Natter is a nano social network where every post contains up to 55 characters. Natter originally launched as a 3-word network, but based on user feedback moved to 5 words and then dropped the word count altogether.

Natter was flooded by an LGBT+ audience who abandoned tumblr in November 2015. Whilst the users weren’t immediately open about their sexuality, months on they have created their own natter community in which they’re comfortable talking about anything and everything LGBT+.

Why natter matters

Social media allows groups and communities of like-minded individuals to thrive and in the case the LGBT+ community, is a space where experiences can be shared and advice can be given. Unfortunately however, this community often comes under attack from trolls and online bullies.

“We can remove offensive content quickly and avoid it spreading; something I think other social networks struggle to achieve”

 

Larger social networks like Twitter and tumblr aren’t able to manage this issue, but natter has an active community of self-moderating users, meaning that if offensive content is ever posted, the support team will be alerted by the users and be able to deal with the offensive content appropriately.

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Alex Marshall, natter’s Head of Marketing tells us “The natter team always have an eye on what is being posted so that we can remove offensive content quickly and avoid it spreading; something I think other social networks struggle to achieve”

“I don’t think I’ve ever felt safer on a website being LGBT”

 

To further address this issue natter partnered with LGBT YouTuber Calum McSwiggan to produce a video addressing the issues of Gay Abuse & Online Bullying. You can see it below:

Quoting Alex Marshall, he says, “It’s a shame that the LGBT+ community still have to deal with cyber bullying, so it’s great to see their community thriving in safety on natter. Being involved in this initiative with Calum is helping us to spread awareness of an issue that I think is often overlooked by most internet users”

As @smithers said “I don’t think I’ve ever felt safer on a website being LGBT. I don’t think I’ve seen any hate that wasn’t greatly opposed by the community. Everyone is accepting and always working towards a better and safer natter community!”

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Calum will be doing an exclusive LGBT Q&A on natter at 9pm tonight. You can follow Calum here @calmcswiggan

You can get Natter as an iOS app or Android app, and follow Natter on Twitter to hear about the latest updates.

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