Note - I just came across this today when looking into open source and decentralized social media platforms. This one seems far more impressive than Diaspora* , and the monetization angle may help it with growth to have a chance of fighting Facebook and its network effects. But I am still trying to clarify what "Community Owned" means - the link just goes to a crowdfunding page. Though they do say "Anyone can set up a node and we will have more federation services for cross-communication soon enough." in the comments.