>I treat Facebook as a combination blog and forum. It works for me. I believe that the problem is that facebook is more than that, you have: * User timelines

>I treat Facebook as a combination blog and forum. It works for me. I believe that the problem is that facebook is more than that, you have: * User timelines -> Blog (with photo and video support) * User groups -> Forum * Messenger -> Chat * Events -> Calendar Using federation, this will probably be solved not by a "faccebook alternative", but multiple alternatives to each small service.