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If their billion dollar valuation were real, I'd think they would have been more responsible with their business and abided by the AWS terms.

xupybd 6y ago
What terms did they break?
- Craighead 6y ago
  Really?
- totalZero 6y ago
  In an email obtained by BuzzFeed News, an AWS Trust and Safety team told Parler Chief Policy Officer Amy Peikoff that the calls for violence propagating across the social network violated its terms of service. Amazon said it was unconvinced that the service’s plan to use volunteers to moderate calls for violence and hate speech would be effective. “Recently, we’ve seen a steady increase in this violent content on your website, all of which violates our terms," the email reads. "It’s clear that Parler does not have an effective process to comply with the AWS terms of service.” An Amazon spokesperson declined to comment on the suspension. From https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/johnpaczkowski/amazon-parler-aws https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/johnpaczkowski/amazon-p...
  - wyoh 6y ago
    Isn't there a lot of calls to violence on Twitter and Facebook? Why singling out Parler, they moderate calls to violence as best as they can too.
    - freebuju 6y ago
      Maybe just because it's fun to pick on the new kid... The difference is Facebook & Twitter take their content moderation (and it's overall impact on their business) very seriously. From any angle you look at this, Parler failed at reasonably moderating their content. More so, at their own peril despite being warned by AWS about the violent content.
      - rbanffy 6y ago
        And by employing volunteer moderators, it reinforced the echo chamber effect, suppressing any views or opinions diverging from the mostly far-right user base.
    - nix23 6y ago
      If you can buy your own infra your safe, it's the old thing. Having your own castle your safe, need someone else's castle your not.
      - xupybd 6y ago
        Pretty much this. The terms are there, IMO, to allow providers to cut relationships with anyone that draws negative press. Parler got popular amongst Trump supporters and nothing draws negative press like Trump.
        nix23 6y ago
        The fun thing is...why oh why depend on other castles like aws? Servers are cheap, independent Data-centers are here, and good system administrators (like myself..of course) are still a living species (although on the brink of extinction outside habitats like finance and insurance etc)
        xupybd 6y ago
        You are correct. It's probably much cheaper too.
        rbanffy 6y ago
        True, but how many of us are willing to work for them?
        nix23 6y ago
        Haha good point :)
        rbanffy 6y ago
        Talent is neither cheap nor abundant. OTOH, their volumes did not justify the complex environment they allegedly had and they should be very well within the skill set of the very average devops engineer. No large scale deployment expertise required.

xupybd 6y ago

What terms did they break?

Craighead 6y ago
Really?
totalZero 6y ago
In an email obtained by BuzzFeed News, an AWS Trust and Safety team told Parler Chief Policy Officer Amy Peikoff that the calls for violence propagating across the social network violated its terms of service. Amazon said it was unconvinced that the service’s plan to use volunteers to moderate calls for violence and hate speech would be effective. “Recently, we’ve seen a steady increase in this violent content on your website, all of which violates our terms," the email reads. "It’s clear that Parler does not have an effective process to comply with the AWS terms of service.” An Amazon spokesperson declined to comment on the suspension. From https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/johnpaczkowski/amazon-parler-aws https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/johnpaczkowski/amazon-p...
- wyoh 6y ago
  Isn't there a lot of calls to violence on Twitter and Facebook? Why singling out Parler, they moderate calls to violence as best as they can too.
  - freebuju 6y ago
    Maybe just because it's fun to pick on the new kid... The difference is Facebook & Twitter take their content moderation (and it's overall impact on their business) very seriously. From any angle you look at this, Parler failed at reasonably moderating their content. More so, at their own peril despite being warned by AWS about the violent content.
    - rbanffy 6y ago
      And by employing volunteer moderators, it reinforced the echo chamber effect, suppressing any views or opinions diverging from the mostly far-right user base.
  - nix23 6y ago
    If you can buy your own infra your safe, it's the old thing. Having your own castle your safe, need someone else's castle your not.
    - xupybd 6y ago
      Pretty much this. The terms are there, IMO, to allow providers to cut relationships with anyone that draws negative press. Parler got popular amongst Trump supporters and nothing draws negative press like Trump.
      - nix23 6y ago
        The fun thing is...why oh why depend on other castles like aws? Servers are cheap, independent Data-centers are here, and good system administrators (like myself..of course) are still a living species (although on the brink of extinction outside habitats like finance and insurance etc)
        xupybd 6y ago
        You are correct. It's probably much cheaper too.
        rbanffy 6y ago
        True, but how many of us are willing to work for them?
        nix23 6y ago
        Haha good point :)
        rbanffy 6y ago
        Talent is neither cheap nor abundant. OTOH, their volumes did not justify the complex environment they allegedly had and they should be very well within the skill set of the very average devops engineer. No large scale deployment expertise required.