Free Communication Software
ChatRandom
Chatrandom makes it easy to talk to strangers across the globe. Its a video chat application that randomly pairs you with other connected users around the world for a one-to-one video chat. Thousands of people use Chatrandom to connect with new people daily. When you press start, you will be instantly paired with a random stranger. Press next to skip the current chat and be connected with another person. If you are looking for people closer to you, you can simply filter by country and region.
Badoo
Badoo is a location-based social service used by over 500 million people world-wide. With Badoo, you can chat, date and meet new people in your area. The service is designed to help you find people nearby who share similar intrests as yours.
Telegram
With Telegram people can communicate and via instant messaging and voice over IP. Telegram is a cloud-based software and services that have a focus on privacy, speed and security. The client was initially created by the brothers Nikolai and Pavel Durov, the creators of the Russian social network VK back in 2013. Today the application is used cross-platform by over 400 million users world-wide.
Gab
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.
Flickr
Flickr is home to millions of people who share billions of photos with each other and the world. It's a photo and video sharing social network that can be used to host, share and promote images and videos. Flickr is mainly used by passionate photographers who use to platform to host their material, reach a broader audience and make new connections.
Tumblr
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.
Bazoocam
Bazoocam is a video-chat site that pairs you with a complete stranger for you to chat with.
Friendica
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.