Thoughts on Parler?

submitted by zero8 from self.AskSaidIt

They have been getting a lot of news these past few days after twitter banned some big conservative accounts and censored some of Trump's tweets.

One thing i noticed that i already hate is you cant see post or accounts on parler unless you have an account and are signed in.

I haven't signed up for an account yet but im thinking about it, what are your thoughts?

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[–]Wahwah 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I followed Katie Hopkins into Parler after her account of 1.1 Mil followers was 'permanently' suspended this time. Yes, Parler is not as open as Twitter and it kind of feels like the circulation of information is guarded by high walls and away from the visiting public. I registered, quite a few big name conservatives are there. Katie has been posting as usual as she would on Twitter.

Overall, I like the community, however their website and app can be pretty jittery and hoping they will polish it with increasing popularity. Recommended. Gab is another option with smoother interface and similar user-base.

[–]zero8[S] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

I have an account on gab but got bored after a few days because the site is dead, also theres a lot of idiots on that site complaining about jews last time i was on there. (and this was after the Gab mass shooter incident) Im all for free speech but the irrational jew bashing makes the site look like trash, i havent been on there for several months so dont know if any changes were made

[–]Wrang1er 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

If you hate jew bashing, Saidit isn't the place for you. Every time jews are brought up, its in hateful rhetoric and conspiracy theories. I don't know why thats the case.

[–]whistlepig 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Saidit doesn't seem any worse than reddit does as far as that goes...

[–]Wahwah 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I see. Well, the the right thinkers are deplatformed on most mainstream social media. So they find their safe space in these free speech platforms. I haven't come across any though.

I am sure they are a minority of people, I'd just ignore them.

[–]Wrang1er 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I hope Trump will go to Parler. All the liberals will migrate and will balance out the political spectrum.

[–]yellow_algebra_31 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I remember hearing about it a few years ago, I think on gab. Not sure why I didn't go there then.

I feel like the fediverse is a good replacement for twitter, it just needs wider adoption.

[–]goatmeal 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

the fediverse is a much better system than centralized services. gab is no longer a part of the fediverse since their federation got broken and they decided to not bother fixing it. gab staff are incompetent.

[–]scrubking 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Social media is cancer. Get away from it.

[–]Wahwah 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Preach brotha!

[–]adultmanhwa 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

parler is like a ghetto not worth it.

[–]m68k 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I attempted to sign up, but one of the requirements of registering is giving them your phone number. I'll use Minds.com instead thank you. :)

[–]zero8[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

twitter requires a number too

[–]m68k 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Ah, good thing I never bothered to use Twitter. Thanks for the heads up. :3