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From the linked article [1]: > In court filings and elsewhere, Parler has said that it had been developing an artificial intelligence-based content moderation

From the linked article [1]: > In court filings and elsewhere, Parler has said that it had been developing an artificial intelligence-based content moderation system when the larger platforms' crackdown took place. I can't see this ending well... ...Also, did they finalize a deal for hosting? I recall seeing their absurd hosting spec [2] that would have cost >$250K/mo, and I don't see that working anywhere other than AWS/GCP/Azure or a dedicated datacenter. [1] https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/19/tech/apple-parler-app-store/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/19/tech/apple-parler-app-sto... [2] https://twitter.com/th3j35t3r/status/1350612426115452935 https://twitter.com/th3j35t3r/status/1350612426115452935

input_sh 6y ago
> ...Also, did they finalize a deal for hosting? Seems like it's SkySilk. NPR has more info about them: https://www.npr.org/2021/03/19/978210584/why-skysilk-came-out-of-nowhere-to-save-parler-after-capitol-riot https://www.npr.org/2021/03/19/978210584/why-skysilk-came-ou...
- yabones 6y ago
  > "It's not a side business for anything. It's not a shell company for anything," he said. I don't see how a company with "less than 50 employees" could possibly host something with that spec, reliably and securely. Maybe it's just grifters all the way down.
- tyingq 6y ago
  Interesting. They don't seem capable of matching the proposed specs: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Er5WmBxXUAEpICW?format=jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Er5WmBxXUAEpICW?format=jpg Maybe somebody reeled in the specs to something more reasonable.
CodesInChaos 6y ago
I wonder which of those "b"s are bits and which are bytes. e.g. is the external traffic 2 Gbit/s or 16 Gbit/s. And how many users do they have to need that amount of hardware?
- banana_giraffe 6y ago
  Given all of the other little "b"s line up with Bytes in AWS terms, I'd assume the traffic is bytes as well., so 16 Gbit/s
tyingq 6y ago
Both their recently departed CTO and also their Founder/ Lead Engineer have very little real-world technical experience from what I see on LinkedIn. I can't see how they would be "developing an artificial intelligence-based content moderation system".
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
  Same way as everyone else: Throw statistics at it, pretend that it works, brand it "Artificial Intelligence", use it to excuse all failures in moderation.

input_sh 6y ago

> ...Also, did they finalize a deal for hosting? Seems like it's SkySilk. NPR has more info about them: https://www.npr.org/2021/03/19/978210584/why-skysilk-came-out-of-nowhere-to-save-parler-after-capitol-riot https://www.npr.org/2021/03/19/978210584/why-skysilk-came-ou...

yabones 6y ago
> "It's not a side business for anything. It's not a shell company for anything," he said. I don't see how a company with "less than 50 employees" could possibly host something with that spec, reliably and securely. Maybe it's just grifters all the way down.
tyingq 6y ago
Interesting. They don't seem capable of matching the proposed specs: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Er5WmBxXUAEpICW?format=jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Er5WmBxXUAEpICW?format=jpg Maybe somebody reeled in the specs to something more reasonable.

CodesInChaos 6y ago

I wonder which of those "b"s are bits and which are bytes. e.g. is the external traffic 2 Gbit/s or 16 Gbit/s. And how many users do they have to need that amount of hardware?

banana_giraffe 6y ago
Given all of the other little "b"s line up with Bytes in AWS terms, I'd assume the traffic is bytes as well., so 16 Gbit/s

tyingq 6y ago

Both their recently departed CTO and also their Founder/ Lead Engineer have very little real-world technical experience from what I see on LinkedIn. I can't see how they would be "developing an artificial intelligence-based content moderation system".

yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
Same way as everyone else: Throw statistics at it, pretend that it works, brand it "Artificial Intelligence", use it to excuse all failures in moderation.