70TB of Parler users’ messages, videos, and posts leaked by security researchers

Re:70TB of Parler users’ messages, videos, and posts leaked ... by rob74 on Monday January 11, 2021 @11:22AM (#25731065)

Well, free speech is a good thing, if done responsibly. In practice though, "free speech" as used by Parler means no moderation at all, so the most blatant lies and the craziest conspiracy theories can run unchecked. And since mainstream platforms are cracking down on extremists, your platform will inevitably become a haven (and echo chamber) for them, even if you didn't intend to be one.

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Re:70TB of Parler users’ messages, videos, and posts leaked ... by WalterSear on Monday January 11, 2021 @12:35PM (#25732463)

There was/is extremely heavy moderation on Parler.

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Re:70TB of Parler users’ messages, videos, and posts leaked ... by andromeduck on Monday January 11, 2021 @01:44PM (#25733903)

Yeah I checked it out for a bit a few days after it launched, scrolled around for 10-20 min to see if it'd turn out like twitter, 8chan, or the_donald in terms of discussion and it was really weird. IDK how to even describe it other than that it seemed to have that MLM esque or truman show vibe where everything seemed strangely personal but also really shallow and performative? None of the discussions I saw felt natural. It was all super identity focused with very little policy discussion let alone material disagreement.

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Re:70TB of Parler users’ messages, videos, and posts leaked ... by amanaplanacanal on Monday January 11, 2021 @12:06PM (#25731887)

As others have pointed out, yes they did moderate, just for different things.

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