Gab was ahead of the curve, but look at it this thanks to the Dems overplaying their hand as they always do, now all the rest have caught up and will be prepared going forward.
As someone on TheDonald said, if Reddit hadn’t got trigger-happy they could have disrupted that group as well but by doing it months ago TheDonald moved to it’s own server and was unaffected by The Great Purge.
Parler was dumb for relying on AWS but OK, now they’ve wised-up and will be on a new secure platform for the future. Same with others.
If you think we are in a war (and we are) then tell me which army has ever won a battle by relying on its enemy for ammo? This is an information war and we cannot win if we rely on communications platforms owned and controlled by the enemy.
It’s that simple. Those who realized it early are good to go, the rest will soon be.
The real question then is: “What’s next?”
Who makes the servers?
Whre do the components come from?
Where are they manufactured?
Who writes the software?
Where is it installed?
Where does the AC Power come from?
Who does the maintenance?...........................
I went to Parler last week, then it got whacked by Big Tech. Moved to Gab. Found I like the Gab interface better, and they didn’t require a phone # to create an account like I had to give on Parler.
So far, Gab is in the lead...
I honestly think it's too late for Parler. I think folks have gone to GAB as an alternative and are liking what they are seeing much better, so no need to go back to Parler when/if it ever sorts out its problems.
With each passing day they are falling farther behind the exodus boat.
Not really. They were just one of the first to be attacked and they were small enough and had dedicated members to weather it and harden their defenses. That's how they're able to weather the great tech purge of 2021.
It’s that simple. Those who realized it early are good to go, the rest will soon be.
The real question then is: “What’s next?”"
Unfortunately, it's more complicated than that.
Even if Gab, Parler, etc host their services on the most conservative of conservative host companies...or even host their own services...they are all reliant on Tier 1 providers.
The part of the Internet Backbone that services this country is made up of a bunch of woke / leftist companies that could throttle back or even cut off completely any traffic to Gab or Parler's service...regardless of who or where they host their services.
Watch what happens when the next "emergency" arises (ex. aunty fa violence at the state capitals on "inauguration" day). AT&T and the others will shut off traffic to the conservative / alternative media.
This is what we are up against.
The hardest part will be getting through the government regulators....if that's possible, I hope Trump assembles a group of similarly wealthy, likeminded (R)'s and conservatives and builds out the complete infrastructure needed to bypass the liberal chokehold on digital information & services. Everything from a social media platform to hosting to messaging to Tier 1 services.