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Currents 026: Bill Ottman on Minds.com

Currents 026: Bill Ottman on Minds.com

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February 6, 20211h 13mbonusExplicit

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Bill Ottman & Jim have a wide-ranging talk on the state of social media and his open-source social platform, Minds.com... In this currents episode, Bill Ottman & Jim have a wide-ranging talk on the state of social media and his open-source social platform (Minds.com). They talk about what makes Minds different than other social networks: open-source, community-owned, profit-shared, decentralized, free speech, privacy, decentralized reputation, moderation process, monetization & incentives, tokens, AWS & decentralizing the back-end, Ethereum, and more. They also chat about Jim's recent Facebook banning, GitHub censorship, Reddit's move away from open-source, power & corruption, radicalizing dynamics of censorship, doxing, Google’s demands on the Minds app, possible government platform regulation, the media influence on big tech, Twitter & Facebook opportunities, some relevant stories from Jim’s CEO days at Network Solutions, the GameStop short squeeze, and more. Episode Transcript Developers.Minds.com Jim on Minds Daryl Davis Letter.wiki The Santa Clara Principles Cardano Casandra on Apache Mark Zuckerberg Speaks About Free Speech at Georgetown Joe Rogan Podcast with Tim Pool, Jack Dorsey & Vijaya Gadde Mastodon Bill Otman is the Co-creator & CEO of Minds.com.