Social networking marketplace is getting crowded. Founded by Carlson Yamamoto, aspiring entrepreneur, privacy advocate, cyber and white collar crime consultant launched OnlyMeWorld a social networking & media site in April 2011. It calls itself the Facebook & Google+ alternative and it guarantees user’s privacy rights, anonymity, and provides protection from cyber crimes.
According to OnlyMeWorld there is a growing concern over the handling of users’ information, security, privacy, data mining, web tracking, and facial recognition software used by Facebook and other social networking sites. Most critics and so-called private alternative social networking sites today complain that Facebook and others collect users’ information and sell it to advertisers, making billions of dollars. Although these things should be reason enough for concern, the sale of people’s information to advertisers and companies is not new and has been going on long before Facebook arrived. “Nothing Is For Nothing.”
OnlyMeWorld says that the real issues people should be concerned about are: how much information Facebook and other social networking sites are collecting about them “Knowingly” versus. “Unknowingly,” how this information is being used by “Cyber Criminals” versus. “Law Enforcement,” and how all this information someday will be or could be used in a “Positive” versus. “Negative” way.
Regardless of what sites today promise regarding security, any site can be hacked. (Some examples would be: governments, banks, and law enforcement agencies who all have “so called” state of art security systems) Social networking sites such as Google+ and Facebook are open-door gold mines for cyber criminals. The obvious solution to address these problems involving privacy, anonymity and cyber crime is simple; no real names, no emails.
Should you be worried about all the information Facebook and other social networking sites are collecting? If used in a positive way, perhaps it could occasionally help law enforcement agencies throughout the world combat crime, or help end poverty and disease, or even promote socioeconomic equality. If used in a negative way, there will only be the haves and have-nots, the rich and the poor, all automatically profiled according to individual demographics.
“Some people complain that they wont be able to find friends, family and associates. I always apologize and explain, if you want to find a classmate there’s classmates.com, if you want to find friends and family there are sites that’ll help you find them, but if you want to social network again with some privacy, anonymity, confidently and effectively, there’s onlymeworld.com.” said Carlson Yamamoto, President of OnlyMeWorld.com.
OnlyMeWorld offers a social networking platform similar in function to Facebook, Google+, Linkedin, and Twitter, yet differs in its approach to Privacy Rights, Anonymity, and Protection from Cyber Crime. At OnlyMeWorld, people are able to participate with absolute privacy and anonymity. OnlyMeWorld requires no real names or email addresses. It uses no web tracking, no facial recognition software, and no data mining.
Features include: Upload YouTube & Personal Videos, Links (Buttons) Directly To Email & Websites, Business & Professional Profiles (Alternative Business E-Card). Compare today a Facebook Business Profile, to http://onlymeworld.com/admin, and you will see the difference.
No Facial Recognition Software, Data Mining or Tracking.
Business Listings, Groups, Blogs, Classifieds, Events and Much More!
InnerXPressions is yet another social networking website that will be launched shortly. The site claims that it’s members can look forward to an income generating referral system that can be used to generate revenue while networking with like minded individuals.
InnerXPressions is an evolution in social networking aimed towards facilitating users with the ability to earn cash for their time spent sharing content and referring friends to join the site while simultaneously providing members with entertainment, communication, and privacy features to keep the network safe and fun for all. Currently in their pre-launch phase InnerXPressions.Com is accepting preliminary sign-ups on their homepage for folks that want to be the first ones in when they go live.
You can find them at http://innerxpressions.com
Taking into account the crowded niche that is social networking, both these sites definitely have their work cut out for them
