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Re:A “gold standard” study finds deleting Facebook is great ... by marviel on Thursday January 31, 2019 @11:29AM (#19045977)
I've been observing https://www.minds.com/ , which appears to be an interesting open-source competitor in the space.

It's based on blockchain, which makes me nervous, but it does allow you to purchase a version of the product which removes all promotion from the product entirely.

Re:A “gold standard” study finds deleting Facebook is great ... by lanevorockz on Thursday January 31, 2019 @12:11PM (#19046410)
why would blockchain be an issue? The idea is that you get trusted metrics instead of a black box that you can never see inside.
Re:A “gold standard” study finds deleting Facebook is great ... by guipsp on Thursday January 31, 2019 @12:14PM (#19046450)
Not the OP, but I tend to associate anything cryptocurrency/blockchain related with snake oil.
Re:A “gold standard” study finds deleting Facebook is great ... by marviel on Friday February 01, 2019 @04:11PM (#19058655)
Pretty much this plus the fact that I've not (yet) reviewed enough of the available literature on ETH, which this site is based on