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Parler’s Loss Has Been Signal’s Gain in App Store Rankings
National Interest ^ | 1/13/2021 | Stephen SIlver

Posted on 01/13/2021 11:18:24 AM PST by Onthebrink

Parler, the alternative social network that has been accused of hosting many of the discussions related to last Wednesday’s Capitol insurrection, is currently offline after it was removed from Apple and Google’s app stores, and also had its web hosting pulled by Amazon Web Services.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Government; Society
KEYWORDS: 2020election; bigtech; parler; signal

1 posted on 01/13/2021 11:18:25 AM PST by Onthebrink
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To: Onthebrink

Yep and Im sure antifa and blm never used twitter to discuss causing violence at the capitol or anywhere else for that matter- nope- no sireee


2 posted on 01/13/2021 11:20:31 AM PST by Bob434
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To: Onthebrink

Signal says it’s encrypted. How do I know if it really is?


3 posted on 01/13/2021 11:22:33 AM PST by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election))
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To: Lisbon1940

Jack Dorsey loves signal. He owns part of it.

Just saying.


4 posted on 01/13/2021 11:23:45 AM PST by RinaseaofDs
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To: Lisbon1940

It’s open source.


5 posted on 01/13/2021 11:24:05 AM PST by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: RinaseaofDs

Where did you hear this? Dorsey bought Whisper systems, a start up that involved one of the founders of Signal. Signal was initially funded by Brian Acton, not sure where you see Dorsey had anything to do with Signal.


6 posted on 01/13/2021 11:29:47 AM PST by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: Onthebrink

There’s no direct connection between Parler’s “loss” and Signal’s “gains.”


7 posted on 01/13/2021 11:29:50 AM PST by Theo (FReeping since 1998 ... drain the swamp.)
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To: Onthebrink

Twitter was always a trap, even before they totally politicized it. The whole business of “micro blogging” social media is a trap, even “free speech” or “right wing” alternatives. Shun them all.


8 posted on 01/13/2021 11:36:32 AM PST by Salman (It's not a "slippery slope" if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: Onthebrink

Parler and Signal are two totally different types of apps. Apples and oranges.


9 posted on 01/13/2021 11:37:11 AM PST by circlecity
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To: RinaseaofDs
Jack Dorsey loves signal. He owns part of it.

Just saying.

Nope. Signal is a 501c3 non-profit. Signal is the bomb! Even end to end encrypted internet phone calls.

10 posted on 01/13/2021 11:38:08 AM PST by Religion and Politics
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11 posted on 01/13/2021 11:40:14 AM PST by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: Onthebrink

But Signal isn’t like Parler. It id like Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp or Viber, a messaging system. It became popular because Facebook, which owns WhatsApp will force the sharing of a person’s information on their site.


12 posted on 01/13/2021 11:42:27 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: Religion and Politics

The Whisper engine is Twitter’s. Signal uses Whisper.

Moxie started a new company called Open Whispers. Not at all confusing for people trying to keep up with it. Moxie used to work for Twitter, then left.


13 posted on 01/13/2021 11:59:42 AM PST by RinaseaofDs
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To: Durus

Thanks for clarifying this. Lots of scuttlebutt circulating about Signal. It’s pretty standard for executives to own a small stake in a company just to watch them more carefully.


14 posted on 01/13/2021 12:16:46 PM PST by poconopundit (Hard oak fist in an Irish velvet glove: Kayleigh the Shillelagh we salute your work!)
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