shouldiuse.io

VERDICT

Should I use Social Mediums (CUNY GC Digital Initiatives blog)?

Not disclosed - socialmediums.commons.gc.cuny.edu

Skip. Nothing to buy here: this is a free group blog from CUNY's Graduate Center about digital scholarship, not a tool, service, or agency. Skip it if you're shopping for software; just read it if you're a grad student. Evidence is thin and muddied by an unrelated LA agency with the same name.

Confidence

Low. Based on ~14 public sources; most were unrelated to this site, so confidence is low.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of useBlog, not software
  • Feature depthNo features; it's articles
  • Support qualityNo support channel in evidence
  • Security posture

Pricing

Not disclosed

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed

Best for

  • CUNY grad students exploring digital scholarship
  • Academics evaluating research tools like PressForward
  • Casual reading on academic social media use

Not for

  • Anyone shopping for social media software — it's a blog
  • Teams wanting a purchasable tool with support
  • Marketers expecting the unrelated agency
  • Buyers needing security, SLAs, or onboarding

Gotchas - check before you buy

medium

Name is shared by an LA social-media agency — very easy to confuse the two

low

No security page exists; treat it as a read-only site, not infrastructure

low

No pricing or product pages anywhere; there is genuinely nothing to purchase

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Free public resource from CUNY's GC Digital Initiatives
  • Practical how-tos, like a PressForward plugin walkthrough
  • Written by fellows sharing firsthand research experience

Cons

  • Not a product: no software, pricing, or support to evaluate
  • No security page found on the site
  • Name collides with unrelated agency and blogs, causing confusion

Sources & method

Analyzed 9/21/2026 - 6 sources - No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed. Site publishes no security page.

official x4security x1news x1

Key stats

  • Value for money: 5/5

    Rating

  • Not disclosed

    Starting price

  • 6

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 5/5. Free public resource; nothing to pay
  • Ease of use. Blog, not software
  • Feature depth. No features; it's articles
  • Support quality. No support channel in evidence
  • Security posture: 2/5. No security page found
  • $0 Price No paid offering found anywhere
  • GC Digital Initiatives Operator The Graduate Center, CUNY

Pricing

Not disclosed

Security

No known vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

Site publishes no security page.

What users say

No user reviews of this blog were found; search results confuse it with unrelated businesses sharing the name.

Full analysis

Based on ~14 public sources; most were unrelated to this site, so confidence is low.

Not a product: a free CUNY Grad Center blog on digital scholarship. Nothing to buy or deploy. Read it, don't shop it.

Methodology

Based on ~14 public sources; most were unrelated to this site, so confidence is low.

Sources

  1. About Us - Social Mediums - CUNYsocialmediums.commons.gc.cuny.edu
    official
  2. Author: Sejung Sage Yim - Social Mediums - CUNYsocialmediums.commons.gc.cuny.edu
    official
  3. Using the PressForward plugin - Social Mediumssocialmediums.commons.gc.cuny.edu
    official
  4. Security pagesocialmediums.commons.gc.cuny.edu
    security
  5. Making Social Media More Social - Social Mediumssocialmediums.commons.gc.cuny.edu
    official
  6. Hassan del Campo - Principal @ Social Mediums (unrelated .design agency)linkedin.com
    news

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