The tables below compare general and technical information for some notable active microblogging services and social network services that have status updates.
General information
Features
An overview of integral features. Extras may be provided by third party applications/services, but are not listed here.
- ^ Tagging in micro-blogging services is normally done with hashtags.
- ^ The ability to see whole conversation (multiple replies) on one flat page.
- ^ If this service has the ability to hide posts from the general public.
Posting and reading
Communication methods supported by the services. Extras may be provided by third party applications/services, but are not listed here.
| Service | Post via | Read via |
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| Web | XMPP | E-Mail | SMS | API | Web | XMPP | E-Mail | SMS | API | Feed |
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| Facebook | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| identi.ca | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Woondy | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
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| bentio.com | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Jaiku | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
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| NotePub | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
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| Qaiku | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
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| Ohawo | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
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| Twitter | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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| Free & Social | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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See also
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