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>There was a very vocal loony subset, but that is the Internet for you. Yeah, no. I am actually amazed the platform lived as long as it did because there was n
by iSnow 6y ago
>There was a very vocal loony subset, but that is the Internet for you.
Yeah, no. I am actually amazed the platform lived as long as it did because there was no opposition to members voicing death threats against politicians/activists/what have you. No moderation to keep those in check.
Outside some Neonazi sites, I've never seen anything like it, some Islamist sites probably are similar.
- inglor_cz 6y agoFrom what I have seen and remember, Gab was much, much worse. Especially the level of antisemitism was off the charts. On Parler, you could meet Jewish intellectuals. I do not remember seeing one on Gab during the few hours I spent there. Parler also had multiple communities depending on language. The Czech community of early 2021 was nowhere as wild as the American one at the same time. We are not close to any election now, though; this might have had a cooling effct.