Is there any open or distributed emerging alternative to Facebook yet?

[idleworx]

Diaspora seems to have fallen of the radar a while back, wondering if anything else is gaining momentum these days either as a direct competitor or a niche alternative

[andreasgonewild]

Still very much a work in progress, and far from a full replacement; but it's an open, distributed and secure start:

https://github.com/andreas-gone-wild/snackis