Social media

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

Commercial

Facebook

• Facebook (.com)

Twitter

• Twitter (.com)

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

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

Friendica

The Friendica social network logo

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

• Official website Friendi.ca
• Friendica git @ GitHub

GNU social

GNU social network logo

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.