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Social Media Platforms & Tools For Sharing
[Special thanks to JustFluffingAround and flamedfury for their input.]

Disclaimer: This is not necessarily an endorsement of any of these services. It is just a list of the ones that I have come across. Please keep in mind that not all of them may be trustworthy when it comes to issues of privacy. These lists are by no means exhaustive, but hopefully give a good sample of the platforms that are available out there. I tried to focus in on ones that are free to use and non-pornographic in content. However, many of these services have a wide range of material, some of which is intended for adults. Browse at your own risk!

Categories:

Click a link to jump to that section. Please note that there is some overlap between categories.

Short Messages (Text, Pictures, Audio, Video)
Project Management / Chat (Audio & Video)
Blogs
Online Message Boards / Forums (General)
Art-Specific
Audio (Music & Podcasts)
Video
Livestreaming (i.e.: Live Videos)
Donation Services (One Time & Repeating)
Crowdfunding

Lists (In Alphabetical Order):


Short Messages (Text, Pictures, Audio, Video)

Architects of a New Dawn
dispo
Efimero
Facebook
Gab
heard
hi5
Instagram
Journey
Loforo
Mastodon
Meetup
MemeStreams
MeWe
Nao
Nextdoor
Parler
Pinterest
Pixstory
Pond
Scuttlebutt
Snapchat
spacehey
Sweet
Tiktok
Tumblr
Twitter
Vero
Whisper

Some of these can also be integrated / connected to one another (e.g.: Instagram and Facebook).


Project Management / Chat (Audio & Video)

Bitrix24
Chanty
Chatroulette
Discord
Element
Fleep
Flock
Glip
Google Hangouts
Hive
Microsoft Teams
Moco
Mumble
nTask
Omegle
Rocket Chat
Ryver
Skype
Slack
Telegram
Tox
Trello
Troop Messenger
Twist
Viber
VK
Webex
Zoom
Zulip


Blogs

Bear Blog
Blogger
Dreamwidth
everything2
LinkedIn
LiveJournal
Medium
Pillowfort
Steemit
WordPress


Online Message Boards / Forums (General)

4chan
ProBoards
Reddit
Ruqqus
Yuku / Tapatalk


Art-Specific

Archive of Our Own
Artfol
ArtStation
Daisie
DeviantArt
Ello
Fuzznet World [Furry related.]
InkBlot
Paper Demon
Sheezy.Art
Buzzly.Art
Talenthouse


Audio (Music & Podcasts)

Audius
Clubhouse
deezer
iTunes
MySpace
Pandora
Soundclick
Soundcloud
Spotify
Stitcher
Swellcast
TuneIn


Video

BitChute
Brighteon
Byte
Dailymotion
DTube
Fandalism
Gab TV
Odysee / LBRY
PeerTube
Rumble
StoryFire
Streamable
VidLii
Vimeo
YouTube


Livestreaming (i.e.: Live Videos)

DLive
Minds
Picarto
Piczel
Restream [Allows for streaming on multiple platforms simultaneously.]
Trovo
Twitch


Buy Me A Coffee
Comradery
Flattr
Ko-fi
Locals
Memberful
Patreon
pixivFANBOX
sther
Subscribe Star
Superfanz


Crowdfunding

artistShare
Bountysource
Crowd Supply
Fundable
Fundly
GoFundMe
Indiegogo
Kickstarter