Ponderly 17+
Social Media & Content
4b
Designed for iPhone
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
iPhone Screenshots
Description
Discover trending topics from a unique whole picture perspective. Choose from 13 categories ensuring you get relevant content that interests you.
Express yourself with What Are You Pondering? Instantly post content or thoughts for the community to engage with. Post videos, GIFs, pictures or simple text.
My pond delivers activities from people you follow and content you subscribe to.
‘Connect’ continually suggests users with similar interests and engagement for you to reach out and make new friends. The more you engage, the more accurate the suggestions are.
Follow and be followed. Build your following based on the most important thing about you, your mind.
Earn ponder points for things like taking polls, referring friends, or getting upvotes on your comments from other users.
Redeem points for merchandise, posting or reaching out to new friends.
Earn new lotus badges for others to see as you earn ponder points.
Our articles are created by a large and diverse group of writers. Our editing team is independent, holding our content to a high standard, along with steps to ensure Ponderly remains neutral as a platform.
Make your opinion count by taking polls on each article. Comment on the poll question, or just in general. Tag your friends to bring them directly to the discussion, or start a new group and conversation.
Message users who follow each other, or use a ponder point to make a new friend.
Customize your profile to be you. Decide whether your activities are public, or if you prefer to keep private to your followers only.
Ponderly was built with security as the foundation. We do not sell or share your data, period!
Get even more with Ponderly premium and enjoy:
• 4 bonus monthly ponder points
• Special designation on profile
• Ad free experience
• Daily 1 free Post
• 4 Connect messages daily
Any feedback? Please visit our website at Ponderly.com or email us
at info@ponderly.com
What’s New
Version 1.6.8
User experience enhancements
Bug Fixes
Ratings and Reviews
Interesting Concept
At first I wasn’t sure because who needs another social media app right? This is so much more than that. It’s simple to navigate. I would like to see more color themes in the actually app. I definitely like the way it presents opposing views on certain events and situations. What you find on a lot of other social media sites is you are basically being guided into what to think by what’s the next “viral post”. In Ponderly you’re presented with both sides of the situation so you can come to your own conclusion. The app is both relaxing and professional which is very rare to find in/on social media. I hope it continues to grow. I’m a fan.
Overall a positive and unique social media experience.
Unlike other social media apps where there is hardly any attention paid to the validity of peoples’ arguments, this app does a great job of presenting viewpoints that are based on evidence. There is a trade off when it comes to the concise nature of the articles. Stronger arguments can be made with longer articles BUT I don’t really use social media to read long articles anyway. Overall, the articles present digestible information that you can look into further if you are interested enough.
GREAT concept, disappointing execution
I LOVE the concept. Polarization is a real problem and the media is failing us by being both biased and deceptive.
The app fulfills its promise of being unbiased by providing an affirmative and negative perspective on each issue. It does a great job of presenting each issue as undecided so you can form your own opinions.
However, it fails in three critical ways.
In descending order of importance:
1. It does not explain the cheap tactics each side uses to straw man and denigrate the other. Knowing the messaging tactics of each side would go a long way to helping people resist the pull of agenda bearing media outlets.
2. It does not focus on the most controversial, divisive issues. Those should be front and center.
3. It does present the BEST form of each argument. It’s helpful to get an idea of why the perspective of one person who stands for one side of the issue, but unfortunately reading the opinions in the app feels like reading cheap arguments written by high school debaters. They cherry pick stats and anecdotes that support their points rather than getting to the heart of the issue. There is no way to see how each side would respond to the opinions of the other.
Developer Response ,
Thank you for taking the time to write this review. As a growing startup, all feedback is helpful in providing a valuable and intuitive experience for all users. To provide a little context and respond to your 3 points please see below:
1. Staying neutral as a platform is critical, and as a consequence we must allow users to make up their own minds. Our job is to equally represent the most common points used by both sides, not tell the users what is right or wrong. Our unique and intuitive presentation arms users with a much bigger view of an issue, limiting the effectiveness of cheap tactics.
2. US news is one of 13 different categories we are constantly producing content for. What constitutes the most controversial and divisive issues is different for different users. We actively produce a diverse range of content for our users, along with trending news and topics.
3. Our platform is built on short, concise articles from both sides. This is by design to accommodate busy lifestyles that are limited on time. We do cite and hyperlink for further reference. Our diverse group of writers research what the majority of people believe on a specific position and reflect that in their writing. These are not personal opinion pieces, these are a reflection of the majority of public opinion in a fact-based short-form format.
Again thank you for the feedback, we will take all your points into consideration as we continue to develop and grow the platform. Feel free to reach out directly with any suggestions or concerns (info@4b.world), and thank you for your support in helping bring people together!
App Privacy
The developer, 4b, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Financial Info
- Location
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary, for example, based on the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Amir Shiekh
- Size
- 55.3 MB
- Category
- News
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English
- Age Rating
- 17+ Infrequent/Mild Mature/Suggestive Themes Infrequent/Mild Alcohol, Tobacco, or Drug Use or References Infrequent/Mild Medical/Treatment Information Unrestricted Web Access
- Copyright
- © 2021 4b
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Premium Membership $3.99
- 22 Branches $15.99
- 1 Branch $0.99
- 5 Branches $3.99