My thoughts of Minds.com can be summed up easily in two words: great potential. It looks like it is going to be great, but at present it is only in the very early stages yet. If the developers can foster a true open source community around their product, and if they implement true federation, then I see Minds becoming something awesome. It really depends on which way the developers intend to take it, and when it will come out from behind its iron curtain of secrecy and egomaniacal control.