As someone who’s always exploring new platforms, I decided to check out WhiteWind while diving into @protocol. It’s also part of my attempt to find a viable replacement for Facebook—because let’s face it, Meta doesn’t exactly wear the “good guys” hat.
I’m still figuring out how everything works here, but I’ll stick with it… at least until my ADHD brain forgets this platform even exists.
The toughest challenge in taking down platforms like Meta or X is convincing people to make the switch. Change is hard, and most of us resist it. But change is necessary if we want to break free from platforms that prioritize profit over people.
Take Elon Musk, for example. Through X (formerly Twitter) and his vast wealth, he’s positioning himself as someone who can dictate terms to governments worldwide. He’s even threatened to interfere in political campaigns wherever he sees fit. That kind of unchecked power has to be stopped, and one way to do that is for people to leave X altogether.
Mark Zuckerberg isn’t far behind. Emboldened by Musk’s antics, he’s following a similar path. By bowing to figures like Donald Trump, he’s creating a space where misinformation and disinformation can thrive across Facebook, Instagram, and other Meta platforms—all under the guise of “protecting free speech.”
Free speech is important, but it should come with accountability. Posts should be tagged properly—like labeling opinions (as I’m doing here) or adding guardrails when content is presented as fact but clearly isn’t.
A common defense people use is claiming they’ve “done their own research.” But research is only as good as its sources. Our conclusions are often riddled with bias, assumptions, and flawed reasoning. Worse, we might rely on sources that deliberately mislead us, building a foundation that obscures the actual truth.
If we want a better digital space, we need to move beyond platforms that feed us what we want to hear and start questioning the structures that keep us trapped.
