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misterLahey 84 points ago +89 / -5

Perler's TOS make it clear that Parler is hardly some bastion of free speech. Plus the sign-up process sucks, and a lot of people have had problems even creating accounts.

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leonfire99 31 points ago +32 / -1

Try deleting your account. That's an annoying process too.

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amacfa 27 points ago +30 / -3

They asked me to scan my drivers license. HUGE no no

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Greg-2012 8 points ago +8 / -0

What? That is is crazy. I had to verify by text but nothing about scanning driver's license.

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DunnoManMaybe 8 points ago +9 / -1

It's only if you want their verified tag you have to do that. I contacted their support staff about it because their is no options for non-US users to be verified, and between my phone number, email address and drivers license, you have all the info you need to steal my identity in Australia.

I'm happy to not be verified thanks.

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grassshrimp 5 points ago +5 / -0

You are the first person to mention this, and many have signed up.

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amacfa 2 points ago +3 / -1

It’s an optional thing for verification. But why?

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suubz 1 point ago +1 / -0

Did you try to get verified or something? I created an account yesterday and there was no such requirement.

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Spirit_of_Resistance 4 points ago +4 / -0

It can't be good if fox is pushing it this hard

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misterLahey 3 points ago +3 / -0

This guy gets it.

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halcyondream 4 points ago +5 / -1

What is with the push for Parler over Gab?

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SludgeWarehouse 6 points ago +6 / -0

Pretty sure Parler glows in the dark.

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DunnoManMaybe 1 point ago +5 / -4

Dan Bongino is a part owner, he's a pretty trusted guy.

Also Gab is overrun by genuine, hardcore, "Kill the darkies," racists, which makes it hard to want to be associated with it.

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olthoi_jelly 4 points ago +4 / -0

It's the plan to have them overrun with that garbage.

They push conservatives out to other, more free platforms.

Gab was making headway and then Twitter and others leaned on the banking system and took away their money.

Not enough money to hire people to properly moderate their growing platform.

Now it's associated with trash, racists, etc. Real racists lol, not the leftist made up definition of racists.

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Greg-2012 3 points ago +3 / -0

I didn't have a problem signing up. It does make you give a phone number which I did not like at first but if that helps eliminate Chinese bots, I'm cool with it.

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Basileus 37 points ago +37 / -0

Probably already in the works but delayed a bit so it doesn't look like a conspiracy (which, in fact, it is)

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Brucesky420 23 points ago +23 / -0

Well they did a shit job. Reddit, Twitch, and Youtube just cleared house all at the same time...

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greenmutt24 15 points ago +15 / -0

What did youtube do?

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Toohershat 22 points ago +22 / -0

I'd definitely agree, but what about the court order that protects Trump's twitter as part of the public record?

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Toohershat 5 points ago +5 / -0

You make a strong argument. Silencing Trump is very important to them, so they'll go to great lengths to achieve that end.

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virgule 1 point ago +1 / -0

nah. His "argument" is conjecture. Not an argument.

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Usadave85 14 points ago +17 / -3

Trump needs to delete his Twitter the day he his elected for a second term. He’s using the platform for free campaigning. No reason to stay once he is re-elected...unless he plans to start his own platform once the 8 years are done.

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tcriv 21 points ago +29 / -8

he bypasses the media with twitter

legacy media is dying because we no longer need it.

i hate twitter as much as the next guy but i have the trump tweets app so i never miss a thing he has to say.

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knittinkittens 3 points ago +3 / -0

Trump tweets app? I need this. Following a Trump tweets account on Parler, but can't get notifications to work.

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williammcfadden 6 points ago +7 / -1

Nope. That's how he directly communicates on daily issues.

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Trump2024 7 points ago +9 / -2

It would cut off 90% of his subscribers. Parler doesn't let non Parler people view their messages.

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PresidentMilo 2 points ago +2 / -0

Parler really needs to let anyone read posts

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Trump2024 1 point ago +1 / -0

From what I hear it's a speed bump in their progress. I think that most people that use Twitter have ego's that need strangers to see. If they feel limited to only people "in their club" it's throttling them.