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Re:Judge refuses to reinstate Parler after Amazon shut it down by GavinMcG on Thursday January 21, 2021 @04:45PM (#25864747)
Not everything is a grand conspiracy. Sometimes society really isn't okay with what you're doing.
Re:Judge refuses to reinstate Parler after Amazon shut it down by Spivak on Thursday January 21, 2021 @04:51PM (#25864867)
Also I think dogpiling is often confused, intentionally or not, as conspiracy. It seems like a lot of people really really wanted to drop them but weren't brave enough to make the first move.
Re:Judge refuses to reinstate Parler after Amazon shut it down by thebigman433 on Thursday January 21, 2021 @11:45PM (#25868398)
I really think this is a significant part of the whole thing. Tech companies are conspiring to ban Trump from their platforms so he cant speak, they just want to do it but dont want the ridiculous backlash from going first.
Re:Judge refuses to reinstate Parler after Amazon shut it down by richardARPANET on Thursday January 21, 2021 @04:49PM (#25864828)
Exactly, it's not a conspiracy if they're telling you they're doing it: https://twitter.com/Policy/status/1349059276975857664

It's a big club, and you ain't in it.

Re:Judge refuses to reinstate Parler after Amazon shut it down by isaacremuant on Thursday January 21, 2021 @08:33PM (#25867103)
If society wasn't ok they wouldn't be the most downloaded app.

This is like saying that society wasn't ok with Trump when almost half voted for him.

Trying to rewrite history because there's a Ideological and political control of tech companies doesn't mean you're right.

The same goes for law. Just because something is legal or you don't win a case, it doesn't mean it's right or fair.

Re:Judge refuses to reinstate Parler after Amazon shut it down by GavinMcG on Thursday January 21, 2021 @10:09PM (#25867860)
Being an especially rabid minority does not make a majority.
Re:Judge refuses to reinstate Parler after Amazon shut it down by isaacremuant on Sunday January 24, 2021 @06:33PM (#25897338)
I never talked about majorities but I'm not surprised to see the needless adjective.

In my experience, rabid attitudes come up whenever you don't toe conventional lines regarding the good Vs the bad American parties.

You're not allowed to an opinion that's not the right one.

Re:Judge refuses to reinstate Parler after Amazon shut it down by salawat on Thursday January 21, 2021 @05:02PM (#25865016)
It's not society not being okay with they are doing that makes it intersting.

It's that the subjects of multiple anti-trust probes and companies known for on the down colluding in the past happened to be the ones pulling the plug.

You can argue it was "everyone" having a problem with it, but keep in mind that the Valley is not "everyone". That's the funny thing about conspiracies. Everyone whose in on it flatly denies it, even when it is obvious.

Not saying there was one mind. Just pointing out that assuming "management in the Valley" who have go/no-go on firing customers equates to "everyone" not being okay with it. It does not build confidence to many when unilateral decisions by execs shape the landscape for everyone else. Also yes, some of that population who aren't okay with that likely buy in to more conspirarial thought as well. Doesn't change the facts of the matter.

Re:Judge refuses to reinstate Parler after Amazon shut it down by bdamm on Thursday January 21, 2021 @04:49PM (#25864839)
Similar to how a car accident is interesting, perhaps. My wife checked out the site just to see if it was really that bad. She concluded it was. No doubt many installed it for the same reason.
Re:Judge refuses to reinstate Parler after Amazon shut it down by ceejayoz on Thursday January 21, 2021 @04:50PM (#25864856)
You'll find that large corporations tend to average out to having fairly similar thresholds for "oh, these guys can fuck right off from our service".

No conspiracy is needed. Same thing happens in neighborhoods - assholes tend to get a reputation as "the asshole neighbor" pretty rapidly. There doesn't have to be a neighborhood meeting to decide this; it just happens.

Re:Judge refuses to reinstate Parler after Amazon shut it down by tobylane on Thursday January 21, 2021 @06:08PM (#25865881)
Do you have a source for it reaching that rank?

Iirc it was dropped from the two app stores about 12h apart.