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

You also have https://redditmetis.com, I use both of them almost everyday. Source: 11 months ago

I used this site to analyze my Reddit usage a few days ago and I simultaneously felt proud and ashamed. Source: 11 months ago

Https://subredditstats.com/ But this is fun too https://reddit-user-analyser.netlify.app/ and also https://redditmetis.com/. Source: 11 months ago

I'm just active on the Maine subreddit, I did search you on redditmetis.com but just to verify you actually post on the Maine subreddit. Source: 12 months ago

You can find it here: https://redditmetis.com/. Source: 12 months ago