Why we should all consider MeWe as an alternative to Meta
What with X turning into a cesspool, and now Meta's properties apparently evolving into playgrounds for MAGA, many people have been turning to BlueSky as their preferred social media platform.
I like BlueSky, and have an account, but I really don't post there for the same reason I was never a big fan of Twitter. It has limitations when compared to Facebook.
However, there's another alternative which sort of rose up a few years ago, but then disappeared from public awareness. It's called MeWe, and is much more like Facebook than X.
Like BlueSky, MeWe runs on a Web3-based decentralized server system, so it can't be controlled by a dilettante oligarch. They also don't aggregate and sell your personal information for profit, or use it for other nefarious purposes like X and Meta do. They also neither sell nor allow the posting of ads.
One major advantage of using MeWe over BlueSky is that MeWe enables the creation of private groups, of which I currently manage two on Facebook, and belong to a few others.
Back when DJT got himself kicked off Twitter and Facebook, and before he created Truth Social, MeWe dug themselves into a hole from which they have yet to extract themselves. They made the mistake of promoting themselves to DJT's minions as a safe alternative free from oppressive control (which was true), and in the process, unfortunately managed to alienate everyone else.
Consequently, many right-wingers and conspiracy theorists at that time gravitated to MeWe, but fast forward, and most of the right-wingers are now on X, Truth Social, or Parler. However, MeWe is still chugging along, albeit with a much lower profile than it perhaps should have.
I don't think there's any platform that can be completely free of crazies. Had MeWe not mistakenly reached out to DJT and his supporters several years ago in pursuit of users, they might very well be a dominant platform today. They undoubtedly regret doing that.
Like myself, I suspect that most people still on Facebook are there because that's where their friends are. I wish I could get all my friends to open a MeWe account and start socializing there instead. I would say sayonara to all things Meta and never look back...
Ironically, if you go to my MeWe page, what you'll see is what I posted when I created the account four or five years ago, along with a link to a The Hill article talking about a possible Facebook boycott back in 2020. I haven't posted on MeWe since then, but I would if anyone was there to read it.
This is the main link to MeWe: https://mewe.com
...and this is my account: https://mewe.com/fishhawk.61/
I hope to interact with you there...