7 Hosted Social Apps & Services
Start your own social network. For businesses, organizations, schools or clubs.
500px
Posting a great picture is one thing, but being able to share it with an ecosystem of pro photographers is... better. As 500px puts it, "You’re not just joining a network—you’re joining a community."
DeviantArt
Founded in 2000, DeviantArt has become the "largest online network for artists and art enthusiasts, and a platform for emerging and established artists to exhibit, promote, and share their work."
DonationTo
Online crowdfunding has been a revalation, but major platforms take a percentage of what you raise. Not so with DonationTo, where "you keep 100% of all donations (no 5% fee)."
Goodbits
Boost newsletter engagement and save yourself some valuable time with Goodbits by automatically fetching "content from popular applications such as Shopify, Instagram, Twitter, Slack and more."
Micro.blog
Social media sucks, but it doesn't have to be that way. Micro.blog changes the game by creating a network of microblogs, tied together with a "timeline to follow friends and discover new posts."
Ning
Own your professional social network with Ning, a platform for "effectively promoting any network, be it a political, music, religious, arts, or any other type of online communities."
Paper.li
Engage your audience with content targeted to their interests. Paper.li uses "natural language processing, machine learning and social signals to extract the most relevant stories from the web."