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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAnyone hear of the app Parler??? Tons of conservatives are joining......ceo wants Liberals to join
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/06/27/parler-ceo-wants-liberal-to-join-the-pro-trump-crowd-on-the-app.htmlBut Matze doesnt want the app to be just an echo chamber for conservative voices. Personally, he says he doesnt like either political party and he wants to see more healthy debate. Hes so intent on getting some liberals onto the platform that hes offering a $20,000 progressive bounty for an openly liberal pundit with 50,000 followers on Twitter or Facebook to start a Parler account.
The company will judge the best one, based on engagement with the community, and pay that person the reward. Matze said theres been such little response that he increased the original proposed payment from $10,000 to $20,000.
The whole company was never intended to be a pro-Trump thing, Matze said. A lot of the audience is pro-Trump. I dont care. Im not judging them either way.
Brad Parscale, manager of U.S. President Donald Trump's re-election campaign, speaks during a rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020.
Brad Parscale, manager of U.S. President Donald Trumps re-election campaign, speaks during a rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020.
Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images
Where Matze is in full agreement with the Parler audience is in his opinion of Twitter. He thinks the company is targeting conservatives with censorship.
I dont see why you need to censor the presidents tweets, he said. If you dont like what he has to say, vote him out of office.
Matze expects Parler to become a more attractive site for a more diverse audience over time because he sees Twitter continuing down a path of alienating right-wing voices, and no one is going to want to stay on Twitter if the conservatives are gone.
But he recognizes that the political tone of his platform will probably make it hard for him to raise money from investors in Silicon Valley, which leans Democratic and is decidedly anti-Trump. Thus far, hes funded the company with angel money and said hell soon be looking to raise a first institutional round of financing.
I can only speculate that they wouldnt be interested unless theyre ideological, he said, referring to traditional venture investors.
kimbutgar
(21,137 posts)a kennedy
(29,655 posts)chia
(2,244 posts)The only hope of changing someone's mind is if they're open to discussion and have a desire to know the truth, most MAGAs aren't, they just want to spew hate and it wore me out.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)...said the spider to the fly
Nevilledog
(51,094 posts)2naSalit
(86,579 posts)rsdsharp
(9,170 posts)Court ruled he cant sue Twitter for things his cow tweeted.
salin
(48,955 posts)Solly Mack
(90,764 posts)ace3csusm
(969 posts)especially if it is a closed minded conservative community ... besides it will fail Parler app does not allow porn, it DOA
Mountain Mule
(1,002 posts)a kennedy
(29,655 posts)HotTeaBag
(1,206 posts)Just curious.
Parler is what you'd expect it to be - Right Wing Twitter - nothing of note or particular interest.
The Trump app is lots of fun though, great window into their alternate universe.
Funny thing though - I downloaded Biden's app right after I got Trump's and apple sent me an email asking me if I initiated the Trump download but didn't mention Biden. Thought that was interesting - as if they were making sure I really wanted it.
mercuryblues
(14,531 posts)Both presidential campaigns use apps to capture data, but Trump's asks to scoop up your identity, your location, and control of your phone's Bluetooth function.
HotTeaBag
(1,206 posts)Pretty much why I told it 'No' and haven't even gotten a single text message.
nolabear
(41,960 posts)redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)Not a chance. The Fox Noise of the internet.
Ms. Toad
(34,069 posts)onecaliberal
(32,852 posts)silverweb
(16,402 posts)"Parler" in French means "to speak," "to talk." We know how conservatives hate anything French, so they'll leave in droves and we can take over!
Bwahahaha!
CurtEastPoint
(18,641 posts)silverweb
(16,402 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)Meanwhile, deliveries ONLY continues.
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)from hate speech!?
Cary
(11,746 posts)If there is a way to engage them it is beyond my skill set. Also they sicken me.
TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)TlalocW
(15,381 posts)Leith
(7,809 posts)Anyone who wasted time trying to engage with rethugs and cons in intelligent discourse on Discussionist understands that parler would be worse.
aikoaiko
(34,169 posts)yonder
(9,664 posts)Yeah, right. I can guess who is buttering his toast.
lettucebe
(2,336 posts)rockfordfile
(8,702 posts)rusty fender
(3,428 posts)JHB
(37,159 posts)...assuming he's pretending.
madinmaryland
(64,931 posts)They are taking much of his last remaining ten members. Oh well, at least the hamster will be able to retire!
Probably will draw a lot from Conservative Cave, too, and most of their twenty five members.