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Exactly. If they actually cared about censorship, they would promote Mastodon and host their own instance. But Parler is about maintaining the echo chamber, no
by CameronNemo 6y ago
Exactly. If they actually cared about censorship, they would promote Mastodon and host their own instance.
But Parler is about maintaining the echo chamber, not free speech.
- nabla9 6y agoThe biggest Mastodon federation instance is now Gab (far-right social media platform).
- orblivion 6y agoLast I heard they stopped federating, sadly, but still work via a Mastodon client.
- nabla9 6y agoBecause everyone else blocked them. Freedom of speech does not mean that others have to provide access to their communities.
- orblivion 6y agoI thought that was the reason they didn't want to do it in the first place. But for whatever reason they changed their mind. Which was good, because I know of at least one instance that did not ban them. Also I think they tried selling the idea of other people running Gab instances to federate with each other. But I guess it was just too much to keep up with or something as they made their own changes to it. Gab is really scrappy, to say the least. They might hate Silicon Valley but they've most definitely adopted "move fast and break things".
- CameronNemo 6y agoHow much of the total network does that represent?