Social media
Wikipedia's list of social networking sites lists a lot of entries in the social networking scene.
Commercial
Non-commercial / free
Free social network does not only mean that it is free of charge but refers also to user freedom and freedom from ads and tracking.
- PodUpTi.me is a place to discover many instances of diaspora*, Friendica, Hubzilla and Socialhome out there.
- The Federation is a database of the global social network composed of nodes that talk to each other.
Diaspora
The Diaspora* social network is a distributed social network that runs on the extremely fine quality Diaspora* software.
- Official website DiasporaFoundation.org
- Diaspora* Foundation's wiki hosts a wealth of information edited by the community around the diaspora* effort.
- The diaspora* blog - official announcements
- Diaspora* git @ GitHub
Friendica
Friendica is perhaps the service of least-steep learning curve for Facebook refugees.
GNU social
GNU social is a network of microblogging sites running on the GNU social software.
- Official website gnu.io/social
- A small list of GNU social instances you can join.
- GNU social git @ git.gnu.io
- The Unofficial GNU social documentation
Hubzilla
Hubzilla
- Official website project.hubzilla.org - Official documentation - Hubzilla's inbuilt wiki
- Hubzilla demonstration with one-click login as demo user is a good place to quickly get a feel of Hubzilla before actually joining and instance or setting one up yourself.
- Hubzilla git @ FramaGit.org. Hubzilla git was earlier on at GitHub.