One of the intake questions asks if You are a SJW, and I selected maybe because it depends on the definition used. I believe that a society must be allowed to flourish by means of social blending versus social divisiveness, and doing our best to be inclusive, to a point. A community/country is created by a group of like minded individuals with rules and regulations to provide order and to prevent major changes to the “norm” that the founders created. When points are presented that point out flaws in the system (slavery, voting rights, equality of opportunity) then obviously changes have to be made. But if another group who has their own philosophy and agenda comes forward trying to change the “norm”, with ideas that are not supported by the dictates of the original community, and are not in the best interest of the community as a whole, then in those situations I would consider myself a SJW in that I will endeavor to prevent undo and unjust changes to our society.

What are the ideals of the IDW movement?

Common sense has long been lost to the political correct SJW's. I have 2 children and frankly I am scared at the direction we are going. Our freedoms are being taken away and people don't even realize it.

I confirmed by email address and it says can’t confirm your account ??

I've just joined this very minute, so I think I'll take a few days to look around, and see/read what's going on, then perhaps leave some comments of my own. I'm looking forward to this new experience.

I just saw this today for the very first time, fantastic!
I am in a couple of conservative groups on Facebook and enjoy them very much, one of the subjects that comes up quite often is how everyone wishes that there was a good alternative to FB. I will be letting the people in those groups know about IDW. I have not checked out everything here yet but if you have it set up to where people can share links,media and pictures, I think that this will be a huge success. The problems with other social media sites were that the setup was cumbersome and difficult to navigate through, so inevitably people that would go to the other sites would only use it a couple days then revert to using FB. I enjoy listening to Jordan Peterson, Ben Shapiro, Dennis Prager as well as many of the others listed here. I am looking forward to using this site and hopefully we have all found a new social media home to replace FB.

FIrst and foremost, please de-clutter the page. I think there are many design patterns that I think could be incorporated to 'beautify' the page, but the first thing that jumped out to me was how busy my home page was when logging in. This was the first thing that jumped out at me.

Love the idea of the website though, and I am happy that something like this is being made! Looking forward to getting to know the community and site more!

I love the place... the idea... the people are absolutely great.

just one thing .. Let's allow GiF Meme. they are fun to make.
That's my suggestion

I just joined, and I’m fiddling around trying to figure things out - very reddit feel as others have described. So far, I like the initial group prompts, but I feel like some of the posts are a few days old, and I feel left behind. I’d like to see newer, or “trending” on the site topics come up first (maybe this will get sorted out as I grow accustomed to the site). I was reading down a thread pretty far and visited someone’s profile; when I hit the back button it took me to the beginning of the thread, so I needed to scroll down for awhile to find where I left off. It’d be nice if that were fixed, but it’s not that big of a deal though. It’d be cool if trending/important Rogan, Peterson, Shapiro et al videos were uploaded daily - like a one stop shop for all your Peterson/Shapiro needs
I’m thrilled this platform FINALLY exists! Heck yeah, capitalism!

As a new member, let me ask that things be simple, truthful, and timely.
Is there a feature to notify members of important and significant need to know information.?

We need an app for this .

Keep the conversation open. This will be awesome. Different opinions, open conversations. No snowflakes.

Is there an App?

I worry most of all, about anonymity. I am media and on-line averse. I live a simple life; and, am old (almost 60) but I have a high IQ which makes me feel so enraged these days....at almost everything I am also, a conservative, and a Classical Liberal...so, my circle of friends is ever smaller with each month. I am very educated, ergo, the only reason I attempt to check this group out, is to see if it holds any value for me - I am happy alone - I am fine with my books, life, woods, animals.

Let me get settled. I'm sure I'll have some insight soon.??

Like many others, I am still perusing the site to see what it holds for me. I have noticed most of the comments I am reading are written with some intellect behind them. What a refreshing thing to see. I hope to become an active participant in this experiment.

Having listened, watched, and read hours of Jordan Peterson I can say that, if you think he is a dangerous alt-right zealot, you may need to reexamine your beliefs.

Share ways we can all get involved
Inform of bills they are trying to pass quietly that take away our rights and/or are immoral or against the Constitution, with the WH contact info and ways to fight it. Time to take back America!

Hiring moderaters and staff? To lock topics, use banhammer on violators of rules, etc.

I used to be a moderator for a Yu-Gi-Oh forums called "Dueling Network". Other similar forums have admin roles by sections on a fourm(s) with general admin capabilities.

I really want to get off Facebook. I hope this site can be free of sponsorship and shadow banning.

I just signed up a few minutes ago. I opened the email link to verify my account, but the idw page is telling me that it couldn't verify, and to try again.

Do you have an app yet?

I am open minded and believe in individual liberty.

Thanks for creating such a great platform for ideas to be addressed and discussed.

There should be a message and it should read like this.

Welcome to The IDW Community. We humbly ask that you do not engage in trolling or shitposting. We do not threaten to censor you or ban you if you do decide to engage in these activities. We are simply asking that you do not. If (like us) you agree that there is little precious time to fine a solution to the empanding changes that threaten our civilisation (and make no mistake that is what we believe and what we are trying to do) then we are sure you agree the 100% of our energy must be dedicated to this task, this discipline.

Thank you in advance for adding to the discussion in good faith.

I am sure you guys could compose this with more eloquence.