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Re:Parler drops offline after Amazon pulls support by EpicEng on Monday January 11, 2021 @02:51PM (#25735354)
>For the first link, there was just one upvote in 23 hours. For the second link, there was 6 up and 3 down votes in 2 days. The third link has all information removed, to the point it can't be verified. The fourth link had four upvotes probably in 1 day or more.

I don't see how upvotes or views are relevant.

>There's no doubt the material is objectionable, but it was only up for a short time and got very little reach, even getting negative reactions within their own circles. And bare in mind, these aren't exactly random examples either - this is supposed to represent the very worst - and it's just some random people with little reach who get negative reactions from their own followers.

It's only supposed to represent the 15 seconds of work I performed in going through the dump of parler data. There's plenty more if you're interested. Again, whether or not it reached a lot of people is hardly relevant.

>Meanwhile over on Twitter you've got people sharing a picture of Trump's severed head, you've got "Hang Mike Pence" trending as a hash tag, you have people celebrating the death of the lady who got shot in the capital, etc.

And that shouldn't be allowed either. What's your point?

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Re:Parler drops offline after Amazon pulls support by bArray on Monday January 11, 2021 @04:56PM (#25737885)
> I don't see how upvotes or views are relevant.

Of course it's relevant. If your hate message is received by nobody - who is the victim? You're just shouting into the ether. The larger your reach, the more moderation becomes important.

> And that shouldn't be allowed either. What's your point?

Because Twitter isn't been wiped from the internet for breaking the exact same ToS. It's clearly selective enforcement.

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Re:Parler drops offline after Amazon pulls support by EpicEng on Monday January 11, 2021 @05:25PM (#25738381)
It isn't relevant in regards to why they were de-platformed, but if you want to look there are plenty more with higher view counts.

My understanding is that Apple wanted some form of auto-moderation. Parler's self regulation by user votes is a joke and leads to the opposite of free speech. They wanted a plan and a conversation, Parler refused. So, bye bye.

Apparently everyone has abandoned them, including their own lawyers. They could have fixed this, but they decided not to, and are now crying foul.

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