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>"Fringe" websites are growing rapidly while engagement on the big, normal websites is declining or slowing down. source?
by spaced-out 6y ago
>"Fringe" websites are growing rapidly while engagement on the big, normal websites is declining or slowing down.
source?
- salawat 6y agoBetter question: If increasing, is it because more topics of conversation are getting binned as 'fringe'? Or are extremists merely circumventing centralized efforts at blocking by moving around, which is exactly what those anti-censorship weenies like me jave been saying will be the inevitable result? The problem you ignore or quash never goes away. It just gets harder and more distributed.
- kelnos 6y agoI don't know about engagement on mainstream sites declining, but the rising popularity of sites like Parler and Gab seems undeniable. Parler's recent (attempted) deplatforming is evidence enough: you don't bother with a tiny fringe site that isn't growing or wielding any influence.
- throwaway134oe8 6y ago>but the rising popularity of sites like Parler and Gab seems undeniable It does? Any evidence to support this?
- tgragnato 6y agoJust look at the “leaks”... Their user base is not so big to be worrisome, but it’s undeniably big. And it’s growing too. https://ddosecrets.com/wiki/GabLeaks https://ddosecrets.com/wiki/GabLeaks https://ddosecrets.com/wiki/Parler https://ddosecrets.com/wiki/Parler