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> Parler was, at the end of the day, a somewhat amateurish Twitter clone whose essential growth hack was that they decided to serve as a kind of ban evasion mec
by rodgerd 6y ago
> Parler was, at the end of the day, a somewhat amateurish Twitter clone whose essential growth hack was that they decided to serve as a kind of ban evasion mechanism for Twitter.
The growth hack was to be funded by the Mercer family (Cambridge Analytica, Brexit) to the tune of a few million a year to help promote their agenda.
- itsyaboi 6y agoThis is really interesting. Where can I learn more about this?
- rodgerd 6y agoWSJ, amongst other news sites, has provided coverage: https://www.wsj.com/articles/parler-backed-by-mercer-family-makes-play-for-conservatives-mad-at-facebook-twitter-11605382430 https://www.wsj.com/articles/parler-backed-by-mercer-family-... You can read about the Mercers winding up Cambridge Analytica, which they funded: https://apnews.com/article/64280ae1f30c44eb8b82049f6875dddd https://apnews.com/article/64280ae1f30c44eb8b82049f6875dddd Likewise their involvement with Brietbart: https://www.dw.com/en/who-are-the-mercers-the-wealthy-backers-of-breitbart/a-42100407 https://www.dw.com/en/who-are-the-mercers-the-wealthy-backer... As far as the "millions" figure, that's come out of claims that their AWS bill was in the region of $300k per month.