There are directories of Fediverse projects:

However, they tend to be a little messy and not easily skimmable. I also wanted to focus on Fediverse alternatives to existing services, although I do like the idea of going on beyond what is offered by current social media.

So, inspired by this discussion (and others), I thought a curated list of the main alternatives (with beginner-friendly sites) might be handy (especially with a potential influx of new users):

Reddit/threadiverse:

Twitter:

Social networks (Facebook, Google+):

  • Friendica - works as a hub and publishing platform connected to the Fediverse and beyond (Twitter, Tumblr, etc)
  • diaspora* - Friendica is technically part of diaspora*
  • Socialhome

Instagram:

YouTube:

WhatsApp:

  • Matrix - not as interconnected as the core ActivityPub services but it integrates well with Lemmy to provide secure DMs (just add your Matrix ID into your Lemmy profile)

Media hosting (Flickr, YouTube, SoundCloud, DeviantArt):

  • MediaGoblin - are there public instances you can join?

Blogs:

Activity planning (Facebook events):

Goodreads:

Dropbox/Drive/Collaboration

LinkedIn:

Linktree:

Music:

Podcasts:

Delicious:

Dating apps:

  • Alovoa - not yet part of the Fediverse but it’s planned

Pinterest:

  • Pinetta - still early days there but as people have asked before

Search engine (although not federated themselves they search big chunks of the Fediverse):

And if you need some more background then try the Fediverse New User Orientation.

Illustrations from Wikipedia

    • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukOPEnglish
      8·
      1 year ago

      When Google+ shut,.I moved to diaspora and didn’t do very much with it.

      When the great Twitter exodus happened, I signed up to Mastodon and didn’t get this federated business so wandered off.

      Now with the API apocalypse at Reddit, I am here and I get it. It now all makes sense to me and I’ve been seeing how federated I can get, which is the background to ye research that went into the initial post. And the answer is “pretty federated” as everything is playing nicely with each other. In fact, I am feeling borderline evangelical as this feels like the Internet I’ve been waiting for since the late 80s/early 90. So let’s skip Web 3.0 and move on to 4.0 where everything is federated!

      • 🇺🇦 Max UL@lemmy.proEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        Me too. When I first looked at Mastodon I was like “oh those addresses are weird that will never work” for some lame, resistant to change reason. Now I’m like “bring on the alphabet soup links and whatever quirks I don’t care, the fediverse is awesome!.”

        • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukOPEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Me too. And I was all “there are different servers with different groups on them? Like that’s going to work!” But it does. In fact, it can be seen as a strength.

      • root_beer@kbin.social
        1·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, diaspora, that’s a name I haven’t heard in a very long time. I tried it and got nowhere because nobody else I knew was ever going to go there and making friends is already a Herculean enough task for me as it is