Software:Cohost
Cohost (often stylized as cohost) is a social media website developed and operated by the non-profit software company anti software software club. The site is designed as an alternative to typical social media, and displays posts in chronological order, does not sell advertising or track users, and limits the metrics (such as like counts) that are displayed to users.[1][2]
History
Cohost was founded in 2022 by software engineers Colin Bayer and Jae Kaplan. It began a closed beta in February 2022, before launching to the public on June 28th, 2022.[3][4] After launch, new users were required to wait for "activation" by the site's staff before being able to publish posts, but could post immediately if given an invite code by a closed beta user.[5] In September 2022 the staff began activating all new users every weekday, retaining a delay between signup and activation as a spam prevention measure.[6][7][8] Cohost received a large influx of new users following the October 2022 acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk.[9]
Features
Cohost supports styling individual posts using limited HTML with inline CSS. This feature has been repurposed by the site's users to create interactive art entirely within individual posts, jokingly called "CSS crimes" by the site's developers.[3]
References
- ↑ "cohost!". https://cohost.org/rc/welcome.
- ↑ Pirovic, Jasmine (2022-11-11). "Is it about time we began looking at Twitter alternatives?". https://www.russh.com/what-is-mastodon-twitter-alternatives/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ong, Alexis (2022-08-03). "These “CSS crimes” turn social media posts into games" (in en-US). https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/3/23288689/cohost-social-media-css-games.
- ↑ @cohost_org (2022-06-28). ""cohost is a new social media platform made by @no_software that’s live in early access TODAY! we’ve been in a friends and family test for a few months now and we’re really excited to finally share it! check out our introductory post!"". https://twitter.com/cohost_org/status/1541829683154718724.
- ↑ Minor, Jordan (2022-11-17). "Cohost Preview" (in en). https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/cohost.
- ↑ "leaving the "activation queue" era of cohost". 2022-09-01. https://cohost.org/staff/post/98395-leaving-the-activat.
- ↑ Krasnoff, Barbara (2022-11-01). "Twitter alternatives for the Musk-averse" (in en-US). https://www.theverge.com/23429095/twitter-social-network-alternatives-mastodon-reddit-tumblr-cohost.
- ↑ Lyles, Taylor (2022-11-18). "The Best Twitter Alternatives to Try as the Bird App Tumbles" (in en). https://www.ign.com/articles/best-twitter-alternatives-for-social-media.
- ↑ "Alternatives to Twitter see an influx of users". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. https://www.economist.com/business/2022/11/17/alternatives-to-twitter-see-an-influx-of-users.
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