Minds is an awful alternative. I was there early on for nearly 2 years. It's as centralized as it gets, censorship is centralized through a small jury pool and that is the buy price you show, not the sell price. Back when Minds charged(not market driven, but set by Minds) $1.75 the sell price was 30 cents. After gas fees you make dust...Bill Ottman is a fake. I had that tag going strong and they removed it. So, not only do they ban accounts consistently, but remove tags as well.
Imo all erc20 tokens are junk.
I never said centralization isn't happening here, but minds is worse, it's their business model. Why ditch one for a worse shithole?
I'm not sure why it matters, but both before and after the jury pool was created the tag was taken down. I just kept using it and eventually it no longer showed up in search nor did the tag link itself go anywhere. And shadow banning has always been a thing there. I called it all out since day one and am proud to be the first user blocked by Ottman.
Bill Ottman has made tonnes of promises since day one that never happened or turned out to be plain lies, because the reciprocal happened. So imo, not only is Minds not a better alternative, it's not worth bothering with.
Hive has potential, Minds does not.
I've long deleted those accounts. But it doesn't matter, like you said, I just added my two cents. I've been on hive since 2016 and minds from 2017- 2019, so have just as much experience as you on both.
Since you don't hold ppl to their word, then integrity must not be important. That's on you and good luck on Minds.