A no-frills social media site allowing users to connect with friends and share updates, photos, and links, prioritizing privacy over features.
Dinky Social Network is a relatively new, small social media platform launched in 2019 as an alternative focused on privacy and security. Without the newsfeed algorithms and advanced targeting advertising of sites like Facebook, Dinky aims to recapture the simplicity and transparency of early social networks.
Anybody can join Dinky and create a basic profile with name, photo, and bio. You can connect with friends, family members, coworkers, and other contacts to see updates from their activity stream. Core features allow posting short text-based updates, sharing photos and links, commenting on connections' posts, private messaging between users, and creating groups based on common interests.
Unlike other social sites, Dinky does not use complex algorithms to curate your feed or serve you ads. Everything is displayed in chronological order from your connections. The platform is ad-free, with plans to eventually monetize through an optional subscription service with enhanced features. Strict privacy settings allow controlling exactly who sees your content.
With its no-frills approach, Dinky lacks some expected social features like events, articles, stories, reposting, hashtags, and advanced photo editing. It also does not offer an app for mobile devices yet. However, its laser focus on core posting and sharing provides a refreshing change from the cluttered interfaces of larger networks. If you want to reconnect with real relationships online without the distraction of games, media, and ads, Dinky presents a compelling option.