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Bankless and other web3 news websites have been talking about DeSo (which is short for Decentralized Social), which was once known as BitClout when it launched in 2019, but changed its name to what it is today. This blockchain-based decentralized social media platform supports a bunch of different web3 social media apps that act as alternatives to their mainstream equivalents and allow anyone with a Google account, a Metamask account, or anyone who decides to create a DeSo. I used them. It has your email. DeSo launched an alternative to Twitter and other short message blogging platforms known as Diamond.

A new DeSo app is being released which adds a new type of app known as Pearl. On the Deso website, where they describe Diamond as an alternative decentralized Twitter, they literally describe Pearl as a decentralized Instagram. This social networking platform is designed for those who like to create interesting images and videos for people who use this web3 application (and most DeSo applications in general, since this application shares the material you post on Pearl in other social media applications connected to DeSo if you select the option). Pearl allows creators to earn money through subscriptions and other methods, thus allowing people to potentially monetize their content.

On top of that, Pearl is ad-free, so you don’t need to worry about some annoying ads appearing out of nowhere to ruin your entertainment. While Pearl is currently not available to everyone, it is currently in Beta/Early Access, so you can sign up to be one of the first to use it before it’s available to the general public.