Welcome back to Decentralize Me, the podcast where we show you how to take back control of your digital identity and stay intentional. 

In this episode, we’re going to explore social media, the power of its centralized system and show you an alternative social media platform, one where you can take back control of your social media, where you retain control of your data. 

Previously, we’ve talked about how in the early 2000s we moved to web 2.0 and the dynamic web. This allowed users to respond to platforms and as such, social media was born. 

Fast forward to today, and social media companies are some of the largest and most profitable on the planet. How? Because they mine personal information that is so freely given to them. 

“Data gathering is the number one objective for most social media platforms. On top of this, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has researched and discovered that Facebook has tracker pixels, or cookie sharing codes on 30% plus of the top 10,000 websites.”

The financial reward of data mining? 

“Facebook last year, their gross profit was $69 billion, and Twitter made $2.35 billion.”

If you’re looking to use alternate social media sites, our recommendations are ones that are decentralized, have tokens that reward participants and are available on mobile devices. 

“The social media platform that best meets this criteria at the present time is the Minds platform.”

To find out more about Minds, an alt-tech blockchain-based social network, how you can take back control of your social media and retain control of your data, download and listen to this latest episode. 

On today’s podcast:

• TikTok’s privacy policy
• Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Freedom of speech
• Alternate social media sites

Links:

• Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Minds
• https://www.decentralizeme.fm