Scogan Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 I deleted my old social media platforms years ago once they began censoring and selling my personal information. My principles outweigh their tyranny. Anyway, I found what I think is a good alternative on MeWe. So I opened an account there. Just sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Owl Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 Quote MeWe is an American social media and social networking service owned by Sgrouples, a company based in Culver City, California. MeWe's light approach to content moderation has made it popular among American conservatives, conspiracy theorists, and anti-vaxxers.[1][2][3] Due to concerns with possible pro-China censorship of Facebook, the site also gained popularity in Hong Kong in November 2020.[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MeWe I'm all in favour of 'alternative' platforms, but you'll have to forgive my scepticism on this. If MeWe is already being 'denounced' on Wikipedia (which I know is hardly trustworthy itself) as being 'popular' among conservatives and 'conspiracy theorists', one must be reminded of what happened with Parler, which gained a lot of attention late last year and early this year, before it was 'hacked' and then shut down by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Parler has since 're-emerged', yet I don't see or hear people promoting it as much now. I will probably have to look more into this company that owns MeWe, as there has to be some financial benefit for them somewhere, if they are boasting that they do not sell user information/data. If certain people start pushing or promoting MeWe as a platform for people to 'move' to, then I would just be cautious that people are not being led into another honeytrap. See my thoughts on Parler here: https://thegrumpyowl.co.uk/2021/05/23/was-parler-just-a-honeypot-after-all/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CosmoGenesis Posted June 7, 2021 Share Posted June 7, 2021 (edited) MeWe? Wasnt that a name of a gadget on a Dragons Den episode where women can pee standing up? Or did I trip that? Edit Ahhh, it was Shewee. *grabs coat and exits thread* Edited June 7, 2021 by CosmoGenesis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scogan Posted June 8, 2021 Author Share Posted June 8, 2021 18 hours ago, Grumpy Owl said: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MeWe I'm all in favour of 'alternative' platforms, but you'll have to forgive my scepticism on this. If MeWe is already being 'denounced' on Wikipedia (which I know is hardly trustworthy itself) as being 'popular' among conservatives and 'conspiracy theorists', one must be reminded of what happened with Parler, which gained a lot of attention late last year and early this year, before it was 'hacked' and then shut down by Amazon Web Services (AWS). If certain people start pushing or promoting MeWe as a platform for people to 'move' to, then I would just be cautious that people are not being led into another honeytrap. See my thoughts on Parler here: https://thegrumpyowl.co.uk/2021/05/23/was-parler-just-a-honeypot-after-all/ The Left has MeWe in their sites. It has 15 million users. The only way to defend MeWe is to join it... strength in numbers. Without numbers it will fail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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