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Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
Tue Jul 21, 2020, 08:41 PM Jul 2020

Parler, the Trumpy Alternative to Twitter, Is Already Falling Apart

This is very revealing of the mindset we are dealing with and it is even an example of their effect on the culture and democracy itself.

Parler billed itself as the free-speech, conservative-friendly alternative to Twitter. The problem is, most conservatives find Twitter better at amplifying their views and voices.

June was a grim month for Donald Trump supporters on Twitter. The social media giant was adding warning labels to some of the president’s tweets, and banned an internet-famous MAGA “meme-smith.”

Fearful that more crackdowns would soon follow, Trump supporters began to flock to Parler, a budding social network that bills itself as the free-speech, conservative-friendly alternative to Twitter.

Prominent Trump supporters joined the platform and urged their fans to follow, and the social media network surged on Apple’s App Store. Trash-talking Trump personality Dan Bongino took an ownership stake in Parler, and promoted it to his followers.

At the height of Parlermania, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), who was on the verge of losing an attempt to sue Twitter over a parody account, compared Twitter to dead social network Myspace amid the Parler exodus.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/parler-the-trumpy-alternative-to-twitter-is-already-falling-apart
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Parler, the Trumpy Alternative to Twitter, Is Already Falling Apart (Original Post) Newest Reality Jul 2020 OP
Speaking of Nunes TlalocW Jul 2020 #1
Speaking to Nunes TheBlackAdder Jul 2020 #5
lol those righties will not support a french name nt msongs Jul 2020 #2
They probably think it means "parlor" not "parlez"... Wounded Bear Jul 2020 #9
Haw haw, LOSERS!! Devin was particularly excited about this new platform, OH WELL!! Meanwhile: Leghorn21 Jul 2020 #3
LOL Cha Jul 2020 #7
Inconceivable. tanyev Jul 2020 #4
trump is fucking GRIM. Cha Jul 2020 #6
Bwah!1 Wingnuts just ain't good at running something!1 UTUSN Jul 2020 #8
Parler, the non-fantasy Galt's Gulch JHB Jul 2020 #10

TlalocW

(15,358 posts)
1. Speaking of Nunes
Tue Jul 21, 2020, 08:45 PM
Jul 2020

That fake cow on Twitter that he's trying to sue was banned from Parler almost immediately by those bastions of liberty and free speech.

TlalocW

Leghorn21

(13,520 posts)
3. Haw haw, LOSERS!! Devin was particularly excited about this new platform, OH WELL!! Meanwhile:
Tue Jul 21, 2020, 08:51 PM
Jul 2020
Twitter has taken down more than 7,000 QAnon accounts and will stop recommending accounts and content related to QAnon, including in email, push, and follow recommendations and will take steps to limit content circulation.




Now they’re REALLY gonna have a mad at Twitter!! LOSERS

JHB

(37,128 posts)
10. Parler, the non-fantasy Galt's Gulch
Tue Jul 21, 2020, 09:28 PM
Jul 2020

Randian Fantasy Galt's Gulch: The elect separate themselves from the world and it all comes crashing down, as the Gulchers smugly chortle at those fools.

Non-fantasy Galt's Gulch: The "elect" separate themselves from the world, and it goes along fine without them. Better, in fact, because the toxic saboteurs have effectively put their sabotaging "on strike."

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