Revision as of 19:04, 2 August 2018

Wikipedia's list of social networking sites lists a lot of entries in the social networking scene.

Commercial

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.

diaspora* social network official logo

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

The Friendica social network logo

Friendica is perhaps the service of least-steep learning curve for Facebook refugees.

GNU social network logo

GNU social is a network of microblogging sites running on the GNU social software.

Hubzilla

Official website project.hubzilla.org
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.

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 '''[[w:GNU social|GNU social]]''' is a network of microblogging sites running on the GNU social software.
 * [https://gnu.io/social/ Official website gnu.io/social]
+* [https://gnu.io/social/try/ A small list of GNU social instances] you can join.
 * [https://github.com/foocorp/gnu-social GNU social git @ GitHub]
 * [https://thomask.sdf.org/social/en/ The Unofficial GNU social documentation]