Social
Social websites are platforms for connecting and interacting with other people online, sharing content, and building virtual communities.
| Cohost | Cohost is an ad-free social media platform inspired by Tumblr where you can share content and discuss various topics | |
| Friendproject | Friendproject is a MySpace inspired social networking site focused on making friends, meeting people and sharing images | |
| Plurk | Plurk is a social site for posting short notes that has been around since 2008, its timeline is horizontal | |
| Sqwok | An open-source real-time forum where you can discuss any topic with registered users | |
| Pnut | Pnut is a microblogging social network with a character limit similar to Twitter. Currently it is in beta and you must pay to use it unless you have an invitation | |
| Multiverse | Multiverse is a highly customizable social blogging website | |
| Dreamwidth | Dreamwidth is a social networking and blogging platform. It is a fork of the LiveJournal codebase, but it has several key differences | |
| InsaneJournal | InsaneJournal is a free, customizable open-source online diary site which prides itself on being censorship-free | |
| SpaceHey | A MySpace inspired social networking platform focused on making friends, meeting people and sharing images | |
| Bluesky | Bluesky is a decentralized microblogging social network created by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey | |
| imood | imood is a 1999 social networking site where you can create a profile and tell the internet how you feel | |
| Status Cafe | Microblogging social networking site where users can share their status with the rest of the world | |
| Misskey | Misskey is the largest Japanese instance of the decentralized microblogging platform Mastodon. Despite being a social media site, it has a focus on art and original content | |
| Retrospring | Retrospring is a site which allows users to ask questions and get answers. These can be sent anonymously or with an account | |
| Pixelfed.social | Pixelfed.social is the largest instance of the ad-free open-source decentralized photo/video sharing social media site of the same name | |
| Ask.fm | Ask.fm is a questions and answers site with a focus on social connections | |
| Personality Database | Personality Database is a social networking site with a focus on typology systems such as MBTI and Enneagram | |
| Diaspora* | Diaspora* was founded in 2010 as a privacy-aware, distributed, open source social network | |
| Pliko | A retro inspired micro-blogging website where anyone can share their own thoughts in 140 characters | |
| blips.club | Blips is a recreation of the micro-blogging platform Twitter in its early days | |
| Offline | Offline is a recreation of the social networking site Facebook in its early days | |
| Orkuti | Orkuti is a Brazilian social networking site inspired by Google's defunct site ''Orkut'' which offered a similar experience | |
| Chatzy | Chatzy is one of the oldest public chatroom sites on the internet starting all the way back in 2001 | |
| xat | Xat is a HTML5 based (formerly Flash) chat website where you can create or explore chatrooms and customize your experience by buying virtual points and powers | |
| Slink | Slink is a chat website inspired by the defunct 90's software ''AIM'', with a very similar design and many chatrooms to choose from | |
Atabook
A tool which allows you to create an online guestbook for free. Created by a fellow Neocities user following the demise of 123guestbook.
Review
I have an insane amount of respect for this site and what it stands for. Not only does it have more features than the site it was inspired by but it was also created to help an entire community.
