Opinion8 vs Smashviews

The world is an ever-changing place. It’s full of news and stories that affect us all. These create opinions in everyone. 
 Opinions matter. But being able to share them safely is not easy. In today’s news or traditional social media platforms, confidence in your opinion being counted is practically non-existent. 

Welcome to Opinion8, where people like you “opinion-ate” on major news issues and stories. Eight questions are presented every day. Some are different, some stay the same for a few days.  Opinion8 is there to help your voice be counted. In real-time, 24/7, and without hate and trolls.   HOW DOES OPINION8 WORK? 
 Opinion8 makes it easy to share your opinion. Each story is summarized in a brief description and related question. There is no bias. There are no fancy word tricks that may confuse. There is no voting age limitation. You either agree, disagree or are undecided. 
 REAL-TIME DEMOGRAPHICS 

Are you curious how others feel about the same stories? Opinion8 offers real-time demographics for everything on the platform. See your opinion and those of others be counted together on the same issues.  This is based on total data that cannot be linked to any individual Opinion8er. Your privacy is always protected. 

LET'S TALK MORE ABOUT PRIVACY 

Opinion8 takes your privacy extremely seriously.  

First, none of the information shared on Opinion8 can be used to identify you.  Second, you are never asked to link your existing social media profiles to Opinion8.  Third, you are asked to create a very simple and totally anonymous profile, so that basic demographics can be calculated and shown to all, with full transparency of how it’s done.  If you want, you can delete your anonymous profile with just one tap, directly from the Home Screen.  Most social media apps send you searching through various screens and buttons.  Not Opinion8. Simply tap the “Security” button. That’s it. One button. Right on the Home Screen. 
 WHAT ABOUT HATE AND TROLLS?

 Opinion8’s design and interactive capabilities stop free-text hate and trolls from showing up. It’s a simple idea that works well to remove trolls and hateful backlash, which are the main reasons people are put off by “comments” in most news or social media apps. 
 MORE

 Opinion8 also serves as a library of short videos for you to enjoy. Videos on interesting stories from across media are continually linked.  Maybe you like them, maybe you don’t, but they will always be relevant to our world, thought-provoking, and hopefully sometimes even inspiring.

A simple app with a simple purpose: deliver you news without any external or unwanted oversight. We built smashviews because it is painfully difficult to find a news app that operates as smooth as the big guys, but doesn't use you for your data every time you click--all the while running algorithms in the background that decide which articles you see and don't see. Simply put, we don't believe that an algorithm should be deciding this for you, which is why we deliver the news to you unadulterated. You chose the sources and you chose what's important to read or not read.  News gets delivered by the minute, as soon as it gets published. Review the feed at the end of the day, or keep track of breaking news as it happens. Missed an article or want to check other sources? Use our search page. See an event break in real time but can't read it in the moment? Save it to your profile and come back later. Download smashviews today! You won't be disappointed. P.S. smashviews is brand new and we will be continuously adding functionality. Features soon to come include more sources, more categories, local sources, custom categories, and a widget. If you have any suggestions or requests, for app functionality or specific local sources, please do not hesitate to reach out to us at support@smashnews.org