3 ms·

Have you seen who funded the development of Parler? The Mercer family has explicitly backed Trump and a network of disinformation media. Yes, the game was alwa

Have you seen who funded the development of Parler? The Mercer family has explicitly backed Trump and a network of disinformation media. Yes, the game was always about exploiting a segment of crazies for various means.

ivojp 6y ago
I don't think it's wise to impugn an app or service because we find their investors unsavory along political lines. If that's the case let's not forget Facebook is also funded by a Trump supporter and people live stream their mass shootings on there. It seems like many are feigning outrage over a subset of parler's users' actions when in reality what they don't like is that their political opponents have found an app or service that was seemingly immune from the whims of big tech.
- deleted 6y ago
  [deleted]
- Daishiman 6y ago
  It's funny that you mention the case of Facebook because if anything, one of the reasons it has abstained from moderating these overt displays of violance for so long is because many of these wealthy investors do not see it as favorable to their ideological interests.
Gibbon1 6y ago
It's telling that didn't take it down. If things go really badly for that family I won't be surprised. Even the remaining Koch brother washed his hands of these people. So now it's their baby.
NeverFade 6y ago
74 million Americans voted for Trump. Nearly half the entire American voting population. Do you really think it's a viable strategy to try to de-legitimize them all?
- asdff 6y ago
  Did Parler have 74 million users planning murder? No, this isn't delegitimizing conservatives. It's delegitimizing people who are insane, and in this case many of these insane people happen to be conservative.
  - NeverFade 6y ago
    The message I was replying to (apparently deleted) implied that everyone who voted for Trump is in the same wagon, and Parler is illegitimate simply because it was funded by Trump voters.

ivojp 6y ago

I don't think it's wise to impugn an app or service because we find their investors unsavory along political lines. If that's the case let's not forget Facebook is also funded by a Trump supporter and people live stream their mass shootings on there. It seems like many are feigning outrage over a subset of parler's users' actions when in reality what they don't like is that their political opponents have found an app or service that was seemingly immune from the whims of big tech.

deleted 6y ago
[deleted]
Daishiman 6y ago
It's funny that you mention the case of Facebook because if anything, one of the reasons it has abstained from moderating these overt displays of violance for so long is because many of these wealthy investors do not see it as favorable to their ideological interests.

Gibbon1 6y ago

It's telling that didn't take it down. If things go really badly for that family I won't be surprised. Even the remaining Koch brother washed his hands of these people. So now it's their baby.

NeverFade 6y ago

74 million Americans voted for Trump. Nearly half the entire American voting population. Do you really think it's a viable strategy to try to de-legitimize them all?

asdff 6y ago
Did Parler have 74 million users planning murder? No, this isn't delegitimizing conservatives. It's delegitimizing people who are insane, and in this case many of these insane people happen to be conservative.
- NeverFade 6y ago
  The message I was replying to (apparently deleted) implied that everyone who voted for Trump is in the same wagon, and Parler is illegitimate simply because it was funded by Trump voters.