With Parler coming back, Gab CEO Andrew Torba reminds people who’s funding it

NOQ Report ^ | 02/15/2021 | Michio Hasai

[SeekAndFind]

After a month of suffering under the purging effects of Apple, Google, and Amazon canceling them, social media app Parler has finally returned on a new server and with a new acting CEO in Mark Meckler. But the CEO of their top conservative competitor, Gab, had some thoughts on their revival. According to Just The News:

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Parler, the upstart social media platform silenced last month by big-tech censorship, said Monday it is resuming operations under new leadership and with new computer servers.

Parler moved to a new computer server farm, and the 20 million users on the platform when Amazon Web Services shut off the social media platform on Jan. 11 can begin using their old app and logins Monday, Interim CEO Mark Meckler told Just the News.

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Some existing users were already live on Monday morning and the rest should have access by midday after the new servers propagated across the internet. New users should be able to sign up for the service within a week or so, Meckler said.

“We are off of the big tech platform, so that we can consider ourselves safe and secure for the future,” Meckler said in an interview.

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Andrew Torba, founder and CEO of Gab, took to his own platform to “congratulate” Parler on finally coming back from the dead. In doing so, he noted that the money funding the operation comes from Rebekah Mercer, a GOP Establishment megadonor and matriarch of the powerful political family. Torba also reminded everyone that despite having many conservatives on the platform, Parler is still a darling of the Republican Establishment that has shunned Gab for being too controversial.

“Good to hear that Parler will be back online today after an entire month of being down! Now the Mercers and their billion dollars combined with the entire establishment right grift machine can compete against grassroots Gab and The People on an even tech playing field,” he posted.

The purge of conservative accounts on Twitter and Facebook starting on January 7th, which included the permanent suspension of President Trump as well as NOQ Report, launched an exodus from the platforms. Parler and Gab were leading the way by picking up a massive amount of new users, but Parler suffered from their own purge. Google and Apple kicked them off their mobile app stores pending changes to their censorship rules and Amazon Web Services booted them from their hosting. Gab was removed by Google years ago and was never on Apple. They’ve been using their own servers for some time.

As more Americans seek freer speech on social media, Gab and Parler both promise to lead the charge. Will Parler be able to make up for their hiatus or will Gab continue to be the most viable alternative to Twitter?

[PMAS]

Best to maintain an account with Gab, Telegram and others and see how Parler operates from now on.

[Republican Wildcat]

Sounds like someone who is just taking a shot at the competition. Understandable.

[NautiNurse]

Torba’s comments are a little disturbing. He acts as though there are too many players on the basketball court. Makes him appear small and petty.

[Sirius Lee]

Will Parler be able to make up for their hiatus or will Gab continue to be the most viable alternative to Twitter?

I signed up on both. Parler is a user Unfriendly mess, and it was down for too long when it was most critically needed. Gab is very user friendly, but was horribly slow at first, yet has improved every week, despite the influx of new users.

Competition is good.

[freddy005]

I deleted the APP last week.....I’m not wasting my time. Good luck!

[cll]

As far as I can tell Gab has multiple newsfeeds where on Parler you had just one, which makes it simpler?

I’ll try both for a while. Right now I can log into Parler but not much content has propagated, apparently.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: I deleted the APP last week.....I’m not wasting my time. Good luck!

I don’t need this App on my phone. I can always go to Parler.com if I need to.

[SubMareener]

Rumors of Parler’s return are greatly exaggerated. parler.com is not reachable. as of 0922 MST.

[jz638]

Since it was something coming from Gab, I’m surprised he didn’t blame the Jews.

[Jane Long]

Mark Meckler. Where have I heard that name, before?

[Jane Long]

I think the article says it will be a “rolling” reopening/restoration, today, for users.

[proust]

Oh the drama! They think we need Gab and Parler more than they need us.

[tflabo]

I was using Parler until they got yanked and then I switched to Gab. Yes competition is good but censoring by leftist bullying is criminal. Hoping Gab replaces Zuckebook and Parler replaces Jacksquat’s leftards Twitter.

[HotKat]

Me too. I’m liking Gab.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Mark Meckler. Where have I heard that name, before?

Yes, Mark Meckler was a co-founder of the TEA PARTY PATRIOTS movement. He currently serves as President of Citizens for Self-Governance. Meckler is an active proponent of a convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution. See here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_to_propose_amendments_to_the_United_States_Constitution

[BurgessKoch]

I’ve tried Parler, Gab and Telegram. I like Telegram the best, so far. Hopefully the competition will put healthy pressure for improvements of all three. Wonder which one(s) Trump will use now?

For reference, if you want to try Telegrams ... here’s a list that some conservatives have published:

🇺🇸 President Trump - @real_DonaldJTrump
🇺🇸 Donald Trump Jr - @TrumpJr
🇺🇸 Trump Supporters Channel - @TrumpChannel
🇺🇸 Candace Owens - @CandaceOwens
🇺🇸 Mark Levin - @MarkRLevin
🇺🇸 Steven Crowder - @Steven_Crowder
🇺🇸 Matt Gaetz - @MattGaetzOfficial
🇺🇸 Sarah Huckabee Sanders - @SarahHuckabee
🇺🇸 Devin Nunes - @Devin_Nunes
🇺🇸 Josh Hawley - @Josh_Hawley
🇺🇸 Ted Cruz - @TedCruzTX
🇺🇸 Burgess Owens - @Burgess4Utah
🇺🇸 Sean Parnell - @SeanParnell
🇺🇸 Glenn Beck - @glennbeck
🇺🇸 Larry Elder - @LarryElder
🇺🇸 Tucker Carlson - @TuckerCarlsonOfficial
🇺🇸 Andy Ngô - @Andy_Ngo
🇺🇸 Lou Dobbs - @LouDobbs2nite
🇺🇸 James Woods - @JamesWoodsReal
🇺🇸 Ben Shapiro - @realBenShapiro
🇺🇸 Dinesh D’Souza - @Dinesh_DSouza
🇺🇸 Brandon Straka - @BrandonStraka
🇺🇸 Brandon Tatum - @BrandonTatum
🇺🇸 Scott Adams - @ScottAdams925
🇺🇸 David J Harris Jr - @DavidJHarris
🇺🇸 Mike Lindell - @MichaelJLindell
🇺🇸 Steve Cortes - @Steve_Cortes
🇺🇸 Sean Hannity - @SeanHannity1
🇺🇸 Blexit - @BlexitAmerica
🇺🇸 The Epoch Times - @epochtimes
🇺🇸 The Post Millennial - @ThePostMillennial
🇺🇸 Red State - @RedStateBlog
🇺🇸 Washington Times - @WashingtonTimesOfficial
🇺🇸 The Federalist - @FDRLSTT
🇺🇸 Breitbart - @wearebreitbart
🇺🇸 The Daily Wire - @realDailyWire
🇺🇸 Daily Caller - @Daily_Caller
🇺🇸 TheBlaze - @TheBlazeTV
🇺🇸 NTD - @NTDNews
🇺🇸 Newsmax TV - @NewsmaxTV
🇺🇸 New York Post - @nypostcom
🇺🇸 Washington Examiner - @Washington_Examiner

It seems this group keeps building the list: https://conservativesontelegram.com

[SubMareener]

With my Express VPN on I couldn’t event get to the ‘technical difficulties: page. With it off all I could get was the “thecnical difficulties” page.

[Hazwaste]

Gab has worked out well for me, along with Telegram.

I’d like to learn more about what Parler is doing to avoid another shutdown before going back.

[Jane Long]

Thanks! That’s it....Tea Party.