Sphere - A decentralized social network part 2

What would be our lives like if we had no social networking? Would it be possible for the youth today to really enjoy the life they're living without the social networking websites? How necessary are these social networking sites for modern youth?

The need of these websites can be known by the number of users using these websites, which is mind blowing. The number is enormously high. There are billions of people using these websites. But, what are these websites all about?

Let's see how social media is explained and know what this is all about.

> By 1979, Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis from Duke University had created the Usenet, a worldwide discussion system that allowed Internet users to post public messages. Yet, the era of Social Media as we understand it today probably started about 20 years earlier, when Bruce and Susan Abelson founded ‘‘Open Diary,’’ an early social networking site that brought together online diary writers into one community. The term ‘‘weblog’’ was first used at the same time, and truncated as ‘‘blog’’ a year later when one blogger jokingly transformed the noun ‘‘weblog’’ into the sentence ‘‘we blog.’’ The growing availability of high speed Internet access further added to the popularity of the concept, leading to the creation of social networking sites such as MySpace (in 2003) and Facebook (in 2004). This, in turn, coined the term ‘‘Social Media,’’ and contributed to the prominence it has today. The most recent addition to this glamorous grouping has been so-called ‘‘virtual worlds’’: computer-based simulated environments inhabited by three-dimensional avatars. Perhaps the best known virtual world is that of Linden Lab’s Second Life (Kaplan &Haenlein, 2009c).

A sociologist of Manchester school introduced the term "social network" and it can be best defined as:

> A social network is a platform, an online service or a website designed to build, reflect, and organize social relationships.
               Wikipedia
With the growing demands of users, the social media is developing and evolving with time to keep up with the enormous requests and demands of the users. When it's about fulfilling the demands and needs, social media has provided it all. And to survive in the market these social networks need to do so and with that they need to be innovative and beneficial at the same time. There has been an enormous number of these networks but not all have survived. Some social media networks like Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, MySpace, etc have been beneficial to us throughout and have also evolved with time, that's why they have survived and are still going great.

With what they are offering its obvious that they are earning a lot of money. And it isn't surprising that Facebook, being the most used social media platform, generates an enormous revenue. But what is the source of this revenue? You may be thinking that you don't pay them money for using their platform, so how is it possible that they are generating money on such a huge scale. It's plain and simple.

Let's take Facebook as an example. Facebook has a lot companies and brands as advertisers. This is where they earn most of their money. Even though you don't pay them anything but they still earn. You'll be amazed to know that all your data is being used and even sold to these advertisers by Facebook because of the lack of privacy. They have easy access to your content and take out as much information from it as they need. You might want to stop this to happen but you cannot, because of the centralized nature of these networks. And that you've already agreed to their "terms and conditions" upon signing up. Which means, knowingly or unknowingly, you have agreed that your data is there to be used and you don't have any problem with it. It might irritate you but that's how they work. And that's where you would like to see a change. Right? And if they are earning most of their money using your data and information, you might want some part of the profit they earn. And yes! You deserve that too.

But, it's a no from all these platforms. They're not willing to pay you anything and they are not interested in it either. All your work, all your time is worth nothing to them. So what should you do? Can you think of an alternative? Is there any platform that can value your privacy, secure your data and pay you for your hard work and your precious time?

I have a solution to end your problem. And to end your irritation, I've a network that will make you happy, secure your data, respect your privacy and pay you for contributing on their platform. It's a blockchain based network that will has all these ingredients in it. It's decentralized, an amazing product developed by a highly experienced team. One of the latest editions to other social media networks and only second of this, decentralized, nature. It's SPHERE.

Sphere is a social media platform which aims to serve in a transparent and secure way to its users. It's build on this idea that data security, company transparency, and privacy should be the fundamental building blocks of every social platform and it's a firm believer in this that the millions those corporations, mentioned above, are making off of your data doesn't belong to them, it belongs to you. Sphere being a decentralized network, it saves and keeps secure all your data within the network. A decentralized network has a lot of benefits that make it the go to choice over the centralized ones. The data tempering and the risk of attacks is highly reduced which may occur at the time of system breach. Your privacy is respected and your data is saved on a decentralized network and that's what sphere offers. This, currently, is the peak of social networking and this is the way to go forward. That's why I feel sphere is the best alternative for us and I believe that this platform is going to replace all others because of this, decentralized, nature.

Sphere is not like those other platforms where there is an involvement of underhand methods, methods like fine printing of your data that was supposed to remain confidential or private. Sphere aims to give the power back to their users by letting them make some benefit for the data and information they share on the platform. Moreover, the users will be will have the supreme authority over their data and the power to decide what they would like to sell to the interested advertisers. You data cannot be used without your consent, for your data to be used by the companies they simply will have to pay you. And your data is secure on sphere and will only be released to the cited parties. Sphere will also provide the advertising solution to companies that are interested in adds as the data submission of the users will be actually correct as the data will be submitted willingly by the users. Because of this and the high transparency, the data cannot be manipulated easily owing to the nature of blockchain, the buyers will get the data in origin form which will result in a higher projection of add conversion rates. And moreover, these companies need not to be a part of this amazing network.

Apart from the main use of this network, i.e.,communication, sphere provides an option for e-commerce within the network where users can buy and sell products to other users. To sell your products on the platform you need to upload them there and mark a price for them. Interested buyers can purchase your product by simply clicking on the purchase button. Users can purchase products on the network using SATs, which is sphere's own cryptocurrency, and the process of addition and deduction will be done in no time and the transactions will be complete.

You can use Social Activity Tokens(SATs) for the trade within sphere.
This trade can be done using sphere's own cryptocurrency, called Social Activity Token, SAT. SATs are a digital currency used facilitate transactions within the decentralized network. SAT will be listed in some key exchanges where you can trade it too. They are immediately transferable. SAT tokens are also ERC20 compliant and you can store your SATs in MyEtherWallet, MetaMask, Mist or Parity. Currently 1 SAT = $0.14 USD.

It is believed that the price of these tokens is only going to go up and here's a cryptocurrency that you'd like to invest into. Owing to its immense potential it won't be wrong to say that this is the best cryptocurrency to invest in.

Head to sphere and check the ICO(Initial Coin Offering) and see the details of it. You can buy these tokens with a bonus too and this is the time you'd like to buy them. Sphere's ICO started on 12th Feb and will end on 9th of April this year. Out of the 4 slated rounds, two have ended and now we're in the last two rounds. Currently, you will be getting these coins at a low price(1 SAT = $0.14 USD) added with a bonus. It is well predicted that the pricing of these tokens is going to double at least after the ICO. There were 650 million tokens up for grabs when the ICO started and the tokens that won't be sold during the ICO will be destroyed. This will certainly result in an increase in the value of SATs. So this is the ideal time to invest in SATs.

If you cannot buy the tokens, sphere has a solution for that too. Sphere has a come up with a bounty program which the interested people can benefit from. You can promote sphere to users around the globe on different platforms and for that sphere is going to reward you with SATs based on the content and quality of your promotion. Moreover, you can also earn SATs by making use of the referral program of sphere. For each referral, sphere will reward you and also the one who signs up sphere using your referral link, with 20 SATs each. All these programs are for those who cannot afford to buy them. So, help sphere reach people and let the world know its benefits and benefit yourself with these programs now!

Another amazing offer recently initiated by sphere is Sphere Affiliate Program. It's a program where a user will benefit from another user, you referred, when he/she purchases some SATs during crowdsale. You can earn 20% commission because of that. Spread the word and get rewarded immensely.

As it is said rightly: "sphere doesn't sell air". It has its own app with a same feel to it like that of facebook. You can download it for both android and ios.

To know more about the programs of sphere and to get more info about it, please read the sphere Whitepaper - https://sphere.social/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Sphere_Whitepaper_v1.7.4.pdf

### Website: https://sphere.social/
### Bounty Program: https://sphere.social/bounty/
### Sphere Affiliate Program: https://sphere.social/affiliate/
### Telegram contact: https://t.me/sphere_official1