Re:Apple has threatened to ban Parler from the App Store
by sjg007 on Friday January 08, 2021 @07:59PM
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This is exactly the point. Reduce vitality.
Re:Apple has threatened to ban Parler from the App Store
by mlyle on Friday January 08, 2021 @08:19PM
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> I just googled "the donald" and they aren't even on the first page. Seems like deplatforming kind of worked....
If it worked, why is the same radicalized set of viewpoints seemingly growing in vitality?
Re:Apple has threatened to ban Parler from the App Store
by n00bsaretheb3st on Saturday January 09, 2021 @11:22PM
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the donald crowd has moved on to stuff like duckduckgo etc. This is the point the divide will grow with such tactics. and the donald is the first website in duckduckgo
Re:Apple has threatened to ban Parler from the App Store
by n00bsaretheb3st on Saturday January 09, 2021 @04:25AM
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That's because you use google, and vast majority use google... You kick enough people off, guess what their will be a conservative google, people who grew up in conservative households will use the same. What you suggested works when the numbers are small, but when its 50% of the population it's very likely they will make their own ecosystem. Tech giants became monopolies based on good faith...
When the_donald left reddit, it became impossible for them to get their propaganda seen on the front page of reddit and seen by people who might join them. People won't casually stumble into a cesspool of lies and BS. Now they have to know it exists and actively seek it out.
I just googled "the donald" and they aren't even on the first page. Seems like deplatforming kind of worked....