Bitchute has been around for a few years and sees itself as an alternative to YouTube. If you spend any time on Bitchute you will come to appreciate YouTube's deep pockets, their stable platform, their reliable search engine, their absence of buffer time, and mostly, their built-in audience. Video producers have own set of criticisms.
The above link lands on X-22's channel. Dave (I do not know his last name) reliably produced 13 videos a week and built a Youtube following of 1.2 million subscribers. His view counts and his subscribers started to dwindle, he got suspended from uploading and he was part of the pro-Trump purge that took place two weeks before the election.
By the way, YouTube has a dirty little secret. They have never been profitable. They generously allow producers to post for free but their generosity comes at a steep price Tow the line or be excommunicated. Even with Youtube TV and channel monetization, YouTube bleeds red ink. It is unclear how long the alphabet sugar daddies will be willing to operate at a loss.
Parler is Twitter minus the censorship/ Given the relatively simple function of a counter-Twitter, they have already made stride. There are popular names on here:Sharyl Attkisson, Trish Regan, Dinesh D'Souza Twitter is purging heretics every which way. If President Trump starts posting at Parler, millions of people will follow him. Bye-bye Jack.
By the way, the above link lands on Dustin Nemos, a courageous reporter and founder of Nemos News Network. This guy is like the Mole in Wack-A-Mole. YouTube hammers him and he pops up somewhere else. Twitter hammers him and he magically reappears.
By the way, a trending hashtag on Parler is #techtyrants. also, #twexit
Gab is supposed to be an alternative Facebook but it is not a parallel. I am not a member and I am not a fan of Facebook. For the record, I joined FB in 2008 at the insistence of a coworker. From the very beginning, I said, "What is the purpose?"
I eventually suspended the account but then another friend said I had to get on FB for its unique market advantages. Having an incognito account allowed me to observe some interesting groups and I expanded my friend base, even though I rarely posted. It is fun to get a half dozen birthday wishes from people I never met.
One adventure on Facebook: I started a petition to get Jeff Sessions fired. I think it was started and chage.org but I would have to look it up. Anyway, I joined a dozen or so Donald Trump groups, asked the members to sign the petition, and ended up with 22 signatures. That translates to 20-30 minutes per signature. So much for the vaulted FB groups.
Another place to post video. I do not know much about Odysee and I don't see many familiar faces there.
Be careful of Vimeo. They are probably more oppressive than YouTube.
Another fledgling video host. This link lands on Spaceshot 76, a refugee from Youtube.
Social media is an evolving paradigm. Facebook crushes Myspace. Instagram bites into Facebook and Facebook buys Instagram. Youtube goes from skateboard wipeouts to the spearhead of mass movements in the blink of an eye. As of this writing, the tech tyrants control our communication. We have to change that.
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