Douyin

A short video platform, essentially the Chinese version of TikTok.

MeWe

A social networking service that positions itself as a privacy-first, decentralized alternative to mainstream platforms and offers an algorithm-free chronological feed without advertising or behavioral targeting.

Mastodon

A decentralized social network running on independent servers and powered by Mastodon open-source software.

Substack

An online publishing and social platform that enables writers and journalists to create subscription-based newsletters, podcasts, and multimedia content delivered directly to subscribers.

Snapchat

A messaging and social networking app that lets users send photos and videos ("Snaps") that disappear after being viewed by default.

Beehiiv

A newsletter platform that allows creators and brands to publish, distribute, and monetize email publications with integrated website hosting and audience management tools.

Kuaishou

A Chinese short-video social media platform focused on user-generated content where users share daily life moments, comedy skits, and live streams.

Goodreads

A book-based social networking platform owned by Amazon that helps readers discover, organize, and discuss books.

Hugging Face

A machine learning and data science platform and community that helps users build, deploy and train machine learning models.

Xing

A German career-oriented social networking platform focused on professional connections across industries mostly in the German-speaking market.

Stack Overflow

A question-and-answer platform for programmers where users can ask, answer, and vote on technical questions related to software development.

Qzone

A Chinese social networking platform.

Plurk

A micro-blogging and social networking service.

Google Groups

A web-based mailing list and discussion forum platform that enables users to communicate through shared email addresses and web-based discussions.

SlideShare

A content-sharing platform for publishing and discovering presentations, infographics, documents, and professional knowledge resources online.

Meetup

A social media platform for organizing in-person and virtual events and connecting people who share interests, hobbies, or professions.

Pixiv

A Japanese online art community where artists share and discover illustrations, manga, novels, and animation-inspired artwork, with a strong focus on anime, game, and fan art culture.

Yelp

An American crowd-sourced review platform where users publish ratings and written feedback about local businesses.

Strava

A fitness tracking app and community-moderated social network for athletes.

Link in Bio

A link tree tool that provides users with a mini web page to share links to their social profiles and other important resources.

Lemmy

A decentralized social link aggregator platform running on independent servers and powered by the open-source Lemmy software.

Keybase

A key directory, secure messaging and file sharing platform.

ResearchGate

A social networking platform for scientists and researchers that enables them to share publications, collaborate with peers, and engage in academic discussions online.

ReverbNation

A social networking site for musicians.

Quora

A question-and-answer platform where users ask, answer, edit, and organize discussions across a wide range of topics through community-driven knowledge sharing.