beta access! https://open-book.org

Thoughts on APIs One of the best parts about G+ has been the API that allows services like FriendsPlusMe to exist. I asked them whether they were going to support MeWe, Mastodon, or Diaspora. Their response: ”Almost no reasonable G+ alternative offer an API, MeWe and Diaspora are no exception. We’ll have to wait for these two but we should be able to come up with Mastodon support in upcoming months. Stay tuned!” Given the current existence of a decent iOS Mastodon app (Tootdon), that platform Is looking better and better.

Takeout.G+Streams.Activitylog seems to be working. At first glance the output is a bit weird. 4 files, each containing ALL the entries for that data type. Where full text is available, the html seems to have lost all the linefeeds. So you get one big block of text with no para breaks. +1s on comments.html Full text of the comment +1ed. +1s on posts.html Full text of the Post +1ed Comments.html Every comment you've ever done. With a link back to the post it was on. But of course that will probably disappear or 404. The section for each comment is in 2 parts. Primary text = Your comment, secondary text = Main post text. The HTML runs these together with no obviously visible break, which is confusing. My comments.html is 13Mb of text which is pretty anti-social! Poll Votes.html Link to the poll, which will presumably disappear No sign of the other datatypes visible here. https://plus.google.com/u/0/apps/activities The JSON seems to be fairly well structured and is broadly similar in...

Code that needs writing - Takeout.G+Streams.Posts - > Blogger - Takeout.G+Streams.Posts - > Atom - Takeout.G+Streams.Posts - > Wordpress - Takeout.G+Streams.Posts - > Reddit - Takeout.G+Streams.Posts - > Other platforms that have an import or post API - Takeout.G+Streams.Posts - > Static HTML as a better alternative to that provided by Google. - Takeout.G+Streams.Posts.html - > Extract section to files. - Takeout.G+Streams.Circles - > Enhanced VCard/CSV with additional data via G+API.people.get - Takeout - fix the filenames to deal with UTF-8 characters - Find My G+ Contacts on platform XXX. Like https://bridge.joinmastodon.org/ Maybe Google will provide some of this. Like Atom output and one click migration to Blogger. More likely is that the community will cobble something together from the takeout files and Apis.

Comparison of microblogging services (Wikipedia) Posted for both information & organisation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_microblogging_services https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_microblogging_services

I don’t know if this breaks the rules or not, but once googleplus shuts down and we lose access to this community, we need a place to mourn. I have made a subreddit for us to use to share memories of this place. Enjoy https://www.reddit.com/r/Mourninggoogleplus/?st=JNV9OV88&sh=a47b998e

I removed my earlier post regarding my question of free speech because there was some devolution in the conversation. My apologies. I do hope that we can all find good platforms that let us feel safe and don't have hateful speech. The same time, I hope we don't label everyone who disagrees with us.

Hmm wondering if google is going to delete out all of the google+ data files that has been hosted on their servers or just simply disable the interactive connectivity leaving the files Sun setting can mean no longer useful active disabled but doesn’t have to necessarily mean completely dismantled

I don't want to move any where but I also can't stick to G+ after August next year. So here I am just enjoying my life on MeWe. Just a newbie here adjusting to the change. It would be nice to connect to new / old buddies. Mewe profile: https://mewe.com/profile/5bc64855a5f4e54435055270 I created a Fiber to fashion group on Mewe. I welcome all to join it. Fiber to fashion emphasizes a relationship between small fibers to the great fashion. https://mewe.com/group/5bd74b744b3f57402638d03d * Any tips are most welcome https://mewe.com/group/5bd74b744b3f57402638d03d

Question: Is "social networking" a worthwhile goal? Why, or why not? Some sub-questions: What is it? What does it offer? For good or bad? What doesn't it offer? Are the bad parts fixable? What practical alternatives are possible? Are there elements particularly resistant to repair, which generate frictions, or hard to replace?

So where will these guys go? Watch out for them on whichever platform you are switching to... Originally shared by A Wolf Gab, the extreme right social media platform and choice of the anti-Semitic Pittsburg shooter, has been driven offline! Gab says in a message on its website that it is "under attack" and has been “systematically no-platformed” by hosting websites and other services. Gab has been dumped by pay services Pay-Pal and Stripe. Gab is looking for a new host. https://thehill.com/policy/technology/413578-social-media-platform-used-by-suspected-pittsburgh-shooter-goes-offline

Originally shared by Bernhard Suter Continuing the takeout data migration process with a first look at the data that is in the archive. https://blog.kugelfish.com/2018/10/google-migration-part-ii-understanding.html

Continuing the takeout data migration process with a first look at the data that is in the archive. https://blog.kugelfish.com/2018/10/google-migration-part-ii-understanding.html

Fediverse Pod Finder Here's a useful Fediverse pod stats site that provides data for various instances, which can be sliced & diced in several ways including: software running (i.e., Diaspora, Friendica, Hubzilla, and more), services offered (e.g., publish to Atom, Twitter, Wordpress, etc.), host country, language, uptime, latency, number of users, etc. https://podupti.me/ https://podupti.me/

https://slate.com/technology/2018/10/discord-safe-space-white-supremacists.html

So I just found this. https://google-rewritten.mn.co/

Information to consider when choosing a new Social Media home: The world view of a network owner drives how they govern the service. This is turn drives what money backs them and therefore stimulates initial growth. Over time, the market drives the rise and fall of any network. This directly correlates to whether the network is moderated without bias or moderated at all. We already see evidence of bias in certain networks governed by the alt-right. Gab is only one of them. Reports by multiple users, proud announcements by owners of their political views, and obvious marketing show MeWe and Minds are also in the same space as Gab. While I give each technology a fair shake, the world view of owners of these networks matter. Reports of bias by some in moderating user content should concern everyone looking for a new home. Influencing a company owned service politically is a fool's errand IMO. Businesses, organizations, and individuals have a legal right to decide who their customers w...

Edward Morbius, sorry if you already saw. They posted on MeWe Help comm, their boss is doing an AMA Tuesday on Reddit, 11AM PDT. https://twitter.com/hashtag/RedditAMA?src=hash PDT time = Pacific daylight. For those on MeWe, you might find it here, somewhere: https://mewe.com/group/5a97275c887f32315f3f9022/profile/5b2c0405a40f3016e7e4f812

I don't know if anyone here uses Gab, but if you do: Apparently Gab is going to be down for a while. Sounds like one of their users may have been involved in something infamous. I have (or at least had ) a Gab account, but haven't used it in a really long time. https://twitter.com/getongab/status/1056362626077220865

Pillowfort.io: "A better social media platform" Kickstarter: Pillowfort.io is a new blogging platform that aims to improve the current state of social media by providing better privacy and communication tools. We saw people on today's major social media networks complaining about the limitations and flaws of these sites, yet lamenting that there was nowhere better to go. We aim to be that better place to go: a user-friendly space on the web for creativity, communication and content-sharing. We’re creating Pillowfort.io because we are avid bloggers ourselves, and have long dreamed of a platform that would bring together all the best features of the various platforms we’ve used over the years, allowing each user to customize their own experience. Pillowfort is currently in closed beta with over 10,000 users. Everyone who donates $5 or more will get a registration key (or keys) on September 1st to create an account on the site, so if you want to try out the site while it...

I wanted to make a mention that if there is someone that wants to run a photo pod you can make a somewhat simple change to the diaspora code to increase the size limit of photos. If anyone is interested in this, let me know and I can help you with it.

A point to keep in mind amongst the photo-lovers out there Originally shared by David Thiery I wanted to make a mention that if there is someone that wants to run a photo pod you can make a somewhat simple change to the diaspora code to increase the size limit of photos. If anyone is interested in this, let me know and I can help you with it.

Circles Takeout Export to Google Contacts Import. Choose Takeout G+Circles, CSV format. If you have any circles of > 3000 break it into multiple sheets each of Go to https://contacts.google.com/ Choose more, import CSV file. Choose one of your circle files, Import. Merge Duplicates. Repeat for each file. At the end run a find duplicates. It looks to me like Google is querying the G+ Profiles for public information as part of the import. There are no emails or contact info in the Takeout Export. But the Contacts Import was finding them. At the the end, Google Contacts can export the merged files to CSV or VCF for onward export into other systems. https://contacts.google.com/

Welcome to the new Google+ Wow... this feels... surreal... I must've never visited this Collections page before from this account, I guess? Got this Welcome to the new Google+ right now after logging in again on an old MacBook Pro I hadn't been using for quite some time... Seeing it called 'new Google+' while they recently announced shutting it down... just feels... wrong...

Guidance on G+ data migration from Filip H.F. Slagter We're still working on this, but consider it a starting point for instructions based on current experience. We'll be refining it, testers / feedback welcomed. Originally shared by Filip H.F. “FiXato” Slagter DATA EXPORT WITH GOOGLE TAKEOUT You can already export most of your data through Google Takeout at https://takeout.google.com , a cross-product service provided by the Data Liberation Front within Google, with the aim of making your data within Google portable. You can export data from a lot of Google's products/services with it, though the amount of services listed might be a tad overwhelming. Relevant data related to the Google Plus platform are: ★ Google+ Circles: Exportable as: · vCard (default, often importable into contact organisers and emails clients), · CSV (comma separated values, very dense format, easily importable into spreadsheet apps such as Excel) · HTML (The format websites are written in. Not easi...

What many new users of Steemit don't notice is that creating fully functional account on the https://steem.io/ blockchain isn't free. The miners need to be payed and account creation cost about $15 in total. Not many users will open an account under these conditions so https://signup.steemit.com/ offers free account if you are prepared to pay with your mobile phone number and a two week waiting line. If you think your mobile phone number is worth more then $15 there here are some alternatives: https://steemit.com/steemit/@gmichelbkk/4-ways-to-create-a-new-account-on-steem https://steemit.com/steemit/@gmichelbkk/4-ways-to-create-a-new-account-on-steem

“Sola is very similar to the well-known Instagram.” Article in German and English. https://steemit.com/deutsch/@b-s/social-media-meets-blockchain-strange-this-sola-ai-komisch-dieses-sola-ai https://steemit.com/deutsch/@b-s/social-media-meets-blockchain-strange-this-sola-ai-komisch-dieses-sola-ai

Discord is where the gamers and roleplayers went. https://discordapp.com

This comparison of thee social media networks might be of interest for those hoping to change: https://www.minds.com/be_st/blog/next-generation-social-networks-the-journey-comes-to-an-end-900029607145865216 https://www.minds.com/be_st/blog/next-generation-social-networks-the-journey-comes-to-an-end-900029607145865216

AMA interest: SmugMug & Flickr I'm getting a request from SmugMug/Flickr to have their CEO give an AMA. This is likely of most interest to photography-oriented communities (and photographers). Some help spreading word to them about this would be appreciated.

Current AMA (Ask me Anything) request / contact status Colour-coding[1]: Red: Not yet contacted Yellow: Attempting, no address Blue: Contacted Green: Booked/scheduled. Solid have replied (within minutes). Google have not . 1. I'm aware of R-G blindness. The coding is additional signal to the displayed information, not required ;-) https://social.antefriguserat.de/index.php/Ask_Me_Anything#Requested_AMA_subjects_.2F_topics

I'm trying to find a contact for Cake.co to set up an AMA There's no corporate / contact listing at all on the website, and nothing at Wikipedia. WHOIS is also a wash. If there are any Cake users, can you have them drop me a line: dredmorbius protonmail com Thanks.

I don't think this has been considered. But this is at least better than a glorified e-mail list manager. The StackExchange is a family of decentralized individual communities that use a question-answer format. It is a reputation-based system in which privileges escalate as you use the site. This might be an adequate format for many of G+ communities. https://stackexchange.com/sites

Logo collateral: "G+ / I moved to diaspora" Turns out there are a few variants on logo/promo art going around. This off of Diaspora. Posted for the art. I'm exploring Diaspora but have yet to make final decisions. https://joindiaspora.com/posts/b681f1ddc46cd199 https://joindiaspora.com/posts/b681f1ddc46cd199

Originally shared by Martijn Vos Turns out it's possible to create an RSS feed of your public posts. Since Hubzilla can follow RSS feeds, this should make it possible to follow public G+ content from Hubzilla. I need to experiment with this. https://gplusrss.com/ https://gplusrss.com/

Announcing G+MM AMA: Socialhome creator Jason "jaywink" Robinson, Tuesday 30 October 3pm US/Eastern Jason Robinson, the creator of the Socialhome federated social networking server , has agreed to participate in an AMA on G+MM at 8pm UCT (3PM US/Eastern, 12 noon US/Pacific), on Tuesday 30 October 2018, in the Google+ Mass Migration community on Google+. Socialhome is similar to a Diaspora or Mastodon server, but with a different UI. Unlike Diaspora or Mastodon it will speak multiple protocols so will simultaneously be able to talk to any other server that talks Diaspora or ActivityPub protocols. It's still in early alpha state. This is the second in a series of AMAs, we have other guests invited and candidates and contacts are welcomed! Guidelines, requests, scheduled AMAs, and more: https://social.antefriguserat.de/index.php/Ask_Me_Anything (Also in the G+MM sidebar links.) #googleplus #gmmAmas #ama #mastodon #gplusrefugees #gmm #plexodus https://plus.google.com/commun...

Facebook Pages & Groups I am researching the difference between "Pages" and "Groups" on Facebook. From what I have read so far, Facebook Groups are the closest thing on the Internet to what we know as "Communities" on Google+. If anyone knows of options other than Facebook Groups that are similar to G+ communities, please supply me with links to the websites that offer those options. I would greatly appreciate it! Thank you, "Musical One" https://www.lifewire.com/facebook-groups-4103720

Don't stop me if you've heard this before: REQUEST JSON FORMAT on Google Data Takeout. The Beat Goes On.

Hi everyone I found MeWe the most intresting social network till now It has so many options (ALMOST ALL OF THE OTHER NETWORKS & TELEGRAM FEATURES) with a nice interface I think it is a good choice to migrate

¿Alguna de las alternativas de G + ofrece una traducción fácil de comentarios? Utilizo el servicio de traducción en comentarios con frecuencia. Es muy conveniente. [ https://translate.google.com/ ]

I've been thinking about the Alternatives spreadsheet. It seems to me that for the kind of data it contains, form entry would probably not be ideal. We'd get lots of duplicate entries, and the editors would have to spend a lot of time trying to reconcile them. That wouldn't be at all efficient, and I don't think it would serve the purpose of the sheet - which is to assemble an objective list of the features all all available alternatives. So I'd like to leave things as they are for that one. You can ask me for editing access by emailing me at my Gmail address, which is my first initial and my last name, with no spaces or other characters. However , what if I created a form to assemble impressions and feelings about alternatives? They'd feed into a spreadsheet that would be publicly viewable, and it would give people the chance to see how G+ users feel about various alternatives overall. What do you think?

My invitation for you The consumer version of Google+ will be discontinued in August 2019. All profiles, collections, and communities will be deleted by Google without any succeeding comparable service (as for now). I moderated the largest Apple-related community on G+ with more than 900k members successfully keeping out spammers, trolls, and sickos even in the comment sections of posts. It was absolutely clean admittedly it needed really hard work. Now I’m on MeWe after looking for an appropriate alternative. Please join my group ‘Apple iThings’ https://mewe.com/join/apple-ithings on MeWe. Why MeWe? MeWe feels like Google+. Lots of exciting improvements are announced for this year to let the expatriates feel well. Thanks a lot. Looking forward to meet you on MeWe.

all options should be examined, right? pay attention to "Moi Mir" https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/top-8-russian-social-networks-makes-great/

For those who care about free speech, I would recommend moving over to #minds. Great platform in terms of functionality, and on top of that, your contributions provide you with Ethereum tokens, so you can basically get paid for participating in this growing social media site. https://www.minds.com/register?referrer=SomeCanadian https://www.minds.com/register?referrer=SomeCanadian

I have already started the great #plexodux. Come join this #gplusregugee on diaspora: https://diasporafoundation.org Join my server or select from any number of them from the federation to call your new home. Follow me (sarman@social.tftsr.com) or use the link below to register on my pod. https://social.tftsr.com/i/2dd8eeffd992 https://tftsr.com/site/2018/10/14/the-great-plexodus-2018/ https://tftsr.com/site/2018/10/14/the-great-plexodus-2018/

Not my first rodeo: More social alternatives: Nightweb, Tent.io, Buddycloud, StatusNet On 22 November 2013, I'd written of four prospective and open social technologies: Nightweb ( https://nightweb.net/ ) Nightweb connects your Android device or PC to an anonymous, peer-to-peer social network. You can write posts and share photos, and your followers will retrieve them using BitTorrent running over the I2P anonymous network. It is still experimental and not well-tested, but the goal is to have uncensorable, untraceable communication and file-sharing on mobile devices and PCs. Join the discussion on /r/Nightweb and read the blog. Tent.io ( http://tent.io ) Tent lets you control your data instead of handing it over to service and app providers. Just like email, you choose a Tent provider or can set up your own Tent server. Tent data and relationships are portable so you can change Tent providers easily at any time. Also like email, all Tent users are first class citizens,...

foodies+ community is headed to Facebook (Not clear if temporary or permanent) Originally shared by Azlin Bloor Foodies+ Community on Facebook I'm sure you've all heard that G+ is closing down. Everything is going to be wound down until the complete shut down on the 31st August 2019. As we have built quite the community here, we don't want to lose all the hard work that we've all put in. So I've created a Foodies+ group over at Facebook, in the hope of transitioning all that we do here. I think Facebook groups are a great alternative to G+ communities, because: 1. As long as you have Notifications on, you won't miss a post. 2. There are categories in a group, so most, if not all the categories will be carried over. 3. Conversations will still take place on all our posts, as they do here. The group is brand new, and we shall continue life over there, just as we do here. We would love to see you in the Foodies+ Facebook community. Here is the link: https://www.f...

Board Games community are looking at MeWe Originally shared by Ben Gerber Hey everyone, here's the deal as it stands right now. We're going to be experimenting with MeWe - and have set up our group there. It's not G+ but it's the closest compatible platform we've come across. It's got some decent image management, a built in chat feature which is nice, and will be fairly familiar to everyone here. We wish it had built in integration to Google Photos - but not yet. Perhaps if enough of us suggest this, they'll adopt it as a feature. mewe.com/join/board_game_community is the link. Also, if there are any seasoned Discord mods here in the wild, hit me up. We're toying with the idea of also having a Discord up and running at the same time. The only real reason not to is lack of knowledge/moderation for it. Right now, we're going to be looking at and moderating two communities. This one and the MeWe one (with Discord being a possible third). So please bea...

Is there a reason groups.io is not on the alternatives spreadsheet? I would add it if I could get access. Might also add SimplyCircle which I think could work for some. Thanks.

Fantasy Realms Art Gallery are heading to MeWe Originally shared by Chris Dickson Google Plus is being terminated next summer. Thusly, we will have to say goodbye to the wonderful collection that is this Fantasy Realms Art Gallery. But the dream shall live on. I will begin it again on MeWe, where we may continue to upload and share high-res artwork and inspire creativity & wonder. Please seek out and join us there. Here is a link to the group: https://mewe.com/group/5bbcf4a184e62e09d041dc08 It has been a genuine honor and a personal joy of mine to create, share and enjoy the contributions of the members here over the last few years. I truly hope that many will continue to share and enjoy in our new home. Thank you all for being a part of this. Special thanks to my spiritual brothers & curators/moderators here, Benjamin Feehan and J.R. Walters. It's been so gratifying to work together with you guys. Art: Encounter By: Siwoo Kim

The Gaming Generation community has selected MeWe Originally shared by Chris Dickson Google Plus is being terminated next summer. Thusly, we will have to say goodbye to the wonderful collection that is this The Gaming Generation. But we are already active and running over at MeWe, which I highly recommend. The UI is great, spam is almost non-existent, and the people are kind. Please seek out and join us there. Share your own finds and collection pics, join in group chats (a feature not available here) and meet new people! Here is a link to the group: ➡ https://mewe.com/join/retrogaming It has been a genuine honor and a personal joy of mine to create, share and enjoy the contributions of the members here over the last few years. I truly hope that many will continue to share and enjoy in our new home. Thank you all for being a part of this. #VivaRetroGaming #RetroGaming #RetroGamer

Has anybody actually had any luck with Takeout exporting their Google+ Stream ActivityLog, JSON or otherwise? It fails consistently for me for at least two and usually all three of these: +1s on comments +1s on posts Comments Everything else I can get just fine, but not these three. In nine attempts across roughly a week, I managed to get one that claimed to contain "Comments.json", but actually didn't, and one that contained a "+1s on comments.json" with some sane-looking data even though the report overview claimed that it didn't.

There's been a recent update post from DiasporaHQ on new features, which seems semi-inspired by the recent influx of G+ expats: https://joindiaspora.com/posts/12993702 The announcement seems to be taken with a spoonful of scorn in some parts of the Fediverse/ActivityPub world: https://social.nasqueron.org/@deadsuperhero/100948954799049039 Also burried in that thread and semi-related: Hubzilla might lose federation capabilities with Diaspora in the future: "Zap and Osada will not be providing the Diaspora protocol as an option. It is also somewhat unlikely Hubzilla will be able to continue federating with Diaspora when it is upgraded to Zot6. I'll try to preserve the current federation options, but it does not look promising." https://osada.macgirvin.com/item/5828f6b5-f4b7-4929-bc98-67848c2743b7 https://joindiaspora.com/posts/12993702

Is there also an option to delete your account? Also where are these options in the app?

A reminder: REQUEST JSON FORMAT for Google Data Takeout Google HTML is absolutely worthless. The instructions don't make this clear, but you're going to see this advice repeated repeatedly and repetitiously. With great frequency. Repeatedly. REQUEST JSON FORMAT for Google Data Takeout Why? Because the JSON format can be used by tools for extraction and import. Tim Berners-Lee is building one for Solid, there will be others. https://github.com/solid/solid-takeout-import (not yet usable, but in process). REQUEST JSON FORMAT for Google Data Takeout Why? Because the JSON format contains additional, useful, and critical fields for extraction and import to other sites and tools. REQUEST JSON SSSSSSSSCCCCCCccccrrrrraaaaaattttcccch...... Tap. Tap. Is this thing on? Hey folks, we interrupt this beat because I hear that you there, no, no, next to you, there, looking at your phone. Yeah, you , well, uh, I hear that you're thinking: "I don't know what JSON is." ...

Two things everybody can do to create a better alternative If you do not code: Software like Mastodon runs on Open, recommended Protocols (see below). The awesome people who made this possible are volunteers from the W3C Social Working Group. They need some money because without bread they can't write. The co-author of ActivityPub can be backed up on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cwebber/overview Awareness and working on the other protocols can be supported via indieweb on OpenCollective: https://opencollective.com/indieweb If you code, just do it. But comment here, we organise and sponsor a Hackathon to create communities right before FOSDEM ! The specifications for ActivityPub, MicroPub, WebSub and WebMention all reached the W3C Recommendation level (the highest level). https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/ https://www.w3.org/TR/micropub/ https://www.w3.org/TR/websub/ https://www.w3.org/TR/webmention/ https://opencollective.com/indieweb

Tasker community is joining with existing Reddit forum ...Reddit with nearly 40k members already, was the most voted for, option. It makes sense that all existing members will join the Reddit’s r/Tasker subreddit and continue almost instant feedback to their questions. With that said, this is not going to be the only option.... (Via R community on G+) https://notenoughtech.com/tasker/tasker-community-update/ https://notenoughtech.com/tasker/tasker-community-update/

The R community are looking at Google Groups Originally shared by Rich Gillin A place to (R)ally. I want to keep as close to Google's search as I can. This is as close as we can stay yet losing the UI and cards. We shall see where we go from this interim step. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/statistics-and-r-community

The Green Party Community 418 members. Apparently, they're migrating elsewhere, too; viz. : > If interested, please download the Discord client for computer or the > Discord app for phone (or both) here: > https://discordapp.com/ > and make an account. If you prefer to use it in your browser, just make > an account. I won't be able to offer much support for the browser > version, however, as I never use it. > > Once you've made an account, you may apply to my server ("Liv's > Livestreams & Vids") by clicking this link: > https://discord.gg/eq87PQD > > You'll be faced with an NSFW warning to enter the lobby, but don't be > dismayed, as that's merely a safety precaution. There is no NSFW > channel on my server (at this time, and there hasn't been much interest > from my server members in having one, so I doubt there ever will be one; > however, I'm not a prude and won't rule it out, if t...

I only found out last night Google is shutting the door. Too bad, I really invested in this site and made many great friends. Anyway, due to owning several communities here, having many friends, acquaintances and so on, I created a Google Meetup Group on Facebook. It's for anyone needing a place to land, advertise, talk about what's next etc. It doesn't matter if one plans to go to MeWe or another site, having a stable meetup group on G+ should help as things wind down and members/friends need a place to find out what's happening. I'll promote it more in the next few months to get the word around. Here's a link for any interested at this early stage https://www.facebook.com/groups/1189060457917856/permalink/1189062911250944/?comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22O%22%7D https://www.facebook.com/groups/1189060457917856/permalink/1189062911250944/?comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22:%22O%22%7D

I continue to make inroads into other communities, encouraging them to look into ours. I am surprised we don't have more members yet. Do you think a lot of Google+ members are still unaware that the ship is doomed?

Libertarian community: 81,695 members With Google closing down G+ we're moving to alternative platforms. You can find us on MeWe and Minds. https://mewe.com/join/libertarian2 https://www.minds.com/groups/profile/874026252575264768 https://plus.google.com/communities/106834479560037360155

The Conservative Union Community 51,487 members. Originally shared by Dan Lewis Friends, We have a few months before /G+/ shuts its doors. We have set up a Community at MeWe for The Conservative Union, and it is gaining traction. We have some avid contributors and commentators there. It's not set in stone, and we may move somewhere else, letting the markets dictate. Input is appreciated and hoped for from our members, the largest Conservative social community on the 'net. Six years in the making, and we've enjoyed the journey. I extend the invitation to you below. I hope to see you there and participating. https://mewe.com/join/conservativeunion

...and nothing close https://www.axios.com/yahoo-to-pay-50-million-security-breach-verizon-9e14a58e-cff4-4aaf-9b11-f7092f8f5c6c.html https://www.axios.com/yahoo-to-pay-50-million-security-breach-verizon-9e14a58e-cff4-4aaf-9b11-f7092f8f5c6c.html

Maybe https://alternativeto.net/software/google-plus/ is a good choice for decision making, where to migrate to? We could maybe reach out to AlternativeTo - maybe they'd be willing to help us out even more with some custom code? One could hope... https://alternativeto.net/software/google-plus/

PlexodusWiki: Privacy and Electronic Rights Organisations The following are advocacy and support organisations active in online privacy and rights matters. Largely drawn from Wikipedia:Electronic_Frontier_Foundation. ... For Google+ Migration / Google+ Exodus individuals and groups looking at self-hosting, potential issues, and support, associated with this, a list of organisations who offer information and assistance especially in the area of online and digital rights, free speech, press rights, and more. Something I'd been meaning to get at for a few days. _This is likely only a partial list and there may well be other organisations that can be added. There's a template (as an HTML comment w/in the page source) for those editing this page. Please use that. Discuss expansion (or issues) with the template in the Talk/Discussion section. Thanks! #PlexodusWiki https://social.antefriguserat.de/index.php/Privacy_and_Electronic_Rights_Organisations https://social.antefriguserat.d...

Gå med i våra grupper på https://band.us istället för Google+-grupperna: https://sverigeaktiviteter20.wordpress.com/aktivitetsgrupper/aktivitetsgrupper-pa-band/ Det verkar som att Google kommer att lägga ner Google+: https://swedroid.se/google-laggs-ned-for-konsumenter-efter-att-sarbarhet-upptackts/ Trenden för Google+ har ju också under lång tid varit att det försvunnit väsentlig funktionalitet från Google+ såsom events för grupper till exempel. Dock har ju https://sverigeaktiviteter20.wordpress.com numera mest fokus på att använda appen https://band.us som är mycket enklare att förstå och komma igång med, tar mindre plats på mobiltelefonen men har ändå mycket bra funktioner för att samordna aktivitetsgrupper av olika slag. Fördelar med aktivitetsgrupper på BAND jämfört med såväl Facebook som Google+: https://sverigeaktiviteter20.wordpress.com/aktivitetsgrupper/aktivitetsgrupper-pa-band/fordelar-med-aktivitetsgrupperna-pa-band/ https://sverigeaktiviteter20.wordpress.com/aktivitetsg...

A reminder: REQUEST JSON FORMAT for Google Data Takeout Google HTML is absolutely worthless. The instructions don't make this clear, but you're going to see this advice repeated repeatedly and repetitiously. With great frequency. Repeatedly. REQUEST JSON FORMAT for Google Data Takeout Why? Because the JSON format can be used by tools for extraction and import. Tim Berners-Lee is building one for Solid, there will be others. https://github.com/solid/solid-takeout-import (not yet usable, but in process). REQUEST JSON FORMAT for Google Data Takeout Why? Because the JSON format contains additional, useful, and critical fields for extraction and import to other sites and tools. REQUEST JSON FORMAT for Google Data Takeout Why? Because Google's generated HTML is an ugly bastard stepchild of HTML that's not actually useful even as HTML. REQUEST JSON FORMAT for Google Data Takeout Why? Because you'll give yourself far more options and far fewer headaches down the roa...

Originally shared by Al Tlön "More than a billion people have accounts on Facebook, but giant networks like that can actually make you miserable. Instead of quitting social media entirely, look beyond the big players: A more specialized small network might be a better fit for you. Often, these niche options fill a specific need. Try a network that connects with your neighbors, puts you in touch with like-minded pet owners, leads you to new artists, or provides another service." https://www.popsci.com/smaller-social-networks#page-8

Originally shared by Al Tlön I've been enjoying Liker for the past few weeks, troll-free thus far. It's a new start-up so it's still quite small, but very promising. https://www.liker.com/

Check this out - it's a screenshot that I posted from my Pixel today. I can't believe how bad the image quality is! Believe me, it looked great on the phone (and still does). Is Google downgrading G+ capabilities already? Originally shared by Peter Maranci Tornado?