Minds Founder Bill Ottman on "Sneaky" TikTok Ban

But the thing is you can't know with these proprietary apps because they're just not sharing anything . I think one of the problems that people have with uh whether any kind of decentralized um app like yours or any other de decentralized uh social media network is that people immediately go , oh , what , what do I have to do to do this ? Like Mastodon when people start using Mastodon and you get on it and you're like , what is this ?

Minds Founder Bill Ottman on "Sneaky" TikTok Ban

So if you live in California , what's the repercussions ? So it is , it's targeted at social media companies . So basically mandating that social media companies have the submit these policies .

Minds Founder Bill Ottman on "Sneaky" TikTok Ban

We're a hybrid . So we run a centralized infrastructure but we interface through delegation , delegated cryptographic events signing . We , we that's happening in the background but like our app feels like a normal social media .

Minds Founder Bill Ottman on "Sneaky" TikTok Ban

So , and that's why we like it because it keeps us in check because our users could , can now basically , if we fuck around , they'll bounce and they can take their stuff . And that's , you know , because the , the social graph specifically is the key because you spend a decade bill , you know , getting all these followers . It's your life .

Minds Founder Bill Ottman on "Sneaky" TikTok Ban

Tulsi Gabbard posted a big thing about it . There's a lot of people that are up in arms , but my concern is if it wasn't for social media , that act , which was kind of ironic , right ? If it wasn't for social media and people sharing this and becoming outraged and people discussing this , it would have slipped right through .