Diaspora Alternatives

Mastodon is a free and open source decentralized social network that is used by over 4.4 million people. At mastodon you can follow friends, discover and rally around topics, and share links, pictures, text, video, much like Twitter. The main difference with Mastodon is the decentralized nature of the software. Anyone is free to start their own Mastodon server, that automatically interconnects with all the other Mastodon servers. Since the network is community-owned and not backed by any venture capital you can be sure that your data will not be monitized and that you will have an ad-free experience.

GNU social connects you to a free network of thousands of communities that discuss daily on a variety of topics, each being part of the whole. GNU social supports both single-user and community modes and can be used in an intranet environment or as part of the wider open network. The free and open source microblogging server is written in PHP and built on-top of the OStatus standard for inter-operation between installations.

Minds is an alternative, blockchain-based social media platform. With Minds you can earn money or cryptocurrency for using the platform and interactive with other people. Tokens can be used to boost posts or crowdfund other users and their cause. Minds was to be a privacy-focused social network that is censorship resistant, and where users can interact without having their personal data harvested.

Gab is a free social network that champions free speech, individual liberty and the free flow of information online. All thoughts and ideas are welcome at Gab.

Steemit is a blockchain-based blogging platform and social media application that rewards its users with the cryptocurrency STEEM for publishing and curating content. On Steemit you can publish blog posts on any topic and get rewarded by doing so. You can also be rewarded by upvoting and curating post that the other users deems noteworthy.

Friendica is a free and open-source software decentralized social network. With Friendica you can host your own server with a unique domain while being part of the Friendica fediverse of federated services. You can also join one of the already hosted and managed servers as with any other social network. The main difference with Friendica and more common social networks like Facebook, Twitter or Instagram is the distributed nature of the software and it's use built-in support for ActivityPub. Allowing you not only to connect to a plethora of Friendica servers but also connect with other ActivityPub-protocol powered social networks like Funkwhale, Hubzilla, Mastodon, Pleroma, Pixelfed and GNU Social.

An ethical social network for a brighter tomorrow. Okuna launched on the scene in 2018 with a Kickstarter campaign under the name Openbook, where they succeeded to raise over $50,000. The goal of the project is to build a free and open source social media platform that respects user privacy. Okuna is still in closed beta and provides registration via invites only.

A free and ethical photo sharing platform, powered by ActivityPub federation protocol. Pixelfed is open-sourced software licensed under the AGPL license.

An open platform for decentralized social networks and marketplaces.  It's censorship-resistant and has built-in monetization methods. Built with Polkadot and IPFS tech stack.

From 2005 to 2009, Myspace was the largest social network in the world, and reaching over 100 million users monthly. Then Facebook and other social networks entered the market and Mysapce fell behind. Since then, Myspace has attempted to redefine itself as a social entertainment website, focusing on music, movies, televison and celebrities. The application is popular among singers, actors, models, comedians, filmmakers and small business owners. On Myspace, anyone can create a profile and share their talents, themselves or just connect with others.

Tumblr is a an easy to use microblogging site and social network first released in 2007. On Tumblr, people can share stories via blogs and other media such as photos, GIFs, links and third party platform embeds such as Spotify playlist and tracks. All users of Tumblr can follow each other to get up-to-date content from the creators you live. There is also private publishing features which allow you to share your stories only to a select group or community. Over 500 milion people use Tumblr to share contet on the web for free.

StumbleUpon was a popular content and website discovery platform that discontinued its operation in June 2018. With StumbleUpon, users could enjoy fresh websites and content delivered to them at random or by randomly by category, or randomly by user preference. In 2019 the creators of StumbleUpon created a new content-based discovery platform called Mix.