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josie_L
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No one said “Parler” (which means talk in french) would exclude leftists from joining.
Twitter alternative Parler soars as conservatives flock to new social network
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josie_L
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Yeah! You can live in Twitter UTOPIA!
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dscath
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I think you might have misaddressed this…you may have meant to respond to:
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josie_L
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No it was meant for you.
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dscath
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Ok…thanks for the clarification so I can ignore it.
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Feanor2
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Great. Maybe they will stay in their echo chamber and we won’t have to hear from them!!
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tomarin
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I actually signed up for it out of curiosity, but I haven’t subscribed to any accounts yet. I thought maybe Rand Paul’s might be interesting.
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ThinkingSapien
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There were a few things that were pulled.
They’ve experienced getting kicked out a lot. The Gab app was removed from the Google Android App store and the Apple App store. Though for Android someone could still load the application outside of the app store. I
On Gab pretty much anything went. They quickly became a favourite network for alt-right leaning people. I think the frog logo they used contributed to that, as it may invoke thoughts of Pepe the frog, another alt-right icon.
(Please Note: This uploaded content is no longer available.)
They were hosted in Microsoft Azure. But someone complained about antisemitic posts to Microsoft. And that’s against Microsoft’s terms of service. So Gab had to finally make an act of censorship.
Another setback was the Christchurch shooting. The shooter had been having a discussion on his feelings on Gab and they got associated with it. After that, there were a lot of groups that wanted to disassociate with Gab. They got kicked off of Microsoft and Godaddy. They had to come up with new software for their service and settled on something based on the Mastodon software (the Mastodon community then tried to distance themselves from Gab) and they found a hosting company outside the USA that was willing to host them. Visa refuses to do business with Gab (which also means that banks that use Visa’s network won’t do business with them). For the “premium” level services that they offer one must pay with paper cheque since they haven’t found card processor that will do business with them.
I don’t know if Parler has learned from the mistakes of Gab, but they have some things in their ToS to keep the possibility of censorship opened. The condition that a user be responsible for any legal costs that come from that user’s post also has me wondering if they are anticipating Section 230 protections disappearing. They have suspended a few accounts.
Ex: “Devin Nunes’ cow
” was removed.
Parler is still kept afloat from investment money. I’ve no idea what their longer-term revenue plan will be. It’ll be interesting to see how they unfold. Once money from other parties gets involved constraints can come with it. That’s why some of the monetization restrictions exists on YouTube; those that write the cheques demanded change from Google.
- Dissenter Plugin
- iOS Gab App
- Gab Android App
- Azure Hosting
- GoDaddy Registration
- Card processing accounts
They’ve experienced getting kicked out a lot. The Gab app was removed from the Google Android App store and the Apple App store. Though for Android someone could still load the application outside of the app store. I
On Gab pretty much anything went. They quickly became a favourite network for alt-right leaning people. I think the frog logo they used contributed to that, as it may invoke thoughts of Pepe the frog, another alt-right icon.
(Please Note: This uploaded content is no longer available.)
They were hosted in Microsoft Azure. But someone complained about antisemitic posts to Microsoft. And that’s against Microsoft’s terms of service. So Gab had to finally make an act of censorship.
Another setback was the Christchurch shooting. The shooter had been having a discussion on his feelings on Gab and they got associated with it. After that, there were a lot of groups that wanted to disassociate with Gab. They got kicked off of Microsoft and Godaddy. They had to come up with new software for their service and settled on something based on the Mastodon software (the Mastodon community then tried to distance themselves from Gab) and they found a hosting company outside the USA that was willing to host them. Visa refuses to do business with Gab (which also means that banks that use Visa’s network won’t do business with them). For the “premium” level services that they offer one must pay with paper cheque since they haven’t found card processor that will do business with them.
I don’t know if Parler has learned from the mistakes of Gab, but they have some things in their ToS to keep the possibility of censorship opened. The condition that a user be responsible for any legal costs that come from that user’s post also has me wondering if they are anticipating Section 230 protections disappearing. They have suspended a few accounts.
Ex: “Devin Nunes’ cow
” was removed.Parler is still kept afloat from investment money. I’ve no idea what their longer-term revenue plan will be. It’ll be interesting to see how they unfold. Once money from other parties gets involved constraints can come with it. That’s why some of the monetization restrictions exists on YouTube; those that write the cheques demanded change from Google.
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ThinkingSapien
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RidgeSprinter
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And pat each other on the back.
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RidgeSprinter
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You slew me on that one.I wonder why the misspelled version of “Parlor”? Why was it not called “covfefe”?
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josie_L
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What would you rather me say that encompasses all the left?
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josie_L
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Too late. What you read cannot be unread!
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josie_L
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Like you’re all pretty much doing on this thread.
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Dr_Meinheimer
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Just a heads up - I think I saw Colonel Mustard heading for the parler, with a rope.
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GKMotley
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You will not be surprised that I use them, on all my accounts, regularly and steadily, as I started to do, 57 years ago.
Mailed 2 yesterday. Will use more tomorrow & next week.
Mailed 2 yesterday. Will use more tomorrow & next week.
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josie_L
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The LEFT entails more than just liberals and moderates, hence the general term, “leftist”.
So unless you have a better term that encompasses the whole left political spectrum, then please do share.
So unless you have a better term that encompasses the whole left political spectrum, then please do share.
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josie_L
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I meant how do I distinguish the political left in a discussion regarding politics!
Seriously!
Seriously!
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GKMotley
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Always. In almost everything. Tevye had the right idea.
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tomarin
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Liberals are people who want to tweak the status quo, whereas leftists want to completely transform it.
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