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Parler was kicked off of AWS for violating AWS’s policies. I’m pretty sure I don’t have to tell you that YouTube and Facebook don’t use AWS.

_-david-_ 6y ago
Why were they removed from Google and Apple's app stores while Facebook, Youtube and Twitter are still available? Twitter uses AWS for some of their stuff. Why aren't they removed for violating AWS's policies?
- notional 6y ago
  Do you really need an explanation of why a multibillion dollar company wasn't removed and why a fringe app was?
  - squidlogic 6y ago
    Why do you think it wasn't removed?
  - mensetmanusman 6y ago
    We just want people to admit that the reason was a lie
    - kube-system 6y ago
      This is a silly conclusion. If a gang member and a methodist get into a bar fight, do you think the fair thing is for the bar to ban both gang members and methodists? No -- it is entirely reasonable to treat fringe groups that foster fringe ideas differently than large diverse groups.
      - _-david-_ 6y ago
        Since the fringe people were on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube it seems like we should be banning them not Parler.
        kube-system 6y ago
        Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are a clear example of the latter group in my previous comment.
        trav4225 6y ago
        Silicon Valley has been taken over by Methodists!!! ;-)
        _-david-_ 6y ago
        Your analogy is incorrect though. Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and Parler are all bars. The gang members (insurrectionists) went to the Facebook, Twitter and Youtube bars and got into fights. The Methodist (non-insurrectionists) went to Parler and did not get into bar fights. According to you the solution is not to ban the bars where the bar fights took place but the place where there were no bar fights. It really makes no sense.
        hpcjoe 6y ago
        It was a power play. One (ideologically uniform, and quite likely coordinating) group asserting raw power over another. Because it could. And in doing so, making sure this was public and messy. As a warning to others.
        kube-system 6y ago
        Your own initial comment in this thread was about AWS kicking social media platforms off of their service. That is what I am responding to.
    - hpcjoe 6y ago
      I don't see how we can recover and heal until the truth is admitted to. Everyone knows it to be true, but they can't admit it. Time to come clean, or continue to inflame the situation.

_-david-_ 6y ago

Why were they removed from Google and Apple's app stores while Facebook, Youtube and Twitter are still available? Twitter uses AWS for some of their stuff. Why aren't they removed for violating AWS's policies?

notional 6y ago
Do you really need an explanation of why a multibillion dollar company wasn't removed and why a fringe app was?
- squidlogic 6y ago
  Why do you think it wasn't removed?
- mensetmanusman 6y ago
  We just want people to admit that the reason was a lie
  - kube-system 6y ago
    This is a silly conclusion. If a gang member and a methodist get into a bar fight, do you think the fair thing is for the bar to ban both gang members and methodists? No -- it is entirely reasonable to treat fringe groups that foster fringe ideas differently than large diverse groups.
    - _-david-_ 6y ago
      Since the fringe people were on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube it seems like we should be banning them not Parler.
      - kube-system 6y ago
        Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are a clear example of the latter group in my previous comment.
        trav4225 6y ago
        Silicon Valley has been taken over by Methodists!!! ;-)
        _-david-_ 6y ago
        Your analogy is incorrect though. Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and Parler are all bars. The gang members (insurrectionists) went to the Facebook, Twitter and Youtube bars and got into fights. The Methodist (non-insurrectionists) went to Parler and did not get into bar fights. According to you the solution is not to ban the bars where the bar fights took place but the place where there were no bar fights. It really makes no sense.
        hpcjoe 6y ago
        It was a power play. One (ideologically uniform, and quite likely coordinating) group asserting raw power over another. Because it could. And in doing so, making sure this was public and messy. As a warning to others.
        kube-system 6y ago
        Your own initial comment in this thread was about AWS kicking social media platforms off of their service. That is what I am responding to.
  - hpcjoe 6y ago
    I don't see how we can recover and heal until the truth is admitted to. Everyone knows it to be true, but they can't admit it. Time to come clean, or continue to inflame the situation.