I am a Lutheran Pastor in NC. I am truly concern about such issues as Free Speech , Freedom of Religion and the list is endless. It can be summarized in the word FREEDOM!!!

@Admin thank you so much for setting up this community! I'm glad I stumbled upon it. I had been worried that the IDW movement was drying up (just in time for me to open my eyes to it). Twitter is extremely deceptive. Nearly every IDW tag has something nasty to say.

Anyway! In terms of feedback, it would be great to have the option of collapsing and expanding comment threads. I am accessing this site through a mobile device, and when trying to read each reply, having the ability to collapse particularly long threads would be great.

Thank you for all of your hard work!

IMPORTANT AND URGENT - Today we saw a number of high-profile people de-platformed by facebook and instagram. It is clear that we cannot rely on the old social media outlets to be neutral any longer - they are stifling all speech they disagree with. We need an alternative - it should be right here
The IDW community site needs to add a profile feature, similar to fb and twitter, which would allow people to post to their timelines, and others to "follow" them, and comment. And people need to be searchable by their real name - the member browsing feature, where you enter username, is not helpful (for instance, is Jordan Peterson on this site? I can't find anyone with that name, and I get a bunch of useless results when I do that search.)
Incorporating this well-understood social media feature would start to grow the alternative forum we need to fb and twitter. Jordan Peterson, Dave Rubin, etc could all have their own pages that we could follow, and so could any of us. That would allow new voices to be heard as well, over time.
On the other hand, I don't find this reddit-style platform does the job. It is too random for me to find useful. We urgently need the feature outlined here.
(And, for heaven's sake, please get rid of the 'fans' designation already! A bunch of us have complained - we are NOT "fans", which is such a superficial and almost insulting designation! "Subscribers", as someone else suggested, is WAY better.)

My very first thought after joining here: Is it necessary that we are referred to as "fans"? I really don't feel like a fan only for liking what someone has to say. I sounds like we are but devote sheep who follow with the big brains, it divides into them and us.
Maybe I'm oversensitive, but for me there's a really negative connotation... Idk

The page seems rather convoluted and difficult to navigate thus far, but TBH I’ve only checked it out a couple time. I think you’d be better off following as much of the Facebook model as possible without violating copyright laws, and of course leave out all the assaults on free speech. When I’d read a comment I’d like to know exactly who made the comment before I even read another word. I also noticed that most everything I read on the newsfeed is just random comments and no articles, videos, podcasts seem to come across my feed.

Hello. I just joined and so far had not had time to really check out the page. Or pages!! but I hope to soon. I like the idea of a free and open social media site where people can discuss, debate, and generally boot around ideas in the hopes that every one can and will benefit from it. With out being blocked, censored of banned.
I have practically Stopped going to That place FB Because of the stupidity there. I learned a long time ago that most people there are not interested in discussion but just spouting their opinion. Most are not interested in facts. And now it is controlled but one party who have all the answers to all the problems in the world and if you disagree they cut you out. So shut up and get in line for they are the Ministry of Truth!!

Also, when there are site maintenance issues and updates, could a general message be posted up. Please, thank you.

Thank you for this new social media page where free speech is still free!! It is tiring to see every conserevative post on Twitter and FB being bombed by the "tolerant left". I don't have ea ton of time to be on but I'm glad that this is a growing community. I will post links to it on my FB account. I don't have enough Twitter followers to count. LOL!

Dont force me to give a zip code fake or otherwise. Same with birthdate. Period.

Define what you mean by "position" this site: This can be a topic unto itself for discussion.
May the site evolve? Set in stone? Layered?

Hi Admin, really not liking this new group post arrangement. I don’t know if I’m missing something but I can’t see a list of the latest posts on any/every topic? It was already confusing given the time and date differences between countries - now I find myself looking at posts from early April. There’s just doesn’t appear to be any order to how we see posts now.

Sorry to complain - you do a great job anyway.

I would like to see a direct link to the various speakers, preferably with their latest presentations or interviews.

Avast! Just a little #headsup.
We desperately need a "HEALTH & WELLNESS" option when posting content. NONE yet exists! Yikes

Tags seem limited to a singe word. #freespeech doesn't but #liberty links.

Happy to help with graphics! Let me know if I can contribute!

Will do.

I'd like to see Candace Owens and William Lane Craig added. Other than that, no suggestions.

Thank you for including me.

The format of the site is great. There aren't too many distractions and it's easy to navigate. My only critique right now is with the app on iOS. I had typed up a post and accidentally swiped while trying to select text. In swiping, it sent me to the previous page and deleted the contents of my entire post. Perhaps the swipe-to-go-back function can be switched out for a back button.

What about a search tool?

I knew about IDWbut did not know the app. Loving it so far, everyone seems to be civil. I would say mainly conservatives! I am not worried about the left a lot even though from time to time gets scarry.

Why are there no dates/times on posts?

We need more publicities, more people need to know this community so we can unite our voices and make some real political difference.

This is a good start. I want to see a conservative silicon valley build up over the years. Can you put videos in here? I think we need to get completely off YouTube.

I agree with the comment that 'fans' is not what we are. Please change the designation. Thx