Will a New Social Network Be Your New Home on the Web?

  "We are the closest thing to competition Facebook or Twitter has seen in many years. I believe Amazon, Google, Apple worked together to try and ensure they don't have competition," says Parler CEO John Matze.

  With Goliaths Twitter, FB and Google acting increasingly like power-mad fascists and Big Brother Thought Police, a battle of the new and smaller competing Social Media platforms is now proceeding apace. US President Donald Trump may jump in soon in one way or another, while there is also the possibility that the newly-minted richest man in the world, Elon Musk, may just decide to join the fray, too, which would make the field even more interesting. In the meantime, the new kids on the Internet Community block are struggling to make their interfaces a lot less clunky and more visually appealing and intuitive than they are right now.

  Parler, FB lookalike MeWe, Telegram, CloutHub, Rumble, Signal, Gab and ChatDit are just a few of the platforms that are available to you. Had you even heard of Crunchyroll, Mocospace, CouchSurfing, italki, Medium and Ello until just now?

  Ultimately, which one you choose should depend on what you are looking for in a new SocMed Home. MeWe hopes you will choose them. Their CEO writes:

  "I think sites where anything goes are terrible. At MeWe we have strict rules in our terms prohibiting content inciting violence, posting hate, bullying, breaking the law, etc. And we have a great Trust and Safety team. We have Report and Block on every post, every profile, every group and every page; and our Trust and Safety team investigates all reports. MeWe is for the good guys. But we're not going to censor a conversation by conservatives or progressives, or health advocates of one health remedy versus another, simply because their opinion might differ from mine. Why is that any of MeWe's business?"

  Are you thinking of moving out of FB or Twitter and now shopping for a new platform? Why are you leaving? What features would make a new site most appealing to you? Drop me a line or two in the comments and let me know.