This election has ripped the cover off of the corruption that is rotting society. The powers that be are doing their damnedest to choke off pertinent information from getting to the masses via social media.

Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit are the main purveyors of the approved memes and messaging campaigns of the oligarchs. Corporate algorithms control the flow of information. We've all seen Facebook yank down pages for questionable 'reasons'. We've all seen Twitter squash trending hashtags. And we've all seen Reddit moderators run roughshod over their subscribers.

It doesn't have to be that way. There is a platform that's virtually unhackable and has no central control to interfere with the free flow of information. Before I tell you about it, though, I'm going to list my 'creds', limited as they are, because I don't want this coming off as an infomercial:

1. Joined TOP in 2007. Was a Rescue Ranger there for a couple years before it got insane.

2. Bernie or Bust since the day he announced.

3. Migrated here to keep up with other BoB folks. I follow Jackpine Radicals, The Progressive Wing, The Way of the Bern.

4. Have a Twitter account. Mostly #NoDAPL tweets.

5. I used the same handle in all these accounts.

6. Hopefully, some here will vouch for me.

Okay, that out of the way, on to the meat of my point -

The platform is called Steemit. A few authors there noticed the trend of stifling speech, too. (My apologies for any salty language. I didn't read all them, just grabbed the headlines.) These are from 4 months ago:

Facebook is Censoring Steemit Links

#Steemit - Ending Twitter Shadow Banning and YouTube Censorship

A lesson for STEEMIT: I sincerely hope REDDIT burns in hell after finding out about shadow banning

Steemit is built on a 'block-chain' platform. Everything is time-stamped and authenticated by a third party witness. This is why it's basically unhackable and doesn't need a corporate overlord.

As if that's not incentive enough to check it out, Steemit is designed to allow you to put your mouth where the money is.

Usually, it's the other way 'round. To be blunt - Steemit pays you to post.

The phenomenal content and organizing efforts I see here should NOT be vulnerable to censorship. These efforts should be allowed to be disseminated freely to whoever wants access. Steemit is international and has posts about any topic you'd care to discuss. They have organized a #payitforward community to help folks who are in a bind. They're working on virtual radio stations. There are photography contests and cooking series. They have a chat function sistered to the site. Hell, they just worked out a way to handle NSFW porn posts to shield minors.

It's like TOP, FB, Reddit, Twitter, and YouTube all rolled together. Use it how you want - no limits. Oh, and it's only in Beta stage. This new approach is only being held back because of temporary expansion limitations. In other words, it's on the verge of rapid growth. I hope to get y'all interested enough to be on the cutting edge of the next evolution of the web with me.

My handle over there is aunt-deb. You'll learn more about me than you probably ever wanted to know. LOL!

The upshot is I'm asking you to trust me, take a leap of faith, and at least give it a thorough going over. Kick the tires, honk the horn, look under the hood, take it for a test drive. I think you'll be pleased with what you find, regardless of getting paid for posting or commenting. I'm getting my feet wet with this now, because when it comes to new tech stuff, I'm a slow learner. I'm just tickled to be at the start of this instead of having to play catch up down the road like I did with Twitter!



Poke the Oligarchs in the Eye!

[x-posting to Jackpine Radicals after here]