FriendZone might be a bit more popular than Minds. We know about 1 link to it since March 2021 and only 1 link to Minds. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
There are other projects like minds.com which is also starting to catch some attention. My biggest concern is that the big tech companies catch these trends and start to more actively censor their search results or in other way hinder their growth such as lobbying for stricter regulation to take out any competition. Tech such as recommendation systems run by cost and competence intensive machine-learning is also... Source: almost 3 years ago
We're actually making an app for this, it's currently only on Android as a beta but we're developing the new version also on iOs :) we called it FriendZone to make it clear from the very name that its purpose it's not dating. It's clearly something needed, we use it ourselves (2 founders, one for product/biz and one techie) as we're expats as well! Would love to get your feedback! You can see it at:... Source: about 2 years ago
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