Featuring at Tech Access is about the next big thing in Social Networking contributed by Mandy Ulis, one of our guest authors. Read on to know more.
The mobile
phone is far more powerful than the average person gives it credit for. Over 60
million messages and photos are sent every day through Snapchat alone. The
images are there for viewing and then disappear. What’s unique is that the
startup has already proven impressive, despite two facts – it is just 10% of
the volume of Facebook and it makes no money.
Scattermouth.com
is a unique social network that is combining the beloved features of Facebook,
Twitter, and Snapchat. So many of the Snapchat users have forgotten what it’s
like to be a part of social media. There is not a whole lot of interaction
because the images and messages disappear. Snapchat, in fact, is seen as the
antidote for social media because it eliminates the sharing and commenting, which
essentially eliminates its social aspect.
We need
social media. In a world where so many people hide behind their devices, the
social interaction is needed for us to remain human and in touch with the
world. Scattermouth has the potential to bring the masses back to a social
network, and this alone is a big (and lofty) step.
Scattermouth.com
is the brainchild of Shane Cornier, based in Houston, Texas. It is the
culmination of several earlier projects, including BitsyBlog, a platform that
had similarities to Tumblr, though Shane had a different view for the social
media experience.
Shane
decided that the world was ready for Scattermouth when he noticed how both
Facebook and Twitter have begun changing their platforms from what used to
cater to its users to what now pleases the shareholders. So many users are
unhappy with the changes taking place at Facebook and Twitter . Shane comments,
“Twitter’s unpopularity is very apparent these days, it's not because of the
their platforms functionality but because of the police state they've
incorporated. Many users are suspended for mere words when it's not Twitter’s
business anyways." The same can be said about Facebook, where users find
themselves in Facebook jail because of posting photos or comments that may be
offensive to a single individual.
Scattermouth
focuses on free speech and expression, which is the way many platforms started
out. Shane isn’t the average Silicon Valley-type, either. He’s more of a Texas
cowboy who happens to shred at coding and design. The San Francisco types may
not welcome such a true libertarian minded developer. Despite the possible
pushback from the establishment in Silicon Valley, Scattermouth has caught the
eye of several venture capital firms, which includes Lightspeed Venture
Partners.
In addition
to Shane Cormier, Stephen Araiza is the Vice President of Operations. It’s a
solid team that shows considerable promise. Scattermouth is the ray of sunshine
that so many social media users have been searching for since Facebook and Twitter
have turned out to be something they once hated, political and judgmental. They
changed due to peer pressure – and those peers would be the shareholders that
have their own ideologies and not for the benefit of the users. It is all about
the bottom line now, and it’s causing issue with users.
Scattermouth.com
is providing a little bit of the best of all the social networks. For example,
users who are searching for the ultimate form of privacy will have the
opportunity to set messages to self-destruct, which has them removed from the
bowels of the internet. This feature is sure to appeal to those addicted to
SnapChat simply because there is no permanent record being created.
Social
networks are censoring what people say and do now because of shareholder
intervention, which is ultimately preventing everyone from having the freedom
of speech and level of social interactions they desire. Scattermouth may be
arriving on the scene just in time to give everyone a lifeboat to jump into.
To know more, visit http://scattermouth.com
To know more, visit http://scattermouth.com