Alternative Social Networks: Replacements For Twitter, Reddit and Tumblr

Here are some alternative social networks that allow you to control your own data:

• Mastodon: An impressive twitter replacement that is community owned and ad-free
  
• Minds: An open source platform that allows you set up  your own social network
• Saidit.Net: A reddit alternative
• Dreamwidth: An online journal service based on the LiveJournal — people are using it as a Tumblr replacement
• Pillowfort: Another LiveJournal type platform that is still in “beta”
  
• Friendica: Open source software for a distributed social network
  
• Disaspora: An online social network that’s been around for quite some time
  
• BuddyPress: A social networking plugin for WordPress