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Re:Google suspending Parler from the Google Play store by nathankunicki on Friday January 08, 2021 @08:24PM (#25694571)
Anyone can start a social media network. Twitter has competition in the form of the relatively-new Parler, which has welcomed controversial voices - and has gained significant traction among them.

You can feel free to create your own too. Social media platforms existed before Twitter and Facebook, and eventually other platforms will succeed Twitter and Facebook.

Can it be expensive to start a company from scratch? Yes, it can. But that has always been the case.

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Re:Google suspending Parler from the Google Play store by djsumdog on Friday January 08, 2021 @08:45PM (#25694974)
It's cheap to start a social network. I run a Pleroma and a Mastodon server and you can find the links in my profile.

But don't fool yourself into thinking my little instances have any sort of effect compared to the big mega-corps of Google/Facebook and Twitter.

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Re:Google suspending Parler from the Google Play store by nathankunicki on Friday January 08, 2021 @09:04PM (#25695301)
I don't. Making something popular requires a tonne of work. Again, this has always been the case, even for traditional physical products. If you're going to make a competitor for something, expect an uphill battle.

As I said, there were social networks before Twitter, Facebook, and Parler, and there will be social networks afterwards.

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