Exactly, I love Parler and I hope they continue to have a strong presence. But in comparison to GAB they are Larpers. It's unlikely that they actually upset the apple cart in a way Dissenter is capable of, when their entire platform is not based on innovation but simply an existing formula with different leadership - which is easily changed or corrupted with time.
It's a shame they have more users than GAB, because the only reason they have more users is because media felt safe giving them fairly neutral press during the summer while they didn't with GAB. Parler isn't fundamentally different from legacy social media, and requiring a phone to register makes them actually far more susceptible to censorship.
I feel like they will either be destroyed or live long enough to become just another tool of oppression. Parler already blocks TD links. That should tell you something. Parler is capitalizing on a trend, while Gab is far more inspired from a technical perspective. Gab is an open-handed pimp slap to media and big-tech censorship, while Parler is hoping to be republican Twitter.
Gab overlay-ed a comment section for any website you are on, I mean any website it is really genius.
This is mews to me. Sounds awesome
Exactly, I love Parler and I hope they continue to have a strong presence. But in comparison to GAB they are Larpers. It's unlikely that they actually upset the apple cart in a way Dissenter is capable of, when their entire platform is not based on innovation but simply an existing formula with different leadership - which is easily changed or corrupted with time.
It's a shame they have more users than GAB, because the only reason they have more users is because media felt safe giving them fairly neutral press during the summer while they didn't with GAB. Parler isn't fundamentally different from legacy social media, and requiring a phone to register makes them actually far more susceptible to censorship.
I feel like they will either be destroyed or live long enough to become just another tool of oppression. Parler already blocks TD links. That should tell you something. Parler is capitalizing on a trend, while Gab is far more inspired from a technical perspective. Gab is an open-handed pimp slap to media and big-tech censorship, while Parler is hoping to be republican Twitter.