Like in so many previous instances, what was supposed to be short pause turned into long-term hiatus on Minds. Nearly six months later, I find the world, including social networks, as much uglier place, with long-term positive trends being overshadowed by alarmist media circuses and short-term unpleasantness. For some reason, I haven't had much time to check how Minds fares. At first glance, everything looks OK, but here, like everywhere else, it takes time and some (often bitter) experience to draw some long-term conclusions.