A new Social Media Website

[Ninurta]

In the aftermath of the 2020 elections, and the rampant censorship enacted by the likes of Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, a number of alternate social media sites sprang up like mushrooms after a rain, and most of them went the way of the dinosaurs for one reason or another.

I got a membership at a number of them - the one Dan Bongino was affiliated with is a notable exception, since I couldn't get a membership there as they discriminated against people without cell phones, and now I can't even recall the name of it - and I watched several of them die on the vine.

Gab is still around, and I still have an account there, but rarely go to it mostly because of it's Christian slant. Now I've got nothing against Christians per se, and Gab is doing good work on the periphery of that, but I just don't want any particular Christian viewpoint shoved in my face 24/7. There are too many different sorts of Christian theology, and Gab's is not mine, so I have to wade through reams of alien (to me) doctrine there to get to the actual news, so I rarely ever go.

Imagine my surprise when I ran into a social media site much more to my liking - https://yubnub.social ,

I chatted with one of the site founders for a while, and while I will not divulge anything from those conversations, I have no problem giving a critique based upon the public-facing parts of the site. He has a membership here, and so if there is anything he wants to add, he is well able to do so.

It's like Facebook, but a damned sight better. The layout is easily navigable. It has sections that Facebook never thought of - or at least that I could never find there - like an entire "News" section. It's not censored like FB is. Not a damndable "fact checker" who can't tell fact from a fart anywhere in sight. Some of the memes might be a bit much for sensitive eyes, but if you're THAT sensitive, you probably ought to go take a damned nap anyhow. Truth is truth, even when presented tongue firmly planted in cheek. If you can't hack that, head back to lala land.

Right now, there is a banner announcing that anyone who signs up before 15 August is eligible for a free, lifetime, VIP "Pro" membership. The banner says it could take up to 7 days to activate it, but mine was activated within 3 minutes of my first login.

As a startup, what the site needs right now is numbers. I don't know why anyone WOULDN'T sign up there, given the rampant censorship taking over the communications channels of the internet... and, since the battle lines have been more starkly drawn in the battle for Free Speech since late last year, there are literally MILLIONS of Americans (and other nationalities for that matter) who should have an interest in it. The problem is not in the potential membership, it's in getting the information out there TO that potential membership.

YubNub is not a competitor with RN3. It's an entirely different niche of the information market, along the lines of Social Media, where we are a discussion forum. No real comparison, but an alternate means of communication, More focused on real-time, less on archival threads as we have here.

So, check it out. have your friends and family check it out. It's an alternate means of keeping communication channels open, and could be a potential watering hole to regroup in should everything go to hell in a handbasket! You've nothing to lose, and a lot to potentially gain.

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[guohua]

Sounds interesting.
I hope they advertise OUR Site as well.

[Ninurta]

Sounds interesting.
I hope they advertise OUR Site as well.

That's a grand idea - just think of all the potential hits we might get from like-minded folks when the site takes off! Free speech sites are falling left and right, perhaps because they are fighting their fights alone. Networking ain't a bad idea - they say there is strength in numbers. It's easier for a wolf pack to pick off a bull if they can get him separated from the herd. Perhaps RN3 needs a site-account there like we have at Facebook. We would likely get more interested traffic from them than we do from the left-leaning FB crowd, just by posting RN3 articles. We have a lot of good information here for folks to dig through, we just need more exposure than we can get from FB.

For example, I posted a link to this article on FB, which gives exposure to both YubNub AND RN3.


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[BIAD]

Sounds intriguing, I'll take a look.

[Bally002]

Signed up.  Friend request sent.

Kind regards,

Bally:)

[F2d5thCav]

@"Ninurta" 

What is your user name over there?

ETA: Found you.

Cheers

[VioletDove]

I like it over there so far. I’ve found it to be better than Gab, which is an ok place but there are certain things I don’t like.

[guohua]

Sounds interesting.
I hope they advertise OUR Site as well.

That's a grand idea - just think of all the potential hits we might get from like-minded folks when the site takes off! Free speech sites are falling left and right, perhaps because they are fighting their fights alone. Networking ain't a bad idea - they say there is strength in numbers. It's easier for a wolf pack to pick off a bull if they can get him separated from the herd. Perhaps RN3 needs a site-account there like we have at Facebook. We would likely get more interested traffic from them than we do from the left-leaning FB crowd, just by posting RN3 articles. We have a lot of good information here for folks to dig through, we just need more exposure than we can get from FB.

For example, I posted a link to this article on FB, which gives exposure to both YubNub AND RN3..

Yes, that would be Great, maybe you can contact the person you talked to there when you signed up and see if their interested in that idea.
No one chatted with me when I browsed their sight.

Okay   Great I read your PM.

[Mystic Wanderer]

I'll check it out when I have time, which probably won't be for the next three days while Mike Lindell is on air. 
I'm very happy with just being here and on The Fox Hole. Don't know how much time I could spend on yet another platform.

Thanks for letting us know.

[Ninurta]

@"BIAD" - Rogue Nation is about to have an official presence over at YubNub, a Rogue-Nation3 account to post links to threads here and whatnot. being the Graphics Wizard you are, we're going to need some catchy graphics there, a banner and avatar for the site's account, when you get the chance to work them out. dimensions are as follows:

 Ideal page cover is 920x300... avatar 512x512 

So there is something to keep BIAD occupied, whenever he gets done chasing butterflies, or gets back from visiting Big Babs, or whatever arcane thing it is that he is up to at any given moment...

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[BIAD]

@"BIAD" - Rogue Nation is about to have an official presence over at YubNub, a Rogue-Nation3 account to post links to threads here and whatnot. being the Graphics Wizard you are, we're going to need some catchy graphics there, a banner and avatar for the site's account, when you get the chance to work them out. dimensions are as follows:

 Ideal page cover is 920x300... avatar 512x512 

So there is something to keep BIAD occupied, whenever he gets done chasing butterflies, or gets back from visiting Big Babs, or whatever arcane thing it is that he is up to at any given moment...

Okey-dokey. (centimeters, I presume?)

[YubNubSocial]

 Ideal page cover is 920x300... avatar 512x512 

Okey-dokey. (centimeters, I presume?)

That would be in pixels.

[Ninurta]

@"BIAD" - Rogue Nation is about to have an official presence over at YubNub, a Rogue-Nation3 account to post links to threads here and whatnot. being the Graphics Wizard you are, we're going to need some catchy graphics there, a banner and avatar for the site's account, when you get the chance to work them out. dimensions are as follows:

 Ideal page cover is 920x300... avatar 512x512 

So there is something to keep BIAD occupied, whenever he gets done chasing butterflies, or gets back from visiting Big Babs, or whatever arcane thing it is that he is up to at any given moment...

Okey-dokey. (centimeters, I presume?)

Not being a Photoshop person, I consulted with my local Photoshop lass (Grace) and she said you need to know a linear measurement to set the image DPI. So the size is in pixels, but a DPI of anything from 10 to 72 should work, as the sites usually present them by pixel size to adjust for individual screens anyhow. So at 10 DPCm, it would work out to 92 CM x 30 CM. If your DPI resolution is finer, the CM measurements will shrink downward. At 72 DPCM, it would be 12.77 cm x 4.17 cm.

If I'm not making sense, feel free to ignore me and proceed your own way. it should be clear now that I am out of my depth here!

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[YubNubSocial]

Greetings to all!

I am thrilled to see such a positive review of our site on here, and extend my heart felt thanks.

To some questions about promoting RN3 on YubNub, the answer to that is a firm YES!  My understanding is that in the near future there will be a "Rouge Nation Official" page on our site, and we are very happy to see that.  We are also working on methods to display recommended sites to our members, and that should be ready not too far down the line.  For now, I will have our ad team account create advertisement on our site that will run free of charge to RN3, and I will also include a mention with link in our rotating announcements that appear at the top of the news feed.

We are hoping to team up with sites such as yours and create a cooperative network of resources for people who still believe that the internet should be a place for "the free exchange of information and ideas", as it was intended to be. A "Counter-Cancel Revolution", if you will.

It's time that people make a stand for their freedoms, stand up against big-tech, the lamestream news, and the powers that be that would crush our individual rights and liberties.  Above ALL, to stand against the socialist principles that are trying to be pushed on our Republic.  As being first generation born in this country to a mother who was born in one of Stalin's forced labor camps, I can not sit back and just watch while what I know is happening, happens.

i decided to create YubNub Social when after 10 years on fakebook without a warning about ANYTHING, 2020 came, the elections came, and all of a sudden I was getting vacations and cyber-jail sentences... back to back... for speaking TRUTH!  I was forced to "sit-out" the ENTIRE 2020 election campaigns, along with many other people who I know well.  I literally was only "active" on fakebook for 4 months out of the 12 of 2020.

Something had to be done, and YubNub is ONE of the ways I am fighting back... the other ways... nothing illegal, but not today.

Well... it's a novel, but I think you all should know a few things about our little "project":

There are NO investors, and we won't entertain any.  When push comes to shove, and the opposition comes against you, investors will want you to bend to the whims or they'll want to cash out, leaving you high and dry.  It's happened to others already.

We're not gonna vanish next month!  We have paid for everything that is required to run the site, and the services on the site, for 2 years in advance.  This should be plenty of time to get us through the "growing pains", as well as the attacks from the lefties that we KNOW we will encounter.

We have chosen our service providers WISELY, research on the history of all of them on matters such as free speech and expression, and we have backup systems in place should we need to switch something with little or no notice, which is NOT likely to happen.

Advertising.  Yes... we have advertising.  We advertise with affiliate partners, and we only use ad networks that DO NOT track individuals data for targeted advertising.  Why advertising? Better than selling user data, taking on investors, or running hokey "buy into the company" scams, isn't it???  Trust me, many that say they don't... DO.... not us!

To be honest, the costs of running a social network are ASTRONOMICAL in comparison to other types of sites just for cloud storage capacity alone.  A 2TB, (or even 200TB) server, even with a commercial (not business, commercial) connection, sitting on the desk isn't gonna do it!  We need some method of recouping this phenomenal cost that could put somebody through an ivy League College.  Lack of sufficient storage capacity and computing power to support more than a few hundred members posting videos, streaming, and all that, is EXACTLY what has taken down many of the alternative sites that came before us.  Employing advertising, and other revenue generating methods,  is just an economic reality and necessity.

We are constantly building... developing... and have A LOT of features in store that you have not, and will not, see on the others... EVEN fakebook!

Anyway... I think that should cover most of the basic stuff that people would want to know, but we're always available to answer your questions, and help in any way.

Hope to see there!

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[ABNARTY]

Greetings to all!

I am thrilled to see such a positive review of our site on here, and extend my heart felt thanks.

To some questions about promoting RN3 on YubNub, the answer to that is a firm YES!  My understanding is that in the near future there will be a "Rouge Nation Official" page on our site, and we are very happy to see that.  We are also working on methods to display recommended sites to our members, and that should be ready not too far down the line.  For now, I will have our ad team account create advertisement on our site that will run free of charge to RN3, and I will also include a mention with link in our rotating announcements that appear at the top of the news feed.

We are hoping to team up with sites such as yours and create a cooperative network of resources for people who still believe that the internet should be a place for "the free exchange of information and ideas", as it was intended to be. A "Counter-Cancel Revolution", if you will.

It's time that people make a stand for their freedoms, stand up against big-tech, the lamestream news, and the powers that be that would crush our individual rights and liberties.  Above ALL, to stand against the socialist principles that are trying to be pushed on our Republic.  As being first generation born in this country to a mother who was born in one of Stalin's forced labor camps, I can not sit back and just watch while what I know is happening, happens.

i decided to create YubNub Social when after 10 years on fakebook without a warning about ANYTHING, 2020 came, the elections came, and all of a sudden I was getting vacations and cyber-jail sentences... back to back... for speaking TRUTH!  I was forced to "sit-out" the ENTIRE 2020 election campaigns, along with many other people who I know well.  I literally was only "active" on fakebook for 4 months out of the 12 of 2020.

Something had to be done, and YubNub is ONE of the ways I am fighting back... the other ways... nothing illegal, but not today.

Well... it's a novel, but I think you all should know a few things about our little "project":

There are NO investors, and we won't entertain any.  When push comes to shove, and the opposition comes against you, investors will want you to bend to the whims or they'll want to cash out, leaving you high and dry.  It's happened to others already.

We're not gonna vanish next month!  We have paid for everything that is required to run the site, and the services on the site, for 2 years in advance.  This should be plenty of time to get us through the "growing pains", as well as the attacks from the lefties that we KNOW we will encounter.

We have chosen our service providers WISELY, research on the history of all of them on matters such as free speech and expression, and we have backup systems in place should we need to switch something with little or no notice, which is NOT likely to happen.

Advertising.  Yes... we have advertising.  We advertise with affiliate partners, and we only use ad networks that DO NOT track individuals data for targeted advertising.  Why advertising? Better than selling user data, taking on investors, or running hokey "buy into the company" scams, isn't it???  Trust me, many that say they don't... DO.... not us!

To be honest, the costs of running a social network are ASTRONOMICAL in comparison to other types of sites just for cloud storage capacity alone.  A 2TB, (or even 200TB) server, even with a commercial (not business, commercial) connection, sitting on the desk isn't gonna do it!  We need some method of recouping this phenomenal cost that could put somebody through an ivy League College.  Lack of sufficient storage capacity and computing power to support more than a few hundred members posting videos, streaming, and all that, is EXACTLY what has taken down many of the alternative sites that came before us.  Employing advertising, and other revenue generating methods,  is just an economic reality and necessity.

We are constantly building... developing... and have A LOT of features in store that you have not, and will not, see on the others... EVEN fakebook!

Anyway... I think that should cover most of the basic stuff that people would want to know, but we're always available to answer your questions, and help in any way.

Hope to see there!

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I just signed up over there. It looks really good. Thanks for doing what you do. 

Ever since I came over to RN from another site, I have really had a much better experience. Yubnub looks to be the answer for the same lousy time I am having on FB.

[Ninurta]

The Rogue Nation Official page has been created, and is ready to get dressed up and taken out on the town. You can see it here: https://yubnub.social/RogueNation3 

At the moment, I'm running two different browsers so that I can keep up with both my account and the Rogue Nation Official account, but you KNOW that's gonna change eventually!


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[guohua]

The Rogue Nation Official page has been created, and is ready to get dressed up and taken out on the town. You can see it here: https://yubnub.social/RogueNation3 

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Very Nice, Great Work @"Ninurta"  

[Mystic Wanderer]

The Rogue Nation Official page has been created, and is ready to get dressed up and taken out on the town. You can see it here: https://yubnub.social/RogueNation3 

At the moment, I'm running two different browsers so that I can keep up with both my account and the Rogue Nation Official account, but you KNOW that's gonna change eventually!


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Looks great @"Ninurta".   


I'm exhausted right now. I'll go over and make an account soon.

[Ninurta]

The Rogue Nation Official page has been created, and is ready to get dressed up and taken out on the town. You can see it here: https://yubnub.social/RogueNation3 

At the moment, I'm running two different browsers so that I can keep up with both my account and the Rogue Nation Official account, but you KNOW that's gonna change eventually!


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Looks great @"Ninurta".   


I'm exhausted right now. I'll go over and make an account soon.

I posted your covid take two thread there, because it has a lot of good information in it. if that ain't OK, I can always try to un-post it.

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[BIAD]

All worked fine yesterday, but now when I went to log-in...

Oops, looks like your account is not activated yet.
Please choose a method below to activate your account.

 Failed to send the confirmation code, please select one of the activation methods.

Email: ...................................................................
(Send Confirmation Button)

This e-mail is already in use
Via E-mail

There are no other 'activation methods' and my email address hasn't changed.
Oh well.