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bitpusher 165 points ago +165 / -0

And it is almost impossible to use Gab because they are swamped with new users ... hope they grow from this.

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avgcitizen 91 points ago +91 / -0

right, first time I have ever been happy to see a laggy site (knowing they are working on it)

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ak83 52 points ago +52 / -0

If you like the site, you should try their web browser. Adds a comments section to every webpage. People calling out the bullshit in the comments where the URL owner can't censor. it's fucking legit.

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FarageHommage 12 points ago +12 / -0

Christ, what a great idea.

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robob2700 6 points ago +6 / -0

It has a built in adblock, and gives you a handy reminder if you're trying to visit a site that sells your data. Really a fantastic browser

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VoteCyborgTrump2040 5 points ago +5 / -0

That is when I uninstalled Firefox after like 10 years loyalty. I didn't know Gab had their own browser though. At the time they didn't, so I switched to Brave.

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Helly 3 points ago +3 / -0

I bet you google is having regrets on making chromium open source... I bet you they stop contributing to it.

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BostonVoter 1 point ago +1 / -0

Amazing!

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Somebeach 43 points ago +43 / -0

So anyone here SHORTING Twitter?

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Msroadrage601 20 points ago +20 / -0

Ok, I'm going to look stupid, but what is "shorting Twitter", please?

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Dereliction 41 points ago +41 / -0

It's selling stock you don't own hoping to replace it with a purchase when the asset is at a lower price. (You borrow shares to sell with the promise you'll replace them later.) In other words, profiting by depreciation in an asset's price rather than the traditional appreciation.

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Msroadrage601 14 points ago +14 / -0

Thank you!!

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2Legit2Quit 28 points ago +28 / -0

You may have figured from the previous comment already, but 'shorting' is a bet the company's stock will go lower in the future. And 'going long' is betting that the company's stock will rise in the future.

Both forms of hedging are what's called a 'margin'.

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NotAPuma 14 points ago +14 / -0

So by "shorting", do you also help Twitter Stocks go down too? Everyone wants to get in on the fun!

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2Legit2Quit 22 points ago +22 / -0

Oh yea, it's a classic Soros technique. The more investors pile on the more unstable the stock becomes. And then you can just ride that sucker like a 50 foot waterslide.

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robob2700 2 points ago +2 / -0

Yep, because you're selling it immediately

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VoteCyborgTrump2040 2 points ago +2 / -0

Zoiby wanna buy on margin.

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Dereliction 12 points ago +12 / -0

Glad to help, and it's not a stupid question!

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PrincessXi 10 points ago +10 / -0

This guy stonks.

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clocker23 3 points ago +3 / -0

With buying stocks hoping they'd go up, the worse that can happen is that the price goes to zero (or near-zero). As I understand it, with shorting, however, there is no limit to how much you could lose. High stakes...

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PoliticsAreBlank 5 points ago +5 / -0

You can buy a put option instead, which limits your risk to the price of the option.

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trumptrain11 2 points ago +2 / -0

I have learned something. Thank you.

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BigTechPede 29 points ago +29 / -0

I shorted two weeks ago and covered today. Only made $600 but its something! Thanks Jack for buying me more 556!

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mugwump 12 points ago +12 / -0

You can afford to buy a vast 300 rounds with your earning. Seriously though 556 is probably worth more than my right nut at the moment.

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BigTechPede 12 points ago +12 / -0

I know. Better than 0 rounds.

Besides something about twitter shorting profits buying ammo has a special appeal to it.

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mugwump 2 points ago +2 / -0

No shame, It's just the way things are. $0.30/rd 5.56 and $0.17 9mm is unfortunately an object of history now. Buy ammo when you can find and afford it because.

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love_and_peace 4 points ago +4 / -0

You can buy a Gab Pro lifetime membership for $500.

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DarkHighways 1 point ago +1 / -0

Ha! Congratulations!! Now imagine if millions of investors do this to Twitter all week long....mmm.

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Peachykeen74 9 points ago +9 / -0

On another note: watch “the Big short” — it’s a movie about the 2008 stock crash — nuts.

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beefpuff 12 points ago +12 / -0

40 PUTS $TWTR STRIKE $40 EXP FEB 5th

20 PUTS $FB STRIKE $200 EXP FEB 5th

ELON WILL BOUNCE OVER TO GAB SOON, BRING THE PAIN! MAGA MONEY inbound!

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I_no_asshoe 7 points ago +7 / -0

I keep wondering how much higher TSLA can go, then I think about Elon announcing a Tesla phone.

I should buy more TSLA.

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UpTrump 3 points ago +3 / -0

I have so much FOMO, but I can't logically dump a ton of money into Tesla. I know, I know, people have said the bubble will burst for years, but they have competition catching up--and they still don't turn a profit

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robob2700 3 points ago +3 / -0

He's also considering building a tesla cloud in TX to host anyone that bezos turns off lol. Gotta love libertarians

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God_bless_geotus 2 points ago +2 / -0

Savage...

Where is Softbank when we need it? /s

No. I do not advocate for any illegal conduct or manipulation of the capital markets. All pedes should follow and abide by existing US codes on security trading and exchanges that GEOTUS has permitted during his Presidency.

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scyenceFiction 9 points ago +9 / -0

Not only shorting TWTR but freaked a bankster out at Fidelity when I told him I was moving my entire 401K because they had 10% in FAGAT (FAANG) stocks.

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UpTrump 2 points ago +2 / -0

More like FAGGOT stocks

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Wolfebane84 2 points ago +2 / -0

I would love to hear more of that story.

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BostonVoter 1 point ago +1 / -0

Only you control what you invest in. Don't blame the broker

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RedPillosopher1776 3 points ago +3 / -0

Ive never been able to get my head around how shorting avtually works.

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God_bless_geotus 5 points ago +5 / -0

Borrow money to trade/bet. Bet that a stock price will go down below the price of your bet.

In one example "1 PUTS $TWTR STRIKE $40"...

1 = 100 shares

PUTS = Sell

$TWTR = Twitter's ticker

STRIKE $40 = at $40

The option gives the option holder the right to sell Twitter at $40 a share.

The option has a price, say $1, then the option costs $100 ($1 x 100 shares)

The brokerage firm charges a fee to buy that option, say $0.75.

The total cost for the bet is $100.75.

If Twitter drops to $38/share, and the option holder chooses to exercise the option, his right to sell Twitter at $40 a share. If the option holder does not own any shares of Twitter, then the option holder will buy 100 shares of Twitter at $38, then sell at $40 using the right to sell at $40/share price point from the option.

Since the option holder buys Twitter at $38 a share, then sell (with the right purchased from the option) at $40 a share, the option holder makes $200 ($2 x 100 share).

$200 Gain - $100.75 Cost = $99.25 Net

This is the example of naked short, which is quite risky by conventional wisdom/opinion. But you get the gist.

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BostonVoter 2 points ago +2 / -0

Selling something you don't have . Squaring up later when the position closes

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love_and_peace 1 point ago +1 / -0

Example:

  • You 'borrow' a hundred shares, and sell them at $10

  • You now owe 100 shares

  • The stock price drops to $9

  • You buy 100 shares at $9

  • You return the shares and pocket $100, minus the borrowing fee

  • They're more dangerous than option puts, because they don't have a defined downside/risk (if the stock shoots up), so you have to be more disciplined

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Capitalism_Fuck_Yeah 1 point ago +1 / -0

Simple breakdown:

  • You borrow a stock from someone and sell it right now
  • you give them an IOU for 100 shares
  • in the future you will have to return those 100 shares
  • in the future you are hoping to buy at a cheaper price than you sold for originally.

So if price goes down you make money.

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Spark-001 3 points ago +3 / -0

I think they will need something else to happen to really go down but they probably aren't going up any time soon, one would have to be crazy to buy that.

So, an equally valid strategy might be to wait for the new stable level to appear and then do a spread on it or something.

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I_no_asshoe 5 points ago +5 / -0

Twitter has always been a rickety company based on their fundamentals and how it’s run. Their stock price doesn’t accurately reflect the health of the company IMO.

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Spark-001 2 points ago +2 / -0

Few stock prices do right now.

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TypicalEd 8 points ago +8 / -0

I always liked them. Can't wait to use them when their servers aren't melting.

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TearofLys 5 points ago +5 / -0

I haven't been able to get on at all today. Get those new servers online.

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hereticpatriot 4 points ago +4 / -0

Hope they figure it out because sadly it’s unusable right now.

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TheGreenDragon 58 points ago +58 / -0

I don't know why they are all freaking out that the right left Twitter, isn't that what they wanted to get rid of us. Oh, they have nothing left to live for since we are not there for them to spew their hated at. you know they are going to follow us because they can't stand not knowing what we are up to, it gives their life meaning.

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TehAgent 36 points ago +36 / -0

The same reason they said 'make your own Redditt' and DDOS us and come to harass us and make fake posts here constantly.

The same reason they attacked Parler and had it taken down.

They dont want us to have a voice unless they allow it.

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VoidWanderer 23 points ago +26 / -3

They're women, or feminized men raised by single mothers, and it's the same cycle no matter what.

Men create something, the thing works great. Women see that men are doing something and demand to be involved. They complain about things and demand changes. After enough changes are made they eventually demand to be given positions of influence and then take over while making even further changes that ruin the thing. Men move on because there's nothing worthwhile there and the women that are left alone further grind it into the ground to make sure no one else can ever use it. Repeat the cycle.

Just like women don't like it when men are alone to talk among themselves or to have something that they are not a part of, but demand to have their own groups and their own spaces, leftists embody the worst aspects of women. After all masculine republics give way to feminine democracies which give way to tyranny.

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2Legit2Quit 15 points ago +15 / -0

Single mothers raising boys may be the worst possible thing to hit our culture. Women raising men? No.

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Heywood_youblowme 14 points ago +16 / -2

Just like women don't like it when men are alone to talk among themselves or to have something that they are not a part of, but demand to have their own groups and their own spaces, leftists embody the worst aspects of women

If you're an adult man and haven't realized this or seen it you've got a lot to learn.

I don't care if some of you think this guy is out of line, there's a lot of truth in what he's saying. He's not 100% (our problems include people raised by single moms, but they are far wider than that) but there is a red pill of truth in what he says.

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readyIgnite 2 points ago +2 / -0

I read this in BAP's accent.

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RedPillosopher1776 1 point ago +1 / -0

Precisely

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PurplePunch36 8 points ago +8 / -0

Holy shit. You explained a crazy liberal that was friends with my core group. She went completely brainwashed and defriended all of us but still keeps in contact with one of my friend’s girlfriend. She constantly wants to know what we are up to behind the scenes but refused to talk to any of us.

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RedPillosopher1776 7 points ago +7 / -0

Not really, what they actually wanted was to have us as a captive but silent audience forced to watch helplessly as they seized total control, total control is what they really want.

Look at what theyre doing now, trying to criminalize MAGA and eliminate all opposition, enacting unprecedented amounts of censorship, attempting to abolish the electoral college and all the other insanity. Then you've got the biden/harris agenda to follow which includes such grand ideas like citizenship for millions of illegals, tearing down the border wall, printing an additional 10 trillion dollars, more lockdowns and sooo much more absurd bullshiy to follow

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UnidentifiedPa3 7 points ago +7 / -0

Here's the problem with their plan:

We won't be censored by the Twitter safe-space editorial team. If we had any ability to fight back, they wouldn't be able to get away with what they do. I welcome them on Gab, I can't wait to fight them off.

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r3deleven 37 points ago +37 / -0

Is their mascot really a frog?

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Kraznaya 18 points ago +18 / -0

Yes

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Fallingshadow 13 points ago +13 / -0

Pepe is the mascot of a generation. I like it.

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PrinsLaurent 4 points ago +4 / -0

Yes

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DeepMind 4 points ago +4 / -0

Yes

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avgcitizen 25 points ago +25 / -0

i fucking knew it when I saw that frog like a year ago or something it was gonna turn out to be kek.

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Big_Al_42223 23 points ago +23 / -0

Gab is pretty fantastic.

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Tcrlaf1 17 points ago +17 / -0

Gab’s IPO should be a real screamer...

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learntocode 9 points ago +9 / -0

I kind of hope they never do an IPO. At their ratebof growth it is only a matter of time before their founder bends the knee or gets suicided.

Enjoy the ride!

Reminds me of the flight from digg.com to reddit.

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AviationAtom 5 points ago +5 / -0

They opened up stock investment years ago, they just aren't publicly traded. You can find their SEC financials filings on their site.

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TypicalEd 7 points ago +7 / -0

Gab is lit!

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Mad_Hattie 7 points ago +7 / -0

Rock is a great guy.

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D0ntdrugtest 7 points ago +7 / -0

Lol are they buying the used twitter / Facebook servers 🤣😂

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RedPillosopher1776 9 points ago +9 / -0

Hope they make sure to wipe them, like with a cloth or something before use, those servers are filled with leftist filth.

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JwPATX 6 points ago +6 / -0

How come apps have to go through the fucking App Store? Why can’t gab allow me to download the app directly from them? I need a new phone.

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Dogmeds 5 points ago +5 / -0 (edited)

I’m going to throw a few coins their way when I can get in and load a page or something. Love the energy.

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TrumpOrTreason 5 points ago +5 / -0

Is there a GAB app?!

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RedPillosopher1776 9 points ago +9 / -0

Gab.com only for now.

We desperately need an independant app store for now. We'll probably wind up building an entire parallel internet, hell we might see completely parallel economies before this insanity ends.

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learntocode 3 points ago +3 / -0

newp

banned from app stores

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apchrkey 1 point ago +1 / -0

They could make an APK that you could download. Don't need an app store.

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GoGoGadgetGringo 7 points ago +7 / -0

Heard someone in another post mention using a VPN helped but haven't done that myself. I have tried different browsers and devices to no avail. It's just growing pains and hopefully they can meet the demand soon.

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RedPillosopher1776 3 points ago +3 / -0

Working for me with brave on android.

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avgcitizen 31 points ago +31 / -0

they are adding like a million users a day. And building their own infrastructure so Amazon cant ass fuck them.

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JesusRules 19 points ago +19 / -0

I was there before the ban, it worked great

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liberalfetchmycoffee -20 points ago +2 / -22

It is unusable.

This never ending GAB hype here has to be from Gab themselves, which is fine. However, GAB is completely worthless as of now.

I will check back in 30 days and maybe they will be sorted by then.

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ViduusMAGA 23 points ago +23 / -0

They were in this fight years ahead of the rest of us. The excitement is the fact we’re all waking up to what they’ve been going through.

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RedPillosopher1776 6 points ago +6 / -0

Their servers are experiencing loads they cant possibly accomodate, still ive been able to use the site on mobile it just loads very slowly.

Check back every couple of days, theyre basivally absorbing huge swaths of the internet population right now, be patient.

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r0nin 4 points ago +4 / -0

Still get the white page of death via mobile.....hurry up Plz

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JesusRules 4 points ago +4 / -0

is it working?

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avgcitizen 7 points ago +7 / -0

they are working on making it be working....

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Shilled_due_to_reset 4 points ago +5 / -1

You're not shilling for GAB are you?

I'm interested in trying gab but I get a timeout every time I try and get in at my end.

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learntocode 5 points ago +5 / -0

I used to use it. Now I just try and use it.

It is cool. I am thinking of posting normie nonpolitical stuff once the DDOS subscriber bump ends.

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hitchitch2013 1 point ago +1 / -0

Try late at night or early a.m.

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Antisemite-I-Guess 2 points ago +2 / -0

their logo is a frog? opens gab with pede intent

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Mods26 2 points ago +2 / -0

They think they own twitter. Its their religion with that high preist guy maddow from msnbc serving mass each day as they kiss his ring.

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hitchitch2013 1 point ago +1 / -0

Heh. Maddow's a guy.

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learntocode 2 points ago +2 / -0

I got that FOMO because I cant see anything but the first 10 gabs on their homepage.

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Spark-001 2 points ago +2 / -0

As we've seen here, there is no reason to believe that lefties will be content to sit on Twitter without us...

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TheUnknownCynic 2 points ago +2 / -0

Gab is bsck up now.

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5121313 2 points ago +2 / -0

JOINED! 3rd Time (try) was the Charm.. All signed Up - Was eazy peazy Too..

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RedPillosopher1776 2 points ago +2 / -0

Leftists loved sarcastically telling conservatives to go make our own platforms, until we did.

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TheUnknownCynic 1 point ago +1 / -0

They were down for s couple of days and it's still slow as 🔥.

Don't give up.

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Sid2k21 2 points ago +2 / -0

I got on long enough to make an account. That's about it.

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hitchitch2013 2 points ago +2 / -0

I made an account and browsed the_donald and welovetrump groups for about an hour at 4:00 a.m.

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cicero21 2 points ago +2 / -0

SWEEEEEET

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Brookes 2 points ago +2 / -0

I just tried to log into Gab and got security failure, are you blocking cookies?

I'm not blocking anything, I had no problem getting in yesterday, any clue? Old lady pede has no clue what this means help!!!! Oh wait I just got in, strange.

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clocker23 2 points ago +2 / -0 (edited)

Of course, now... Pelosi and the idiot Dems will probably impeach President Trump for trying to manipulate Twitter's stock to try to destroy them.

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Neveragainnora2 2 points ago +2 / -0

We need to donate what we can to Gab to keep it going. They are not begging yet but I want it to not get to that point.

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mrtumnis 2 points ago +2 / -0

3am works perfect for me and fast in cali

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hitchitch2013 2 points ago +2 / -0

That's when I was able to get in too.

For anyone thinking of signing up at Gab - I was able to sign up with a protonmail account while using proton VPN. Best to be anonymous when they start coming after you for your "free speech."

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Trumpy_Bear 2 points ago +2 / -0

What are the chances they take me , a fellow pede, on as theyre expanding and let me ask a bunch questions to catch up on the last 15 years of programming so I can work there as a programmer? Not that I don't like my current trade, just worried my foot will start acting up again

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UKTrumpster78 2 points ago +2 / -0

Awesome!!

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clocker23 2 points ago +2 / -0

Would be fun to see Gab take half, or more, of Twatter's users. "Hey, there's no proof of widespread user theft!!" LOL

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ubermk3 2 points ago +2 / -0

Damn I can't get it to work.

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Tbssr6 1 point ago +1 / -0

Is this where everyone is going ? I want to make a account on a platform but not sure which one

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Trump2AM 1 point ago +1 / -0

I'm on that lorry.

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JesusLovesTrump 1 point ago +1 / -0

I still can't log in :(

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ThickCheney 1 point ago +1 / -0

Y’all got any good profiles to follow on Gab? Fuck it I’ll even follow you guys (I’m @ThunderThighs)

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RedPillosopher1776 3 points ago +3 / -0

Styxhexenhammer666 whatever your opinion of him he is one of the biggest names on alt tech, you can find a lot of great stuff anf people through him.

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ThickCheney 2 points ago +2 / -0

Love Styx, he’s a filthy satanist but he’s our filthy satanist

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CkoBB 2 points ago +2 / -0

@kcvzq @peplivesmatter @somebitchiknow @codemonkey @IPOT1776

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iIndianaJones 1 point ago +1 / -0

Gab is literally impossible to use currently.

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ikuyas 1 point ago +1 / -0

I don't know why Gab doesn't want to put ads. I think they should. They should need a manual approval of ads to run on the platform.

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Teapede 2 points ago +2 / -0

I think its because they want to prevent that slippery slope that needing ad revenue to maintain the site is going to give them leverage over gab. Whereas being crowdfunded is much better

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PurplePunch36 1 point ago +1 / -0

Haven’t been able to login for a few days and I’m totally fine with it. Shows how big they’re getting!

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jeffreyepstein 1 point ago +1 / -0

Netwrks wants to be best friends with gab, since we’re basically the only two platforms that are self sufficient.

Except, netwrks is even less reliant on big tech than gab....

Sign up for the beta! https://netwrks.io/beta

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AReckoningIsComing 1 point ago +1 / -0

I have been trying to sign up all day but I cant even get to the main page without an error message!

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funkefresh82 1 point ago +1 / -0

How can i get the app?

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BritPedeMEGA 1 point ago +1 / -0

THE SPIRIT OF KEK WILLS IT!!

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strictly1957 1 point ago +1 / -0

Love that truck Pede... I know its glorious how triggered Soy Dorsey et al are by Gab's rise!

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CrankyCrab 1 point ago +1 / -0

LOL!! The site is still running slow, glad to see them give Twatter and Fuckface the middle finger.

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hitchitch2013 1 point ago +1 / -0

clouthub.com is a facebook replacement. I think.

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Happicakes 1 point ago +1 / -0

As is minds.com

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learntocode 1 point ago +1 / -0

twitter replacement for sure

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learntocode 1 point ago +1 / -0

every digital technology is a more perfect dictatorship

"trust us" they all say "its free!"

what it is is only a matter of time

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Boomhauer3 1 point ago +1 / -0

I cant even complete the new user process. It times out