On Social Media

John Ward turned me onto this new social network, and I'm really liking it a lot. The interface is smooth as silk and, though it's still under development with the official launch not happening till March 5th, it's hugely better than Minds, MeWe, or anything on the Dispora network of which I'm on Pluspora. https://YouMe.Social https://YouMe.Social

Originally shared by Patrick Lear

A right. Minds is coming up in rank for usability and experience now that it's added hashtags, which makes filtering easier. Honestly, though, it takes all three Pluspora, MeWe, and Minds to find anything at all with which to interact. They're all pretty vacant. Now, this may be because I'm just not active enough hitting them ~2x/day and I don't have many followers yet, but it all just seems dead by comparison to G+. Anyone having a different experience, please inform me on the how-to of finding pertinent content.

I think this is worth the read about the MINDS experience. Originally shared by Mac Vogt I wrote something for folks on the outside, looking to see what Minds.com is like! There are some stats, but mostly it's about the experience. https://www.minds.com/MacVogt/blog/first-week-an-ex-google-plus-user-report-899552584408715264

Just found out that one can post audio responses on MeWe. That's an AWESOME perk!!!

Absolutely NO political/socio-cultural arguments here. You've all been having a field day while I was out doing real work and not here to ban your buttocks. Take it elsewhere. I'm serious.

There's this for those interested: https://opensource.com/ https://opensource.com/

Anyone else noticed that notifications are beginning to not happen?

Sharing my thoughts over here on this. Originally shared by DL Keur Something to think about before locking yourself into alternative social media platforms: Does the ownership have enough financial security and server resources? The unpleasant reality is that it's very expensive to run a platform and, for all the best intentions of an owner organization's desires to provide a usable service, the reality can be complicated by lack of scope and funding.

John Lewis asked me to share my observations about three of the platforms I'm trying, so, here it is, copied from my original post on my profile. __ Right now, it looks like Pluspora (Diaspora) is winning with me for most usable for conversations. Little things are missing like the ability to like a comment by another--stuff like that, but it's a clean, easy interface. I'm here over there: https://www.pluspora.com/people/3f909c00ae5001364741005056268def As to MeWe, that looks to be the next most plausible place, but it's so locked down as to be impossible to find anyone. I'm here on it: https://mewe.com/i/d._l..keur Last is http://Minds.com . Again, a decent interface, with the huge 'but' that it's tough to find anyone. And there is a LOT of rage-aholics on there and a LOT of drive-by posting. I'm here on Minds: https://www.minds.com/DLKeur https://www.pluspora.com/people/3f909c00ae5001364741005056268def