Bastyon
★ 4.3What it actually doesA decentralized social network that does not require a mobile phone number or email address for registration (email is optional and not associated with your account).
Actually does
- ✓Social network60% of reviews
- ✓Video streaming25% of reviews
- ✓File sharing20% of reviews
- ✓Crypto wallet10% of reviews
- ✓Децентрализованная модерация (алгоритм оценки)15% of reviews
- ✓No account required10% of reviews
- ✓Open source
- ✓Video calls(bonus)5% of reviews
Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews
- ⚠Messaging
- ⚠End-to-end encryption
- ⚠Web app
- ⚠Desktop app
- ⚠Анонимные донаты в криптовалюте
Common complaints
- ✗Videos fail to upload or play18% of mentions
«Can't upload videos. Videos that were uploaded before don't play for many people. They appear as a white screen»
- ✗Unstable connection and frequent crashes15% of mentions
«You can overlook a lot, but not constant connection failures!!! Every day, hundreds of times»
- ✗Registration issues (captcha, access)10% of mentions
«Downloaded it, tried to sign up, entered the captcha 10 times, typed the letters correctly, but it says I entered it wrong»
- ✗Messenger/chat not working or working poorly8% of mentions
«Chat doesn't work, and that's the main thing. As a messenger it's no good at all»
- ✗App runs slowly, frequent lags12% of mentions
«Sluggish. Plus it stopped working—I can open the app but it's empty, like there's no internet connection»
What people praise
- ★Decentralization, no censorship
«Perfect... no censorship, decentralized, moderated by the community not by bots»
- ★Registration without phone number or email
«Intuitive interface, simple registration without phone number»
- ★Privacy and anonymity
«For the privacy of citizens»
- ★Works well when there are no issues
«excellent app, works stably, convenient»
- ★Community moderation instead of algorithms
«Moderated by community, not bots»