[Air-L] alternatives to closed, secret Facebook groups?

[Sam Srauy]

Hi Charles,

I'm a fan of Mastadon. Plus, it's fairly easy to host a site. The down side is you have to host your own site.

Sam

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Sam Srauy, PhD
Associate Professor
Digital Media and Production Coordinator
Oakland University
Department of Communication, Journalism, and Public Relations

> On Nov 22, 2020, at 5:01 AM, Amy Stornaiuolo <amystorn at gse.upenn.edu> wrote:
> 
> I am part of a private group that moved from Facebook to Mighty Networks
> and I am enjoying the platform a lot.
> 
>> On Sun, Nov 22, 2020 at 12:59 AM Charles M. Ess <charles.ess at media.uio.no>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear AoIRists,
>> 
>> I hope this finds you well, despite it all.
>> 
>> I'm wanting to know if any of you have good experience and can thereby
>> recommend alternatives to a Facebook closed or secret group - i.e., a
>> platform that offers the functionalities of these, but avoids
>> entanglement with FB?
>> 
>> Yes, I have some realization that, to put it in Montanan, there ain't
>> nothin' pure, especially in the online world.  But there are greater and
>> lesser degrees of entangelement, and these may be relevant to the
>> project I have in mind.
>> 
>> Many thanks in advance for any advice and suggestions you can share.
>> 
>> best,
>> - charles ess
>> 
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