https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/ A plain account of platform network catalog. Where the money goes, how long it takes, and what nobody mentions until afterwards. en-us https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/platform-comparisons-data https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/platform-comparisons-data Platform comparisons data: learn how to hold controls constant, label evidence, and keep a repeatable record for a fair comparison of social platforms. Rules Field Desk Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/platform-comparisons-facts https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/platform-comparisons-facts This explains what a tick in a platform comparison table hides, offers a closed seven-value vocabulary to replace it, and shows what every cell must state. Features Field Desk Fri, 25 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/decentralized-networks-facts https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/decentralized-networks-facts Decentralized networks facts in six behaviors: how a copied post travels and why deletion, edits, blocks and DMs work as they do on ActivityPub. Rules Records Desk Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/platform-alternatives-facts https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/platform-alternatives-facts Platform alternatives facts are mostly about the service you are leaving: what deletion does, what license survives, and what happens to your links. Guides Buyers Desk Thu, 24 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/community-platforms-data https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/community-platforms-data A consistent catalog method for community platforms data: define units, choose measures, preserve samples, and state what the results cannot show. Reviews Buyers Desk Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/niche-social-networks-data https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/niche-social-networks-data Niche social networks data: use counts and consistent windows, account for snowball sampling, set thresholds, and record each observation. Costs Field Desk Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/community-platforms-facts https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/community-platforms-facts Community platforms facts that a reader can check: the four parts of a claim, the five ways a claim fails, and the sources that settle each one. Maintenance Buyers Desk Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/platform-comparisons-updates-2027 https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/platform-comparisons-updates-2027 A method for keeping platform comparisons current: six triggers that force a recheck, how to scope one row, and when to retire a comparison instead of patching it. Features Buyers Desk Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/platform-comparisons-rankings-2027 https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/platform-comparisons-rankings-2027 Platform comparisons rankings are the wrong shape. Three honest outputs instead: an undominated set, a partition by job, and bands with reasons. Reviews Buyers Desk Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/platform-comparisons-search https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/platform-comparisons-search Platform comparisons search: the four intents hiding inside a two-name query, what each needs, and why an empty result is the most useful feature. Maintenance Records Desk Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/accessibility-standards-for-social-platforms-us-and-canada-compliance-checklist https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/accessibility-standards-for-social-platforms-us-and-canada-compliance-checklist Log social platform accessibility defects by WCAG 2.1 criterion, map them to US and Canadian duties, retest, and keep the evidence a platform entry needs. Rules Records Desk Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/ada-compliance-for-social-platforms-what-us-and-canadian-users-should-know https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/ada-compliance-for-social-platforms-what-us-and-canadian-users-should-know ADA compliance for social platforms explained for US and Canadian users, covering Title III, Section 508, captions, keyboard access, and rural connectivity effects. Rules Records Desk Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/platform-comparisons-by-year https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/platform-comparisons-by-year Platform comparisons by year are easier to interpret when criteria, accounts, and timing stay fixed; learn how to version a method and handle changes. Guides Field Desk Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/platform-comparisons-directory https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/platform-comparisons-directory Platform comparisons directory built from substitution sets: which pairs are worth comparing, which should not exist, and how the index stays honest. Rules Records Desk Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/platform-data-localisation-in-canada-where-social-media-records-legally-sit https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/platform-data-localisation-in-canada-where-social-media-records-legally-sit Platform data localisation Canada explained through account, message, photo and moderation records, separating storage locations from legal control. Rules Records Desk Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/platform-alternatives-by-country https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/platform-alternatives-by-country A test log for platform alternatives in your country: four gates, each marked pass, fail or not checked with a date, before you move anything. Maintenance Field Desk Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/platform-alternatives-directory https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/platform-alternatives-directory A platform alternatives directory entry names a real incumbent, a real candidate, and the job the candidate cannot do, with dates on every tested row. Industry Field Desk Sat, 19 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/decentralized-networks-data https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/decentralized-networks-data Decentralized networks data: why server figures never add up to a network, what is worth observing instead, and how to store it so it stays usable. Maintenance Records Desk Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/decentralized-networks-updates-2027 https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/decentralized-networks-updates-2027 Where changes surface in a decentralized networks catalog, which sources can be subscribed to, the recheck cadence for each level, and what to do with findings. Rules Field Desk Fri, 18 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/decentralized-networks-search https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/decentralized-networks-search Decentralized networks search varies by instance. Learn how ActivityPub platforms handle discovery, with named examples and the fields a catalog should record. Reviews Buyers Desk Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/photo-platforms-data https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/photo-platforms-data Photo platforms data lives in the files: the Exif, IPTC, XMP and ICC fields a photo carries, and a six-step round trip test to see what a service keeps. Guides Field Desk Thu, 17 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/decentralized-networks-by-year https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/decentralized-networks-by-year Decentralized networks changed year by year through five dated shifts, from shared message formats to server-blocking fights and the search problem. Industry Records Desk Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/decentralized-networks-rankings-2027 https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/decentralized-networks-rankings-2027 Why ranked lists of decentralized networks and servers fail, plus six questions to eliminate options and choose a server on rules, operator, funding, and exit. Guides Field Desk Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/decentralized-networks-directory https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/decentralized-networks-directory Decentralized networks directory in three levels: protocol, software, and instance, with the fields each needs and the health check that keeps it honest. Maintenance Buyers Desk Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/decentralized-networks-timeline https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/decentralized-networks-timeline Decentralized networks timeline kept as three streams: the protocol, the software, and the instance, with the evidence each one leaves behind. Features Field Desk Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/decentralized-networks-list https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/decentralized-networks-list Decentralized networks classified by mechanism: where the data lives, what identity is bound to, and where the power to remove sits. No figures needed. Reviews Field Desk Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/niche-social-networks-facts https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/niche-social-networks-facts Niche social networks facts: a method for checking claims about independence, privacy, community control and open-source code against available evidence. Industry Field Desk Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/cloud-act-canada-platform-data-united-states https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/cloud-act-canada-platform-data-united-states CLOUD Act Canada: how US law compels disclosure of Canadian platform data held in the United States, and how PIPEDA and Quebec's Law 25 respond. Rules Records Desk Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/community-platforms-search https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/community-platforms-search Community platforms search works when catalogs map reader terms to recorded values, lead with facets, index useful text, and treat empty results as evidence. Guides Field Desk Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/community-platforms-updates-2027 https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/community-platforms-updates-2027 Track community platforms updates with six dated documents, a normalized policy diff, and a three-bin triage process that keeps every entry readable. Maintenance Records Desk Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/crtc-platform-regulation-canada-law https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/crtc-platform-regulation-canada-law CRTC platform regulation in Canada: the Broadcasting Act, Online News Act, Online Streaming Act, and what platforms must do to comply. Rules Records Desk Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/indigenous-platform-governance-canada-first-nations-inuit-metis https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/indigenous-platform-governance-canada-first-nations-inuit-metis Indigenous community platforms and networks in Canada: who owns each one, how it is governed, which data rules apply and how to work with them. Features Field Desk Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/platform-network-catalog-canada-records-check https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/platform-network-catalog-canada-records-check Check five records before citing a platform network catalog, covering registration, privacy version, regulator reference, provinces and last-verified date. Guides Records Desk Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/platform-privacy-obligations-pipeda-law-25-canada https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/platform-privacy-obligations-pipeda-law-25-canada Platform privacy obligations in Canada split between PIPEDA and Quebec's Law 25, covering consent rules, breach reporting and regulator powers. Rules Records Desk Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/rural-connectivity-atlantic-canada-platform-choice https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/rural-connectivity-atlantic-canada-platform-choice Rural connectivity Atlantic Canada shapes which platforms Halifax and Nova Scotia groups can actually use, from coverage gaps to provincial online harms rules. Features Field Desk Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/social-media-advertising-costs-canada-cpm-cpc https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/social-media-advertising-costs-canada-cpm-cpc Canadian social media ad prices: CAD CPM and CPC planning ranges for Meta, TikTok, LinkedIn and X, with notes on provinces, tax and budgeting. Costs Buyers Desk Sun, 13 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/community-platforms-rankings-2027 https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/community-platforms-rankings-2027 Community platforms rankings replaced by a sort-key contract: stated orders computed from recorded fields, plus a filter that answers best for what. Industry Records Desk Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/canada-online-news-act-social-media https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/canada-online-news-act-social-media Online News Act Social Media Canada guidance for small publishers: thresholds, Meta’s Canadian news block, Google’s collective payment, and publisher options. Rules Records Desk Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/community-platforms-directory https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/community-platforms-directory A method for building a community platforms directory entry from four sources: terms, pricing pages, help center and a test community, plus one worked example. Reviews Field Desk Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/community-platforms-timeline https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/community-platforms-timeline Community platforms timeline method: which events to record, how to date them from archived copies, and how to write an entry with an honest interval. Rules Records Desk Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/compare-community-platform-pricing-hidden-fees https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/compare-community-platform-pricing-hidden-fees Compare community platform pricing hidden fees before you sign: setup, migration, transaction and state tax lines decide the real total. Ask in writing. Costs Buyers Desk Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/delete-social-media-account-permanently-us https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/delete-social-media-account-permanently-us How long it takes to delete a social media account permanently varies by platform, from about 30 days to 90, and state law sets the deadlines a company must meet. Rules Records Desk Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/discord-server-monthly-cost-1000-members https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/discord-server-monthly-cost-1000-members Discord server monthly cost for 1000 members runs roughly $0 to $130 in the US, once boosts, paid tiers and card processing fees are added each month. Costs Buyers Desk Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/export-facebook-group-data-before-leaving https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/export-facebook-group-data-before-leaving Export Facebook group data before you leave: a US admin sequence with cut-off dates, roster capture, and the CCPA deletion step most handovers skip. Guides Field Desk Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/file-complaint-social-media-platform-canada https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/file-complaint-social-media-platform-canada To file a complaint about a social media platform in Canada, match the issue to the right route, review planning timelines, and keep your records. Guides Field Desk Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/social-media-giveaway-cost-canada-cad https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/social-media-giveaway-cost-canada-cad Social media giveaway cost Canada CAD runs from a few hundred dollars to five figures, with Quebec rules and skill-testing questions adding their own lines. Costs Buyers Desk Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/social-platforms-ada-compliance https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/social-platforms-ada-compliance Social media platforms ADA compliance requirements come from Title III, federal contracts and DOJ guidance, with no single statute naming them. Rules Records Desk Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/community-platforms-list https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/community-platforms-list Community platforms list comparing Discord, Discourse, Reddit, Mastodon, Slack, and Google Groups by hosting, conversation shape, access, and removal power. Guides Records Desk Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/professional-networks-updates-2027 https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/professional-networks-updates-2027 A field by field recheck calendar for professional networks entries, plus a change log format recording old and new values, evidence, and detection date. Costs Field Desk Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/professional-networks-data https://platformnetworkcatalog.com/professional-networks-data Professional networks data splits into three trust tiers: what an outsider measures, what the operator publishes, and what nobody outside can know. 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