Fact-Checked on Facebook and Twitter, Conservatives Switch Their Apps

[applegrove]

Since the election, millions have migrated to alternative social media and media sites like Parler, Rumble and Newsmax.

Supporters of President Trump rallied in Harrisburg, Pa., on Saturday. Many conservatives have shifted away from Facebook and Twitter since the election.Credit...Victor J. Blue for The New York Times

By Mike Isaac and Kellen Browning at the NY Times

Nov. 11, 2020Updated 7:22 p.m. ET

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/technology/facebook-twitter-parler-rumble-newsmax-conservatives-apps.html?action=click&module=Top Stories&pgtype=Homepage

"SNIP......

Corey Adam, a political comedian from Minneapolis, joined a mass social media switcheroo last week.

That was when Mr. Adam, 39, a conservative and libertarian, watched Twitter and Facebook add labels to social media posts from President Trump and other Republicans who falsely claimed he had won the election. Many of the labels said the assertions were disputed. And on Twitter, some of Mr. Trump’s tweets were hidden completely.

To Mr. Adam, the social media companies appeared to be singling out conservative voices. So he decided to shift to Parler, a social networking app that he has used on and off for a year, and to largely ignore those two big platforms, he said.

“Facebook started muting, deleting and labeling every conservative political post in my feed,” Mr. Adam said. “If you’re going to do something, you have to be fair to both sides. You don’t just get to pick one side to promote.”

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[exboyfil]

1. It could be because that, in general, the Democratic leadership

doesn't lie.

[LSFL]

5. +1gajillion nt

[Chicago1980]

2. They need a safe space to huff their stupid and disinformation.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

3. little snowflakes

whining that they cant bully ,lie, abuse and get away with it anymore. Oh boo hoo.
Good riddance fucking narcissistic scum

[NRaleighLiberal]

4. gee - maybe because conservatives/republicans are wrong about just about everything.

[TlalocW]

6. Saw a tweet that went along the lines of

First they needed their own radio stations
Then they needed their own news channel
Now they need their own social media.

Poor snowflakes and their safe spaces.

TlalocW

[Progressive Jones]

7. Excellent. nt

[tanyev]

8. It won't take long for them to be fighting with each other.

[kysrsoze]

9. Fuck your feelings, Corey. Good riddance.

[GaYellowDawg]

10. A conservative political comedian...

In other words, someone who’s not the least bit funny.

[Stinky The Clown]

11. Will Trump follow them?

[SeattleVet]

12. They just can't stand being in anything but an echo chamber.

The snowflakes are real sensitive when they get a little dose of reality.

[Boogiemack]

13. Looks like we will have join and fact check for them. Hehe nt

[Initech]

14. It's ironic that the people who spent 4 years berating us for safe spaces...

Are the ones who now need safe spaces!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

15. Seen a few posts on here lately that looked more like recruitment for Parler.

[applegrove]

16. Lots of newer DUers.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

17. That's what I noted, too. Always couched in terms of keeping an eye on the RW.

It's never quite over the line of the terms of service, but still looks like manufactured spam to me.

[applegrove]

18. I have not read their posts. So i don't know what the mo is.

[vercetti2021]

19. So they do need a safe space?

Aw I remember when they made fun of us for that. Funny how they are acting like babies when facts interrupt their warped reality aka the matrix of the dumb