1/7/22 Bill Ottman on Alternative Social Networks and the Future of the Internet

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Scott Horton

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4.8 • 902 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2022

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Scott is joined by Bill Ottman, the co-founder and CEO of Minds — a blockchain-based social network. After Twitter banned Dr. Robert Malone for spreading alleged medical misinformation, many have been voicing frustration with the major social networks. And although some alternatives have been gaining in popularity, nothing has taken off as the new place as of yet. Ottman and Scott discuss the landscape of alternative social networks, the features these networks are offering and what we can expect as the internet continues to evolve. Discussed on the show: Dr. Robert Malone on the Joe Rogan Experience Bill Ottman is an Internet entrepreneur and freedom of information activist based in Connecticut. He is also the CEO and co-founder of Minds. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: The War State and Why The Vietnam War?, by Mike Swanson; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; EasyShip; Free Range Feeder; Thc Hemp Spot; Green Mill Supercritical; Bug-A-Salt and Listen and Think Audio. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjYu5tZiG. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:43.5	All right you guys, introducing Bill Ottman,
0:49.6	he is the founder and the CEO of Minds.com.
0:54.3	Welcome to the show, Bill, how are you doing?
0:56.0	Hey, hey, great, thanks for having me.
0:57.8	Well, happy to have you here.
0:59.8	So listen, it's come up a lot of times recently but especially lately it was
1:05.6	old Dr Malone is it that got kicked off of Twitter right before he appeared on the
1:12.3	Joe Rogan show and whether that was a
1:15.3	coincidence or not I don't really know what's going on with that but anyway another
1:21.2	seemingly you know professional credentialed qualified person who didn't say the
1:27.2	end word or threaten anyone or anything but had an unpopular opinion and got
1:32.4	thrown right off of Twitter, which is obviously an extremely important tool
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