'Parler feels like a Trump rally' -- and MAGA world says that's a problem

[brooklynite]

Politico

Republican lawmakers and President Donald Trump’s high-profile Fox News allies are flocking to Parler, the purported unbiased alternative to Twitter — and the MAGA internet isn’t crazy about it.

Over the past few weeks, spurred by Twitter’s attempts to moderate Trump’s tweets, Reddit’s decision to ban a massive pro-Trump subreddit, and the bans coming down on figures like meme creator Logan “Carpe Donktum” Cook, several high-profile conservatives and Trump allies have created accounts on Parler, assured that they can basically say whatever they would like without being booted off the platform. Even better, they were joining a large community of MAGA influencers who have been on Parler since its launch in December 2018, from the mainstream — Charlie Kirk and Candace Owens, for instance — to the fringe figures who’d been banned from Twitter, such as Jacob Wohl, Laura Loomer and Milo Yiannopoulos.

But to these early adopters — many of whom still have their social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, with massive followings on each — the sudden presence of GOP figures has caused concern that the social media platform may just become a right-wing version of the “safe space” culture they widely mock, with plenty of MAGA stars but few big names from across the ideological spectrum.

The MAGAfication problem is so bad that CEO and founder John Matze has openly begged progressive pundits to join the platform, offering a “progressive bounty” of $20,000 to any left-wing influencer with a following of 50,000 or more users on Twitter who makes an account. And with even establishment conservatives like Sens. Lindsey Graham and Mitt Romney eschewing Parler for now, Trump supporters worry that Parler’s influencers will be preaching to a MAGA choir forever.

[CurtEastPoint]

1. WOMP WOMP Parler and Conservatwats and Dump et al. Tots and Pears, assholes.

[LakeArenal]

2. Works for me. No advertising should sink them.

[SoonerPride]

3. IOW they can smell their own shit

And they don't enjoy stewing in it.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. Main reason they don't like masks

They smell their own swill they spew.

[Tarc]

4. Same thing happened to Gab, which today has devolved into a mouthpiece for Stormfront

Thoughts & Prayers, motherfuckers.

[catrose]

5. $20K isn't nearly enough to put up with all MAGA, all the time

I hope they do all go over there, but I can't see the motivation for any non-MAGAt to do so, even with $20K.

[kimbutgar]

6. It would be awful if something happened to the company hosting that site !

[lettucebe]

7. Obviously it's going to be a right-wing only platform soon enough. Sorry Parler but no

It's a really dumb name too. Parler? What the actual heck?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

10. "Parler" is FRENCH for "to talk". Want some Freedom Fries with that?

[ProfessorGAC]

8. And, The Downside?

Not seeing one!