MeWe.com - Facebook killer?

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 3 Nov 2019 11:19 am

I recently discovered a social network site that truly values the privacy of its members. It's free, and the only advertising I've seen is for extra packs of emojis to use on the site. Very unobtrusive. They don't sell your data to advertisers. Read their Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. I did.

I just now created a Pedal Steel Guitar group there. I think that MeWe.com has the potential to be a Facebook killer. Use the link below to join MeWe and add me to your contact list there:

www.mewe.com/i/boblee51

Electric light - it's a beautiful thing.

Georg Sørtun · Post by **Georg Sørtun** » 3 Nov 2019 11:59 am

Joined MeWe 6 months ago, and for now I use it mainly to read alt-news and such. No ads, and no policing. Early days yet, but MeWe definitely has potentials to grow into something useful.

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 3 Nov 2019 4:49 pm

K Maul · Post by **K Maul** » 3 Nov 2019 5:46 pm

Thanks! I hope it stays that way.

Slim Heilpern · Post by **Slim Heilpern** » 4 Nov 2019 6:13 am

Thanks Bob! It'll be a very heavy lift to kill or even compete with Facebook, but it looks very good so far. More power to 'em!

- Slim

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 4 Nov 2019 9:34 am

It works a lot like Facebook, but without the ads. I get so sick of seeing EyeBuyDirect and even Sweetwater ads on Facebook. Visual garbage!

Georg Sørtun · Post by **Georg Sørtun** » 4 Nov 2019 2:54 pm

Ad blockers and "Social Fixer" remove disturbances and tailor Facebook at my end, but it is good that MeWe doesn't need such add-ons in order to behave.

b0b · Post by **b0b** » 4 Nov 2019 3:09 pm

Georg Sørtun wrote:Ad blockers and "Social Fixer" remove disturbances and tailor Facebook at my end, but it is good that MeWe doesn't need such add-ons in order to behave.

They make Facebook look cleaner, but they don't stop Zuckerberg & Co from gathering information about you and sharing it with other companies or political organizations.

Georg Sørtun · Post by **Georg Sørtun** » 4 Nov 2019 4:17 pm

b0b wrote:
Georg Sørtun wrote:Ad blockers and "Social Fixer" remove disturbances and tailor Facebook at my end, but it is good that MeWe doesn't need such add-ons in order to behave.
They make Facebook look cleaner, but they don't stop Zuckerberg & Co from gathering information about you and sharing it with other companies or political organizations.

Of course Facebook's owners gather info no matter what. Sharing anything on FB, and internet as a whole, is the same as sharing it with anyone who bothers looking for it. There are no real "secrets" on the internet, and it pays to be a little paranoid – just not so much that we shut ourselves out from society.

I like MeWe's policy, but still won't "open all channels" and share stuff there that I cannot safely share with others in the "real" world (whatever "real" means today).