Welcome to the landing page of the free social media provided by Consumium.org, a spin-off of the Consumerium.org consumer empowerment effort

Consumium free social media currently offers 2 ad-free, behavioral data mining free and cost-free alternatives for you to choose from:

diaspora* is a free software and free social media network consisting of independent pods provided by various freesoftware and free social media activists, individual and organizations. It is designed specifically with consumer safety and uses SSL/TLS encryption extensively to keep your information from snoops. Diaspora* pioneered the use of aspects (more fine grained sharing controll) which Google+ then straight-out copied.

GNU social is a free microblogging platform software and network by GNU.org

Consumium GNU social instance at https://social.consumium.org works just fine, no login required to view since 2016 or see view list of alternative GNU social instances at fediverse.joinout.de

GNU MediaGoblin is a media hosting software and network by GNU.org

Consumium GNU MediaGoblin instance at https://media.consumium.org/, no login required to view. Accounts upon request. Online since 2016.

Hubzilla is a privacy and sociality oriented free software and free social media network based around the concept of channels like the late Tsu.co that had ads but gave 90% of the revenue to the punters.

Hubzilla at https://hub.consumium.org free social media instance since 2016 is currently slightly broken so we suggest you see The list of Hubzilla hubs at the-federation.info instead .

Friendica is a nice free social media that has the least steep and shortest learning curve for the Facebook refugees.

Friendica at https://friendica.consumium.org free social media instance since 2016 is also slightly broken at the moment, so we suggest you view The directory of Friendica instances at the-federation.info , a nice place to discover instances via the people on them.