How Silicon Valley destroyed Parler

Re:How Silicon Valley destroyed Parler by notatrumper on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @08:01PM (#25756530)

Who says it is the end of the story for Parler? They came on the scene many years after Twitter and Facebook. They have a lot of catching up to do, with a lot less money at their disposal. In the early days, Twitter ran on Ruby on Rails, hardly a scalable decision, either.

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Re:How Silicon Valley destroyed Parler by Tokkemon on Tuesday January 12, 2021 @10:03PM (#25757498)

Aiding and abetting insurrectionists isn't a good look.

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Re:How Silicon Valley destroyed Parler by vzcx on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @12:03AM (#25758405)

To you and others, perhaps, but there is clearly a sizable portion of the population that is either neutral or positive.

Large divergences in worldview and values, combined with universal policies, create underserved market segments, and thus opportunities.

"Aid and abet" and "insurrection" are part of a framing that not everyone accepts.

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Re:How Silicon Valley destroyed Parler by astronautjones on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @10:39AM (#25763306)

what a ridiculous comment. it was a crowd of some of the dumbest people alive - some attempting to kidnap, injure, and kill lawmakers, some thinking that by entering the building they'd find an OVERTHROW GOVT button. Idiots.

anyone that tries to both sides this shit deserves eternal shame

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Re:How Silicon Valley destroyed Parler by notatrumper on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @01:10PM (#25765814)

Some people are less concerned about "the look".

I personally just want a social network were I don't have to worry about being banned every minute. (Not sure if PArler qualifies, but I suppose it is their selling point).

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Re:How Silicon Valley destroyed Parler by BlueTemplar on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @09:14AM (#25762154)

Depends how much time it will take them to be back up again : if it takes too long, most of their potential users will have moved on, for instance to Gab.

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Re:How Silicon Valley destroyed Parler by notatrumper on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @01:09PM (#25765791)

If people were happy with Gab, Parler would not have been started, I suppose.

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Re:How Silicon Valley destroyed Parler by BlueTemplar on Wednesday January 13, 2021 @02:08PM (#25766597)

Yes, but it was most likely because Gab could never get on Apple's App Store and was banned from Google's Play Store before Parler was even founded.

Funny how it's working out now…

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