Minds
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An open-source platform for decentralized social networking. Users can monetize posts through ads or monthly support, engaging in various features such as Blogs, Videos, and secure private chats. Minds supports free speech and facilitates sharing across networks and exploring global trends.
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- Freemium (Subscription)
- Open Source
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- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
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Into the Cyberverse
The ultimate list of apps/services for better Security, Privacy & Anonymity; Defense against Surveillance.
What sets this list apart is its commitment to authenticity:
No Sponsorship: Choices are made without commercial bias.
No Affiliate Links: Purely user-benefit-focused.
No Brand Deals: Independent and unbiased evaluations.
Strict criteria ensure the tools prioritize user welfare and software quality:
Opensource Preference: Prioritizing transparent and community-driven software.
Cross-Platform Availability: Emphasizing tools usable across multiple systems.
Active Development and Security Updates: Selecting only actively maintained tools with regular security enhancements.
Proven Track Record: Requiring a history of reliability and positive feedback.
Without Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Apple & the rest Big Tech
(in progress)
The higher the level - the lower the level of comfort and stability, but higher the level of freedom and ethical, respectful treatment of you.
Don't choose the highest level everywhere at once (you can go crazy that way), choose what you need to accomplish your tasks and move slowly to the next level (if you understand what you really need it)
xenmaster's free speech catalog
Either as havens for the deplatformed or as open source self-hosted solutions to those who don't want to put their community in the hands of the google and facebook behemoths, the following solutions are pretty much guaranteed to protect your right to say what you want, as long as you aren't saying/doing anything illegal. Content moderation is pretty lax in many of these apps and unfortunately, many attract refugees with unpopular opinions from the more conventional apps they replace, so proceed at your own risk!
NOTE: Unlike my other lists, I revisit this one to edit on a regular basis to add new better options and to remove those which are either shut down, go dark, or compromise their free-speech principles (in the case of third party services).
Last Update: 9-17-2021
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It's a great alternative to most social networks and YouTube too !!
At this point I'm starting to think a true free speech website wouldn't need to advertise as such, because every "free-speech" platform seem to abandon that when they realize they can get away with it. Minds is no different. Like Gab, but even before Gab, this website censors art that they don't like, making it no different from Twitter or Facebook aside from the group they are targeting: Conservatives.
That said if you are a conservative, you will feel at home, assuming you don't care about true free-speech so long as it accepts your speech. If you're as "free-speech absolutist" as the likes of Count Dankula or Sargon, then you will fit in on this site. However if you believe in true free-speech (as defined by the US constitution not just English interpretation of it) then you may not like this website.
have you found any place that is truly free-speech where people mix contrarian ideas?
Minds and Gabs both allow free speech based on the US Constitution. And I'm not just talking about how they are private companies as so the 1st Amendment doesn't really apply to them.
Free speech is not anarchy. Even the government can push ideas they like over others (that's how politics works). Even states and cities can ban certain forms of expression, such as pornography close to schools or where children are.
Does it pass the free speech test: Criticize Israel Behavior?
Lack of feature and quality compared to other fediverse project, also their git repo not being updated since 2024.
Their community feels like meme reposter bot instead of actual legit coversation.
Open-source. Free speech for the most part; the content policy on appeals are moderated by a randomly selected jury system based on the Santa Clara Principles. Minds is federated with ActivityPub. Users can opt-in enable NIP-26 Delegated Event Signing to Nostr. UPDATE: Minus one star because the Minds Nostr relay is not reliable and NIP-26 has not been functional since 2023. Removing a second star because their primary focus now is to sell turnkey social media apps for communities.
Constantly improving, and they seem to care about free speech. We will see how it goes, the main limiting factor is a small user base still. It's a good place to find memes.
Edit: Mid 2024, after using it I see it's mostly a dead site. Very little activity.
Minds is awful, there's very little content. When I created my account it gave a survey, one of the questions was whether or not I wanted to see political posts - I said no. When I got to my newsfeed the first page of posts were from Minds and all political bullsh!t! If you're into political crap it might be for you, but if you want decent content go somewhere else.