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Should I use Diverse Tech Geek?

A site about media, tech, and diversity - diversetechgeek.com

Skip. Diverse Tech Geek is a free personal blog by Anthony Dean about cartoons, tech, and social platforms, funded by Ko-fi tips. There is no product to buy; read it free or subscribe to the newsletter, and skip it if you came shopping for software.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 14 public sources; subject is a personal blog, not a software product, so product-fit sections are largely inapplicable.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depthBlog, not software
  • Support qualitySolo author; no support channel
  • Security posture

Pricing

$0

Reader

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes

Best for

  • Cartoon and animation fans
  • Public-domain media researchers
  • Social-network platform watchers
  • Casual tech commentary readers

Not for

  • Anyone shopping for software or a tool
  • Teams needing deployment, support, or SLAs
  • Enterprise procurement budgets

Gotchas - check before you buy

low

Sustainability depends on tips; author logs hosting platform switches (Ghost, etc.) over years

low

Follow channels change often — RSS, Tumblr, Mastodon, Buttondown; expect moves between them

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Free to read, funded by voluntary Ko-fi tips
  • Covers cartoons, streaming, social networks, and public-domain media
  • Still publishing as of March 2026
  • Cited by TheStreet and discussed on Reddit
  • Free email newsletter via Buttondown

Cons

  • Not a product — no software, plan, or deployment to evaluate
  • Solo operation: one author, no team, no support channel
  • Frequent platform switches scatter content across Ghost, Tumblr, Mastodon

Sources & method

Analyzed 9/24/2026 - 8 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

official x5review x2news x1

Key stats

  • Value for money: 5/5

    Rating

  • $0

    Starting price

  • 8

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 5/5. Free content; donations optional
  • Ease of use: 4/5. Standard blog, no setup
  • Feature depth. Blog, not software
  • Support quality. Solo author; no support channel
  • Security posture: 3/5. Publishes privacy and security pages; no known issues
  • Free Price Ko-fi tips optional; no paid plans
  • Yes Free to read All posts publicly readable
  • 2020 Active since Ghost migration logged Nov 2020
  • Blog + newsletter Distribution Buttondown email edition

Pricing

Reader

$0

  • All posts free
  • Optional Ko-fi tip
  • Free Buttondown newsletter

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

No independent user reviews of the site were found; it is cited and discussed on Reddit and Mastodon.

Full analysis

Based on 14 public sources; subject is a personal blog, not a software product, so product-fit sections are largely inapplicable.

Free personal blog, not software. Nothing to buy — read cartoons/tech commentary free, support via Ko-fi tips.

Methodology

Based on 14 public sources; subject is a personal blog, not a software product, so product-fit sections are largely inapplicable.

Sources

  1. Diverse Tech Geek homepagediversetechgeek.com
    official
  2. Ko-fi support pageko-fi.com
    official
  3. Buttondown newsletterbuttondown.com
    official
  4. Blog status update (November 2020): Three months of Ghostdiversetechgeek.com
    official
  5. Blog status update (March 2026)diversetechgeek.com
    official
  6. Reddit r/publicdomain discussion of Diverse Tech Geek postreddit.com
    review
  7. TheStreet cites Diverse Tech Geekthestreet.com
    news
  8. Feedspot Top 70 Geek RSS Feedsrss.feedspot.com
    review

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