The biggest problem in anything controlled centrally, be it big government or big tech, lies in the fact that those who want power will try to gain control over

The biggest problem in anything controlled centrally, be it big government or big tech, lies in the fact that those who want power will try to gain control over that. Similar to Facebook and Twitter, Parler has many single point of failures: - it is hosted somewhere - the domain name is provided by some company - the apps are allowed to be installed as long as Apple and Google aren't forced to remove it - they have to rely on sponsors or donors to sustain - they have some form of payment providers - they are run by a relatively small group of people If any of the above are compromised, they can be forced to either go down or blackmailed to be a copy of Twitter or Facebook. So, it is over-optimistic to believe that the new free speech platform will come in this form. It will have to be much more resilient than this.