MeWe, the pro-privacy social network, now exceeds 4 million members cementing its place as the leading next-gen social network. The "NO BS" social network is attracting members from Facebook, Twitter, and other sites facing a backlash against censorship and privacy infractions, according to its founder.
MeWe achieved 405% growth in 2018. In 2019 it is already growing twice as fast. MeWe also spent multiple days ranked as the No.1 Trending Social App in the Google Play Store in December 2018. Is this a sign that the tide is finally turning on the big social media giants that dominate today?
Some think so. MeWe is advised by the inventor of the Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, and its CEO, Mark Weinstein, is a leading privacy advocate and social media pioneer.
Yes, there are some critics that have been speaking about hate groups popping up on MeWe but I've not seen them myself so can't say much about that. I think (like on any other large social network) it depends on who you are following or searching for. Certainly, any growing network will attract all sorts of groups. Much depends on how they are handled and users should always play an active role in reporting such behaviour (and not engaging with the guilty parties as that is exactly what they want).
It will be interesting to see how MeWe handles such growth as with it comes inevitable additional; admin to handle the takedowns, infrastructure scaling, etc. Facebook also started out small and Mr Zuckerberg promised never to sell our data. I'm not expecting MeWe to sell user data as they have stated those assurances very clearly in writing. But for it to be sustainable as it scales it certainly costs real money - right now they have a pay model in place if you exceed 8GB or so of user data (and my G+ import is about 12GB so if I import my data I'll need to be a paying subscriber. But let's be clear - you can't have no advertising or sale of your data and expect expensive infrastructure to run for free. There is either a subscription model that kicks in or voluntary donations. Otherwise, your social network just disappears in a year or two. Nothing scales upwards to millions of users at no extra cost.
See www.androidpit.com/mewe-exceed…
#deletefacebook #mewe
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MeWe achieved 405% growth in 2018. In 2019 it is already growing twice as fast. MeWe also spent multiple days ranked as the No.1 Trending Social App in the Google Play Store in December 2018. Is this a sign that the tide is finally turning on the big social media giants that dominate today?
Some think so. MeWe is advised by the inventor of the Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, and its CEO, Mark Weinstein, is a leading privacy advocate and social media pioneer.
Yes, there are some critics that have been speaking about hate groups popping up on MeWe but I've not seen them myself so can't say much about that. I think (like on any other large social network) it depends on who you are following or searching for. Certainly, any growing network will attract all sorts of groups. Much depends on how they are handled and users should always play an active role in reporting such behaviour (and not engaging with the guilty parties as that is exactly what they want).
It will be interesting to see how MeWe handles such growth as with it comes inevitable additional; admin to handle the takedowns, infrastructure scaling, etc. Facebook also started out small and Mr Zuckerberg promised never to sell our data. I'm not expecting MeWe to sell user data as they have stated those assurances very clearly in writing. But for it to be sustainable as it scales it certainly costs real money - right now they have a pay model in place if you exceed 8GB or so of user data (and my G+ import is about 12GB so if I import my data I'll need to be a paying subscriber. But let's be clear - you can't have no advertising or sale of your data and expect expensive infrastructure to run for free. There is either a subscription model that kicks in or voluntary donations. Otherwise, your social network just disappears in a year or two. Nothing scales upwards to millions of users at no extra cost.
See www.androidpit.com/mewe-exceed…
#deletefacebook #mewe
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