Yes, were it not for the "email is great" part I think I would agree with the sentiment of the article. In fact the idea of having intercompatible social network already exists, I think it is called a federated social network, see https://feneas.org/. The idea hasn't really taken off yet because there is more to social media than just data exchange (think about moderation etc...), but I don't believe Facebook and... Source: almost 3 years ago

It's what happened to reddit, having the open source code for reddit didn't really help once they closed it. You could still replace the URL with a proprietary codebase or rewrite some of the code before re-licensing so it's not bullet proof. The best defense I can think off is having it be hosted by some volunteer led non profit (something like feneas ) so it won't get sold off. Source: almost 3 years ago

Feneas.org (requires paid subscription). Source: about 3 years ago

I think it would be better to collaborate with some existing organisations like disroot or feneas, having a organisation with multiple maintainers is useful if someone decides to quit (which is normal, any contribution is great). So the instance does not go down. Existing organisations are also more well known. Source: about 3 years ago

The site is https://frontpagemetrics.com if anyone wants to check it out or any other subreddit. Source: almost 2 years ago

We're looking into more ways to get traffic numbers. I'm sure you know https://subredditstats.com and https://frontpagemetrics.com. Source: about 2 years ago

It's always very interesting to look up a sub on https://frontpagemetrics.com/. Source: about 2 years ago

Does anyone know if one can put ads on a web project? I am planning a project like redditsearch.io or frontpagemetrics.com. Both have ads so they are commercial. Source: about 2 years ago

I saw on https://frontpagemetrics.com/ that /r/place had a sudden spike of subscribers. Source: about 2 years ago