If you`ve been listening to conservative talk radio as of late, you`ll know there`s a movement growing around the fight against big tech. During shows like Seb Gorka, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin and Charlie Kirk, you`ll hear commercials decrying the censorship of conservatives and callers asking about what they can do to fight back. Naturally, with the shuttering of Parler, many of these callers are asking about conservative-friendly alternatives to Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. However, what is more interesting is that these callers are also asking about alternative mobile devices, alternative operating systems, and even alternative webs. Sadly, the responses given by our beloved radio hosts rarely offer much in the way of specifics. Sure, they`ll mention buzzwords like blockchain, handshake, IPFS, peer-to-peer and decentralization, echoing the caller`s sentiment that we do indeed need conservative alternatives, but the hosts usually don`t have a lot when it comes to real world examples they can point to.
As disappointing as this type of response is — especially for those of us begging for alternatives to Facebook, Twitter, Apple, Google and Microsoft — we have only ourselves to blame. For far too long, we have ceded development of major software platforms, including social media networks, applications, and operating systems, to the left. We have stood by as the left has used these platforms to build great influence in politics, news, and culture, influence they have used with great success in the battle for America`s hearts and minds. After all, what did the left do when we tried to use platforms like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube during the most recent election cycle? They buried stories that would hurt their candidates, they suspended our accounts or cancelled them altogether, and they completely dismantled our beloved social media platform, Parler. But what did we expect them to do? We gave them the power to be the arbiters of truth, to separate fact from fiction, and with it they crafted a narrative in which they successfully labeled us domestic terrorists and white supremacists.
But the time for blame has passed, and we must now embark on a mission to bring the technologies the left has had for years, to our side of the aisle. We must look at the technological problems facing conservatives through a new lens. We must engage in a complete rethinking of the concepts behind social networks, payment processors and mobile operating systems. We must set out on a quest to rebuild the very web itself, from the ground up. As we begin this monumental undertaking, it`s important that we ask the right questions about any new platform or service that expects us to invest our time and money into helping it grow.
First, we must ask if the software behind the platform or service is open source. Open source, in this case, means that we can view the code that makes a given piece of software function. Being open source is important because it allows us to analyze the code and verify that the application, protocol, platform, or operating system functions as its creators claim. No hidden backdoors, no hidden tracking or invasion of privacy, and most importantly, no way to hide a centralized form of control or ability to censor users. The software should be designed so that any user, regardless of race, creed, gender, religion, or political affiliation, is afforded the same access. There should be no barrier to entry, and there should be no mechanism in place that would allow the software to exert control over a user or their data.
Second, we need to ask if these new social networks and mobile applications are being built upon platforms and operating systems that will stand the test of time. As we`ve seen with Parler, if we continue to build our social networks and mobile applications on platforms controlled by the left, they will inevitably fail. This means that we if continue to build web applications on services controlled by the left, such as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure, we will continue to see our favorite applications turned off by the flick of a switch. This means that if we continue to build our applications on mobile operating systems controlled by the left, such as iOS and Android, we will continue to see our favorite applications removed from app stores and devices. This means that if we continue to purchase centralized domain names from leftist companies like GoDaddy, we will continue to see our favorite websites taken offline. To avoid these issues and others, we need to make sure that we are building our applications on platforms that provide a robust and solid foundation.
Third, we need to ask if these new platforms are decentralized. What this concept means, at its very core, is that the software is engineered in a way that no central authority can control the platform or service. As we`ve seen with social networks like Facebook and Twitter, when a platform is controlled by a group that favors a particular political party, that group can censor and silence users of the opposing party. This tactic was clearly demonstrated during our most recent election cycle, when leftists inside several large tech organizations used their influence to censor conservative voices, control news stories and manipulate search results. It would be hard to argue these types of tactics did not have a negative effect on conservative candidates. To prevent certain groups from exerting this type of control, platforms need to be designed so that they are decentralized. In broader terms, this means that users of a platform must be able to elect individuals who oversee management of the platform, while following a specific set of rules and procedures laid out by a constitution-type document. In this way, individual users are protected from censorship and discrimination, while the platform is protected from illegal content and activity by individuals elected by the community.
Finally, we need to ask who the individuals are building these new platforms and services. Unfortunately, we live in a country that is sharply divided by political party lines. If leftists’ groups start building platforms for conservatives, we need to carefully analyze these platforms and assess how they will change over time. How will their terms and policies evolve, and how will they enforce these terms and policies in the future? We`ve seen how leftist platforms like Facebook, Twitter and Google have changed their policies midstride to benefit leftist candidates. As important as it is for these new platforms to be open source, it`s perhaps even more important that the individuals and groups behind these platforms be open source about their identities, and their views towards creating systems that by design, eliminate bias and prevent discrimination against users.
With these factors in mind, we look to the more pressing issue of who is going to build these alternatives. What are these alternatives going to look like and how will they function? Will they be easy to use or geared towards more advanced users? Conservatives have a track record of promoting and using lackluster software, and that includes everything from social networks to foundational applications. This is an area where the left has beaten us for years. And when someone finally does create an alternative operating system for conservatives, and developers begin building applications for this operating system, will the user experience be on par with those of iOS and Android? If the answer to this question is no, then the effort is likely to fail before it even begins.
Our team has taken the tools the left has used against us for years and repurposed them for our own use. And there`s good reason for that. Tools like Android and the latest Android handsets have been tested and refined over the years and are some of the best the world has to offer. These handsets have secure chipsets that, when integrated with the authentication technologies we`re developing for the dWeb, will provide conservatives unparalleled security and privacy features. And when paired with the latest advancements in biometric authentication, these technologies will couple security and privacy with industry-leading ease of use, which is of paramount importance for any operating system looking to be a solution for the millions of non-tech conservatives who use the Internet.
When it comes to the web, again, we have trailed our counterparts on the left when it comes to creating foundational applications, and this includes the complex system of peer-to-peer protocols needed to create a decentralized web. What conservative group has created any meaningful piece of software that is still used by millions of users? Most of these applications and services have been taken offline, or are too difficult to use for the masses, or have some other critical shortcoming that has prevented their widespread adoption. We have to point out that these shortcomings aren`t for lack of trying, rather, they`re the result of applying half-baked solutions to big problems that, in truth, require more fundamental solutions. When it comes to creating a decentralized web that has staying power, one that will be around for years to come and serve as a foundation for applications and technologies that not only equal, but surpass those of Facebook, Twitter, iOS and Android, we must take the best of what`s available and make it our own.
For these reasons and others, we have designed the dWeb around open-source platforms that have stood the test of time, platforms that have been developed, refined, and tested by large, international communities of developers. We have built the dWeb around blockchain technologies that have been created by the best minds in the business. We have integrated advanced cryptography and authentication protocols that ensure the dWeb and dWeb applications provide users absolute privacy and security. Our soon to be released mobile operating system, PeerOS, integrates and expands upon these systems to give users full access to the world`s first true end-to-end decentralized ecosystem, all in the palm of their hand.
Understandably, we`re excited about how much progress we`ve made. And we`re even more excited about all the amazing ways that conservatives will use these platforms and technologies in the battle for America`s hearts and minds. We are patriots first and foremost, and we are committed to creating innovative software systems for conservatives. But we are also Americans who love our country tremendously. Our hope is that everyone, including the left, will see the benefit of using open source and decentralized platforms so that we can return to debating issues on a fair and level playing field — something we all agree is at the very heart of American democracy.
We are proud to be leading the charge, but we can`t do it alone. If you would like to join the I Am Freedom movement, please visit https://iamfreedom.us, where you can learn more about our fight against big tech. You can also use the site to make a onetime donation or to become a member of the I Am Freedom Club, where your monthly contribution is used to fund the development of many exciting peer-to-peer software systems. Finally, if you would like to learn more about the many brave men and women behind the dWeb and projects like dSocial, dPay, dRide and more, please visit https://peepsx.com.
Until next time,
Peeps
