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Re:Conservatives are flocking to the social media app Parler by bmarquez on Saturday June 27, 2020 @06:47PM (#23665290)
I'm trying out Parler. While I absolutely hated having to add a phone number to sign up, a positive side effect is that I have not run into any obvious troll or bot accounts. So far, it's keeping everyone honest.

This will probably also turn out much better than Gab due to the presence of high-profile politicians.

Re:Conservatives are flocking to the social media app Parler by Kye on Saturday June 27, 2020 @07:01PM (#23665389)
Twitter will hit you with a suspension and a demand for a phone number shortly after signing up. It hasn't helped with the troll or bot problem.
Re:Conservatives are flocking to the social media app Parler by smitty1e on Sunday June 28, 2020 @03:50AM (#23667337)
I've seen a troll account on Parler. The account name referenced a prominent conservative pundit's anatomy in a diminutive way.

We'll see how long Parler remains "unbiased".

Re:Conservatives are flocking to the social media app Parler by axaxs on Saturday June 27, 2020 @06:54PM (#23665334)
I hope so, too. I'm not really interested in 'social' these days, but joined Gab early on out of curiosity to check it out. That didn't last long. While not everyone was bad, there existed enough racist and hateful content shown to me to make me feel sick.
Re:Conservatives are flocking to the social media app Parler by test1235 on Saturday June 27, 2020 @06:59PM (#23665375)
That was a bit like voat, which tried to champion itself as a reddit alternative
Re:Conservatives are flocking to the social media app Parler by asdf123wtf on Monday June 29, 2020 @12:11AM (#23674256)
The first link a friend shared with me to Parler was to a post by what looked like a qanon troll bot. Or who knows, maybe it was just a genuine believer. Either way, its unlikely that this network will elevate any conversations.
Re:Conservatives are flocking to the social media app Parler by jki275 on Saturday June 27, 2020 @06:48PM (#23665296)
google voice phone numbers work.