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Re:Parler owner laid off 75% of staff and has only 20 employ... by ubermonkey on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @04:00PM (#34344716)
My cynical answer is that most such things on the American right are, at some level, a grift.
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Re:Parler owner laid off 75% of staff and has only 20 employ... by isthisthingon99 on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @04:07PM (#34344846)
Not just https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/black-lives-matter-activ...
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Re:Parler owner laid off 75% of staff and has only 20 employ... by sli on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @06:24PM (#34346555)
The headline and story don't really support your interpretation.
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Re:Parler owner laid off 75% of staff and has only 20 employ... by cpurdy on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @07:38PM (#34347383)
Reading as a prereq definitely weeds out most of the MAGAs.
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Re:Parler owner laid off 75% of staff and has only 20 employ... by isthisthingon99 on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @09:02PM (#34348107)
I provided no interpretation other than to imply grift isn't exclusive to one political leaning.
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Re:Parler owner laid off 75% of staff and has only 20 employ... by ubermonkey on Thursday January 12, 2023 @10:01AM (#34354449)
Not really a helpful comment, though, since my post suggests that MOST such thing catering to this portion of the American right have grifty components -- not that grift exists only on the right.
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Re:Parler owner laid off 75% of staff and has only 20 employ... by isthisthingon99 on Thursday January 12, 2023 @12:22PM (#34357146)
We know what you mean. You're still wrong.
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Re:Parler owner laid off 75% of staff and has only 20 employ... by ubermonkey on Thursday January 12, 2023 @04:16PM (#34360356)
Evidence does not support your claim, boyo.
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Re:Parler owner laid off 75% of staff and has only 20 employ... by isthisthingon99 on Thursday January 12, 2023 @04:31PM (#34360523)
Let's go with your assumption. What you are saying is purely due to political leaning, one is more likely to grift than another?
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Re:Parler owner laid off 75% of staff and has only 20 employ... by DonHopkins on Monday January 16, 2023 @11:52AM (#34402542)
Stop making homophobic and transphobic posts.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34402242

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Re:Parler owner laid off 75% of staff and has only 20 employ... by _whiteCaps_ on Wednesday January 11, 2023 @05:07PM (#34345692)
Ah good point. I also hadn't considered they're probably putting a lot of effort into DDOS mitigation.
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Re:Parler owner laid off 75% of staff and has only 20 employ... by secretsatan on Thursday January 12, 2023 @03:35AM (#34350744)
I'm not so sure that it's so much grifts, possibly more that these people are so out of touch with reality and living in echo chambers, they vastly overvalue themselves and their business acumen.
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