You absolutely need a backup plan. Look at what happened to Parler.
Honestly, Parler made a lot of rookie mistakes. In my opinion, they are better positioned to remain the martyr that keeps other sites online rather than actually becoming a real alternative social media site.
I honestly don't think they can recover because of their lack of planning and less than competent technical decisions. However, them being shut down gives us some ammunition to fight the good fight.
While I love this place, realistically a lot of people really want a social media where we can share things we do in life. You know, where we can be social.
At this point all of social media is 100% consumed with politics and it's killing any chance for social media has to succeed. Reddit was great because if I wanted to find a community that was into Jeeps or BBQ or whatnot it was easy to find. Twitter was the same, and it was pretty awesome. What's happened over the past few years is that you're not allowed to be part of these communities if you're not a card-carrying Party member. And that kind of sucks to be quite honest.
Twitter and Reddit have been ruined by that mentality, but sites like Gab and Parler also suffer from it. At least here we know the topic and can stick to it, but that still leaves a void... it doesn't give normal people a place to share pictures of the new things we've done or ask questions to people that are more experienced at things than we are.
Like if I want advice on a new workout routine where would I go? If I wanted to talk with a group of pitmasters about a new smoker where would I go? There's a terrible void happening right now.
You absolutely need a backup plan. Look at what happened to Parler.
Honestly, Parler made a lot of rookie mistakes. In my opinion, they are better positioned to remain the martyr that keeps other sites online rather than actually becoming a real alternative social media site.
I honestly don't think they can recover because of their lack of planning and less than competent technical decisions. However, them being shut down gives us some ammunition to fight the good fight.
I always thought TheDonald is the better social media site than Parler. And I fully agree with your comment, it helps our cause a lot.
While I love this place, realistically a lot of people really want a social media where we can share things we do in life. You know, where we can be social.
At this point all of social media is 100% consumed with politics and it's killing any chance for social media has to succeed. Reddit was great because if I wanted to find a community that was into Jeeps or BBQ or whatnot it was easy to find. Twitter was the same, and it was pretty awesome. What's happened over the past few years is that you're not allowed to be part of these communities if you're not a card-carrying Party member. And that kind of sucks to be quite honest.
Twitter and Reddit have been ruined by that mentality, but sites like Gab and Parler also suffer from it. At least here we know the topic and can stick to it, but that still leaves a void... it doesn't give normal people a place to share pictures of the new things we've done or ask questions to people that are more experienced at things than we are.
Like if I want advice on a new workout routine where would I go? If I wanted to talk with a group of pitmasters about a new smoker where would I go? There's a terrible void happening right now.
Try minds.com, it’s not as political.