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For anyone looking for an alternative right now, there's https://postbelt.com https://postbelt.com - a text-only social network that's built around privacy, and

• newscracker 9y ago
  I like the idea of privacy focused sharing platforms, but yours will be a niche one for several reasons (I'm sure you already knew that). Not allowing images or video, which comprise the majority of the content types shared on social media (including memes, GIFs and videos), is a huge drawback when it comes to attracting users. The ones who do prefer privacy focused services and would pay for it may not like that it's still yet another centralized platform. It's not clear to me how your text-only platform is different from web based forums that have been around for a long time and continue to thrive. That said, we do need more experiments like these to see what could work on a larger scale and learn.
  • davnicwil 9y ago
    You summed it up perfectly - it's an experiment based on my own curiosity into whether a niche noise-free discussion focused social network would be something people would pay for. I'd been saying for a few years that if something like it existed, I'd pay for it and use it. I got various responses to this ranging all the way from agreement to mocking :-) so I built it to actually test it in the wild.