Its all in the Minds

 This week the press jumped on a new social network called Minds.

Another social network – who cares?  Anonymous seem to care as they have added their backing to this site.  The Independent (http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/superprivate-social-network-launched-to-take-on-facebook-with-support-of-anonymous-10325307.html) describes this open-source application as “unlike its competitors it doesn’t aim to make money from gathering data — instead, it encrypts all messages, so that they can’t be read by advertisers or by governments.” According to Wired, two of the site developers are known for their internet activism in fighting for privacy and freedom of expression. (http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-06/16/anonymous-backs-encrypted-social-network-minds)

The site offers the usual social network gumph expected, as well as end-to-end encrypted private messaging, unrestricted news feeds and bitcoin. Additionally, the site also lets users control their own reach, unlike Facebook that utilises its own algorithms to control this for you.

The site does still include some 3^rd party advertising content but this is just until the site gets established and can pay for itself (http://venturebeat.com/2015/06/15/a-social-network-called-minds-has-an-answer-to-facebooks-strangling-of-organic-posts/)

Check it out here: https://www.minds.com/