Diaspora* is pretty active by now, but still it's not perfect. But it's a nice online community for now and you will find people with the same attitude, to find and develop new models of social networking.
Friendica has even more features and can federate with Diaspora*, but it's still a horrible UX, no matter which design/theme is used.
Friendica Red / Red Matrix is a restart/rewrite of the project with even better architecture and more powerful features and possibilities, but still horrible UX (but a bit better from what I see). Any help from designers would be welcome of course, but I'm not sure if it's even possible to create a smooth UX for it.
Thanks!
I think my OP is somewhat confusing. The post was supposed to be less about social networking and more about the benefits of building decentralized applications for the future of cryptos. Thanks very much for pointing me to those projects though, I'll check them out.
I really care the privacy and like decentralized social network. But Facebook is so powerful and popular as no other competitors can beat it. Decentralized social network is new concept and haven't got competitive application. I accepted all of the advantages you mentioned. If any team bring out decentralized social network application, I will definitely try it.
This wouldn't have to replace Facebook to be a success. Facebook has 1.25 billion users, even if only a small percentage switched over it could still be a success. Paying people to use it is a pretty good selling point IMO.