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CONTACT:    Doug Bell                                                                                                                                                                   05/19/2021

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KIWIMATES.COM LAUCHES AN EXCLUSIVE SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE FOR NEW ZEALAND

 

Offers Facebook-style community free from big tech oppression

 

Auckland, New Zealand. – KiwiMates.com, today announced its new Social Network for Kiwis in response to heavy-handed free speech crackdowns by services such as Facebook and Twitter. Positioned as a safe harbor for Online Liberty where members can speak, think and act as they see fit, free from fear of cancellation and censorship by tech overlords. The service offers a unique Trial-by-Web feature as their way to handle interpersonal disputes and controversial content, as well as a way members can monetize their own postings through a member-to-member tipping system.

 

Unlike most services, where everyone is welcome to join, KiwiMates is an Invite-Only service. The only way to sign up to the service is by an invitation from a current member of the site. This approach effectively eliminates fake accounts, bots, and spammers that plaque the big online networks. Moreover, by tying some responsibility between the new member and his sponsor, through their Trail-by-Web service, it becomes an effective filter of the more fringe elements of society.

 

"Trial-by-Web is our brilliant plan to keep things somewhat civil, " indicates Doug Bell, one of the founders of KiwiMates. "It removes us from the role of moralistic Social Networking Inquisitor. When things get heated, everyone has skin-in-the-game to tamp it down: You, your friend who let you in here, and the person on the other side of the screen."

 

"If someone gets offended," Doug continues, "they can put the offender up for a vote, but they also risk getting put up themselves. For being a baby."

 

The KiwiMates membership itself controls the scales of social justice, not a Praetorian Guard of moral authority deciding from their high tower with woke impunity.  Members vote on fate of the offender, the offended, and the even the offender's sponsor with judgment being Online Jail, Banishment, or a Hall Pass.

 

The system is also experimenting with options to allow members to actually earn cash and acclamation by allowing them to reward others by tipping them in Credits for posting exceptional content. "Knowing your post might actually earn you fame and fortune," indicates Nate Hammond, co-founder and CTO of KiwiMates, "gives you incentive to thoughtfully craft a post, and helps us curate really great content for our news feed".

 

Besides limiting membership by invitation, KiwiMates is also protecting its initial membership by restricting enrollment to the first 100,000 new signups. "We want a tight-knit family of Kiwis who respect and care for each other, with the occasional squabble.", affirms Doug Bell. "Not an uncontrolled mob busting through our online doors."

 

About KiwiMates.com

KiwiMates.com is a social networking community for Kiwis in New Zealand. It is a safe harbor for Online Liberty - where you can speak, think and act as you see fit, free from fear of cancellation and censorship by the tech overlords. For further information visit www.kiwimates.com

 

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